I was messing around with my flint (fire starter) the other day and I had a "fleece" type towel laying next to where I was working. Well that started me thinking. Yeah I know.. Any way I cut several small strips of this towel (being as it wasn't being used) and then took my pocket knife and kind of "roughed it up" a little until it looked frayed. Then I took small dabs of Vaseline and rubbed it on it real good. I took my flint and all of a sudden with the first spark it went up in flames and "get this" burned for around 4-5 minutes. Has any one else here ever tried any thing like that? I have to say that it weighs nothing and enough to start 20-30 fires stores in a container about half the size of a 35mm film canister.
No more worries about wet matches. Hope that this can help some body lighten their load even if it is only a few ounces...sabre11004...

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