Thread: Beyond the Bic

Originally Posted by XR500

A mate got these off his wife, soaked them in candlewax (parafin wax) and uses them as firestarters. $1.40 for 50 of them.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...d=LZIFDl7qrryP

I think we timed one burning for 4-5 minutes.

As usual its the initial flame that's the difficult part. Today's matches are pretty much a waste of time, and all the flash harry lighters work for about 20 uses then become cantankerous.

Good for applying gun blue as well