Any you hear about this.

FarmboyBill · #1 09/10/14, 12:02 PM

I was in a store last evening buying mower sections, at the checkout I saw boxes of matches. Bent down to get a couple when I saw they were the strike on box kind. I asked if they had the strike anywhere kind, and she said no, that they had outlawed them. Starting too many fires.
Anybody hear of this??

unregistered41671 · #2 09/10/14, 12:09 PM

Bill, all you have to do, is do a search.

http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Attit.../dp/B003ZVH70W

hawgsquatch · #3 09/10/14, 12:10 PM

They have increased hazmat fees when shipping so most places won't stock them. I still see them in the cigar shop here at home.

DirtyHowi · #4 09/10/14, 12:10 PM

i can get them at hy-vee, but no where else. California banned them years ago.

arabian knight · #5 09/10/14, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Possum Belly

Bill, all you have to do, is do a search.

http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Attit.../dp/B003ZVH70W

And who in the right mind is going to PAY THIS PRICE?
1 new from $48.09

That is ONE BOX of 250 count from that Amazon site

unregistered41671 · #6 09/10/14, 12:19 PM

Here you go Bill.....

Myth or Fact - Are Strike Anywhere Matches Illegal?

http://www.unluckyhunter.com/2011/08...-anywhere.html

unregistered41671 · #7 09/10/14, 12:40 PM

It seems that Diamond still makes them.

http://diamondbrands.com/MatchesFire...sLighters.aspx

Danaus29 · #8 09/10/14, 12:42 PM

I haven't been able to find them for years. I think I still have a box or 2 stashed away but like the person on the blog, the matches are probably no longer any good.

littlebitfarm · #9 09/10/14, 01:33 PM

Rural King stocks them.

FarmboyBill · #10 09/10/14, 01:41 PM

I like the looks of the Ohio Blue Tip matches PB, but there strike on box. Diamond always made good matches.

sammyd · #11 09/10/14, 02:10 PM

can get them at the local grocery store

arabian knight · #12 09/10/14, 02:59 PM

Please don't get the two kinds mixed up. Strike on Box, and Strike Anywhere, are two different kinds, with different chemical makeups.

PlowGirl · #13 09/10/14, 03:02 PM

Seems like reason those matches aren't popular anymore is that the lighters are much better.

tarbe · #14 09/10/14, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PlowGirl

Seems like reason those matches aren't popular anymore is that the lighters are much better.

Yeah, if I am going to light a cigar while sitting around the campfire, a lighter is just fine.

But, if I cannot find primers, I can at least use the strike anywhere part of the match head to re-pack spent primers.

Far from ideal, but can work in a pinch! (no pun intended)

Tim