Prison Match

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Prison Match

by Trent Hardy
(Newfoundland)

If your lighter runs out of fuel or you've only got a spark, you can make a "prison match" with a square of toilet paper, or tissue or even birch bark and your cotton socks.

Pick a bunch of lint of your socks or shirt or whatever, then roll it into a loose bundle and wrap it into a piece of tissue - shaped like a match. Put the end of the lint to the lighter and start making a spark. It should catch after a couple of tries. I actually tried this one with a good bit of success.

Also, if you're gonna take a lighter with ya. Screw all those fancy "light up in a hurricane, or torrential downpour" gimmicks. Just scatter a few bic disposables through you pack. If they get wet, it's just a matter of rolling it back and forth across your pants half a dozen times and the flint will be dry enough to light again. Plus, if you lose it your out what a buck?

I actually saw this on SurvivorMan, so gotta give him creds.

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Apr 08, 2010
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Good tip
by: The Red Son

Most of my socks are pretty worn out so they don't have all that lint like freshies do. I love that show and now know to start a fire with a car battery and gas OR steel wool, a LED headlamp, incandescent flash light, rifle or (although this one would take some practice) some sticks and a shoe lace.