Cut a piece of corrugated cardboard about an inch wide. Useing the strike anywhere matches, insert a match into the hole in the cardboard, skip a hole and put in another match from the opposite side. I like a roll of about a dz, roll up and tie. Melt parafin in a dbl boiler and drop the matches in briefly to get a good coating on matches and cardboard. Parafin should be liquid but not hot or it will penetrate the match head rendering it useless. I like at least 2 good coats. Those matches are hard to find anymore, and the heads and tips are much smaller than they used to be, always select matches with the biggest head and tips. When useing, slice off a match, in the cardboard. The cardboard burns hot because of the parafin, leave it on the match. Another trick is to mix vaseline into some cotton, stuff it into straws, pack it tight. Seal one end by heating and squeezing the end together, then pack the cotton tight and seal the other end. To use, slit the straw and pull some out and light it. I cut the straws in 1/2 before packing them with the soaked cotton, I like the shorter length for carrying. They are completely waterproof. I've carried these matches like this over 40 years and they have saved the day more than once. POWDERMAN.
