Strike anywhere matches

[RickN]

I thought these had been outlawed but it seems not. Just priced crazy. The small boxes are more reasonable, I think.

https://www.amazon.com/ChatAngle-Di...strike-anywhere+matches&qid=1636048348&sr=8-7

 

[SlugSlinger]

Walmart online is a lot cheaper.

I worked for Safeway in highschool. We sold these types of matches. A coworker showed me something and may have been fired over it, I don't remember.

He grabbed a box of the matches off the shelf and threw them on the floor. They ignited and caused quite a raucous and the amount of smoke was insane.

 

[2busy]

The green head ones are nowhere close to the old ones. They may or may not strike anywhere and the wood doesn't burn very good.

 

[okietool]

I used to put them in a Daisy BB gun and shoot them at a brick wall. They make a nice pop.

 

[RickN]

I used to put them in a Daisy BB gun and shoot them at a brick wall. They make a nice pop.

I use to cut the white tip off the old matches, fill up old pill bottles with them, poke a hole in the top to light it and have some pretty good smoke bombs.

 

[MacFromOK]

Walmart online is a lot cheaper.

I worked for Safeway in highschool. We sold these types of matches. A coworker showed me something and may have been fired over it, I don't remember.

He grabbed a box of the matches off the shelf and threw them on the floor. They ignited and caused quite a raucous and the amount of smoke was insane.





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Those say STRIKE ON BOX, not "strike anywhere" ...

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[trekrok]

I remember as a kid practicing lighting them in one hand with my thumbnail. Done wrong and ignite some of it under a fingernail stung a bit.

 

[KOPBET]

Strike anywhere matches have an insane haz-mat fee to ship. Hence the price, IF YOU can find them. USPS won't ship them at all IIRC. Most companies have discontinued matches altogether due to the expense of shipping.

Like @trekrok said of slugslinger's post, those ARE NOT strike anywhere but require the ignition strip on the box, which will probably wear out before the box is used up.

 

[ratski]

I use to cut the white tip off the old matches, fill up old pill bottles with them, poke a hole in the top to light it and have some pretty good smoke bombs.

Had a kid in my high school do something like that with a 50 cal shell. He went to tamp them down and blew off three fingers.

Dave

 

[RickN]

Had a kid in my high school do something like that with a 50 cal shell. He went to tamp them down and blew off three fingers.

Dave

Ouch! I never tamped them. Just fill the bottle with as many matches as I could easily shake in. Never had one go off before I wanted it too. Of course I was also the guy that would disassemble Black Cats for the powder and pack it into a Roman Candle tube. Use another Black cat to set it off. Did you know you can disassemble a mail box with that? Luckily it was an old one on at an empty house.