IN the local ACE Hardware here in Hawthorne
they sell the small diamond strike anywhere
matches. The heads are green and white but
they work just fine on either the box or
anywhere else you want to strike them.
Something like $1.50 for a pack of 10 boxes
with 32 matches each. You said you don't like
them but they work great for me for a
one-match light of the barbie. Then again I'm
not trying to start forest fires or funeral
pyres, though some say the cigars I smoke
might as well be that.
MG
Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
Can anybody find real patches for sale? In the past few years real
strike anywhere matches have disappeared in this part of the country.
We used to get Ohio Blue Tip, but I'd guess the greenie weenies put that
out of business.
Full size Diamond and small Diamond "safety" (strike on the box, if you
are lucky, it might light) matches were the replacement.
These were replaced by some kind of greenie weenie "environmental match."
the last ones we found that were not greenie weenie matches were the
small "safety" matches made in some turd world place like veetnam.
The record so far was 6 of 7 broke when trying to scratch them on the
box. A LOT of them break before lighting. They are sawed crossgrain
rather than split.
Such a simple thing, but yet now impossible to find.
We tried "outdoor stores" too, but their matches are over a buck each.
Sold in packs of 5 for something like $5.98. Not buying that!
Do they sell real matches in Maine or in Canada?
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