I've been on a hunt for some matches. The strike-anywhere kind that are referred to as 'farmers' matches, 'kitchen' matches, or 'wood stick'matches. I have found plenty of the 'limp' kind that you can only light by striking on the box. I don't want to carry the box around with me, just a handful of matches. They are hard to find (so far non-existant the last several days that I looked in grocery stores, variety stores, hardware stores, Big Walmart Super stores, Farm-Fleet store). The box is about 4½" x 1½" x 2½" in size (not book matches).
The last box I have is "Ohio Blue Tip Matches" Strike Anywhere Kitchen Matches. Made in America. A Div of Diamond Brands Inc, Minneapolis, MN 55416. I have not searched the web for information, but will do that.
Anyone having similar problems? Or are they a product that no one buys anymore, so no one stocks them? Or is big brother saying we shouldn't have such matches to 'play' with?
Thanks for any leads. :)
(all in all, not a huge problem ;D )
Probably got to have a permit for something that dangerous :D
Got any oldfashioned hardware stores? Or camping supply?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4117&item=6125856325&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Ohio Blue Tip Matches are now manufactured by Universal Match Company in Kenner, LA.
Universal Match Corp., Kenner, La 70062-7096.
Beenthere,
Try here http://www.emergencyresources.com/er_p11.html
and here http://www.diamondbrands.com/matches/index.html
and here http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/saloon/matches.html
and of course Wonderful EBAY 8)
EBAY (http://search.ebay.com/matches-strike_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQcatrefZC6QQsojsZ1QQfromZR10QQsacategoryZ-1Q26catrefQ3DC6QQsotrZ2QQsosortpropertyZ1QQsosortorderZ1)
That's a start.
Diamond match http://www.alltrista.com/matches-lighters.html
Were easy to get here haven't looked in a while we keep some all time . If you don't find any and they can be sent some way IM me and i'll send you some.
We always called them barn burners. Our local grocery store has them, and I believe our local hardware store carries them.
I have noted that you can't find them where they don't allow outside burning.
They are sold in dollar stores here, some hardware stores but not all. We use em for lighting fires in our stoves.
Ken
We have em in these parts, but you have to register and there is a 3 day waiting period ::)
I've noticed that the large kitchen matches we're getting now are "strike on box," but the small wooden ones are "strike anywhere." ??? They are Diamond brand.
We've always called the paper "book" matches "Gopher" matches. You strike one, then gopher another one. :D I've wondered if this is a local joke, or more of a universal nickname for them.
Beenthere, I just reread your original post. It ain't a good idea to carry a bunch of strike anywhere matches loose in yer pocket. They will ignite if you rub the ends of two of them together. I, personally, don't have any pockets that are not close to something I don't want burned. :o ;)
The stores here quit carrying strike anywhere matches because there is an additional shipping fee for them, whereas the strike on box matches don't have this fee. I ordered some from Diamond Brands.
DanG,
"Gopher matches"
it's a local thang causin' I's never hear'd it spoken in these here parts :)
Diamond Brands can still be found around here and thems the ones ya want. Strike em on your rump real quick and you got fire.(https://forestryforum.com/smile/devil.gif)
Works best if yous wearing dungarees. ;)
Farmhand,
How did you shorten your ebay link to just, "Ebay?"
I like those neat and tidy posts. No brooms or dust mops required. ;)
Dang, are you this funny in real life or are you just a keyboard comedian? :D :D
I go to a little Amish store the next county over and get a year's supply of strike anywhere matches every fall. Also pick up some root beer mix, hot chocolate mix, and other kinds of goodies. :)
Gilman,
I did not do it? ???
One of the forum Masters most of.
One minute it was this huge link with all kinds of numbers and letters and POOF the next minute it just said Ebay!!
??? ???
Okay, what's up Forum Masters? The jig is up, how can we feeble ones do of oh such masterous work? :D
> Or is big brother saying we shouldn't have such
> matches to 'play' with?
It is the lawyers that sue everyone with deep pockets connected with any suit, no matter how silly.
I think I bought my non-safety water proof matches at REI? Might be too expensive if you plan on using a dozen a day.
Gilman, Farmhand, and anyone else,
In your post page look for the "YaBBC Tags Help" button it will explain it. We are useing the "Insert Hyperlinks" button to do it. Atleast I am, don't know about anyone else. ::)
I tried to give you an example, but it won't show up on a post with out messing things up.
It's not hard to do and only takes a second or two after you know how. And yes it does clean up a post, and you can name the link anything you want.
If you need help figuring it out, drop me an IM.
QuoteHow did you shorten your ebay link to just, "Ebay?"
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Easy as that, eh. :D :D :D :D
Tn man I never met DanG in person But I would bet granney's old grey goat he is the same 24 7 8) 8)
I went to that Ebay site. Man there's one guy on there that must make a living selling them strike anywhere matches. I'll have to look around here and see if they still exist in these parts. My grandmother always had a match box on a shelf in the kitchen to light her gas stove with. We get them and stick them in the barrel of an air rifle and when they hit off they's go. That was really neat to see them things light when they's hit the wall.
We used to make match head shootin pistols outta spring clothes pins, in shop class :o :o :D :D
zip gun from a bicycle spoke.
I was thinkin they were outlawed by big bro. ...being improvised munitions type stuff?! :o :o
You can put one on an anvil and hit it with a hammer and it will pop like a firecracker ;D
Noble, sounds like things are really slowing down around the farm. :D
Kevin,
Just waiting for Horselogger to teach me how to dance a dovetail jig :D :D
Nobel,
Is that how you light your candle? ;D
When I was a kid someone showed me how to make a "firecracker" out of the tips of those strike anywhere matches- using two SMALL bolts and a single nut and a VERY few match tips; assemble and drop on a hard surface to ignite..
Of course we know how young fellas and firecrackers are.....
I think we were up to a couple of !" bolts and about a third of a box of tips when one blew up in my hands- left burn marks in my hands for months and ringing in my ears for days....lesson learned at that point!
In the interest of any "less experienced" types that may be reading this, I feel like we oughta mention SAFETY! Matches are very commonplace, and seemingly harmless, but they can be dangerous. One match makes a nice little flare-up, and quickly settles to a steady little flame, but a whole bunch of them makes a BIG flare-up and a steady big flame. When confined, igniting matches are about the same as gunpowder, and can cause serious injury. A kid I knew in High School made rockets with an aluminum tube and a bunch of match heads. As he was loading one up(the last one) he packed the match heads into the tube with the palm of his hand. It went off, and he ended up with a claw instead of a hand! :o :o
Thanks to all that contributed to this thread, and thanks for all the "playtime" memories with match heads and such. Now going forward with SAFETY in mind, I'll update my predicament of not finding the "strike anywhere matches".
I stopped at a hardware store connected to an ag equipment dealer, and when one of the managers learned that he didn't have the kind of matches I wanted, he called the company (I believe in Ohio) and ordered a 'carton' of them, and said they should be here in a week. Yesterday I called as it had been over a week, and he called back and said they were in.
I dropped by this morning and they were wrapped in packages of three '250 count' boxes so I said I would take 4 packages. The gal at checkout asked if the price that came up ($2.69) was per box or per package of three. Turned out I thought it would be per box which was on my high-price side, but I figured what the heck, they ordered them special for me. Ended up they were just under 90 cents per box. Good deal. Now I have 12 boxes to "play" with.
I may have to get out the hammer, and the bolts, and the rocket launcher, and have me a good ol time again. ;D
Not!
Sorter like the man hunting a gas leak with his cigareat lighter people in the next county heard him when he found it ???
Here's my kitchen matches, strike anywhere. Redbird brand. I buy them at Home Hardware, 2 boxes to a package. You can still get the small boxes in stores too, but not all carry the small boxes. Few years back they were free at the counter. I use'm lighting the furnace fire or burning brush bomb fires out back.
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;D ;D
Grandfather figured out a trick to use blank .22 cartridges to light them strike anywhere matches. Even had one guy fooled into thinking the shell was a loaded one, and was pretending to be Jesse James target shooting at matches. One night the guy he was playing the trick on decided he wanted to use loaded ammo in the camp on the matches, until grandfather fessed up. Wasn't no way a loaded gun was allowed in the camp. ::)