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post #1 of 8
5/16/11 at 9:00pm
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This is perhaps a silly question... but where can I get decent matches? I was working on a construction site recently, and someone found a box of matches from the 60s. These were nice, strike anywhere matches, with full heavy real-wood stems. I smoke occasionally, and I usually use matches, and the differences are really striking. Every know and then something highlights the mass-consumerism of todays products, and this is one. I know it's kind of silly, to seek quality in something that literally is a single use item, but they difference in quality is astounding.
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post #2 of 8
5/16/11 at 10:07pm
Redbird matches are good. Available at Walmart, according to a quick google.
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post #3 of 8
5/16/11 at 10:11pm
"...and the differences are really striking"... I see what you did there
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post #4 of 8
5/16/11 at 10:55pm
NATO windproof matches
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post #5 of 8
5/16/11 at 11:32pm
davidoff sells nice long wood matches.
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post #6 of 8
5/17/11 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by Master-Classter View Post
"...and the differences are really striking"... I see what you did there


I had an overly geeky/serious post. I needed to lighten it up somewhat.

As for redbird, I use those occasionally, but still nowhere near what these old matches are like. Redbirds are cheap, and tend to break.
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post #7 of 8
5/17/11 at 4:02pm
are you talking about a box of kitchen matches, or oneof the small boxes that is basically a nice variation of the standard 'pack' of matches. I seem to recall that our Boy Scout kitchens always had Ohio Blue Tips
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post #8 of 8
5/17/11 at 4:09pm
http://www.rei.com/search?query=matches
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