Chapstick?

Harden Knives

Harden Knives

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I live in Colorado where it is VERY dry. I use chapstick and im a guy, so what? My friends joke all the time about my chapstick, so I was thinking the other day what if I could make a metal cylinder with a cap on it to act like a manly chapstick case. I haven't measured the diameter of the chapstick I use but it looks to be about 1/2 inch, so I should be able to find some tubing fairly easily. I know this probably sounds like a joke but I think it could be a fun little project. Let me know if you use chapstick and would like to see this project in its prototype stage. :p
 
I ran out last year but I had some camo pattern heat-shrink tube that I always put on my chap stick. I also know chap stick brand makes a (flavorless) chap stick that comes in a camo pattern.

What brand/flavor do you use? I use candy cane (peppermint), highly recommend it, it makes your lips feel cool too. Its a limited thing, only available around the holidays so I always stock up to make it threw the year, it's the only kind I use anymore.
 
You should really make this a whine and cheese project so it gets the honor and ridicule it deserves! Could be so epic.

As for chapstick, I don't use it but my girlfriend does on occasion. If you make them in pink and purple you could expand your market and maybe go on Shark Tank!
 
Chapstick is bad for you. Dry lips are a sign of dehydration. Drink more water. I've not used the stuff in over 2 years now, after needing it daily for several years prior. I am in SoCal so I don't have the cold, but it is dry here.

once you start using it, you need to keep using it.
 
All kidding aside, it's too much effort for too small a requirement. The chapstick container is already about as streamlined and compact as it can get, given what it is and what it does; why add weight and bulk to it for very little return benefit?

And muphasta is right; chapstick is not the best solution to a dry lip problem.
 
muphasta said:
Chapstick is bad for you. Dry lips are a sign of dehydration. Drink more water. I've not used the stuff in over 2 years now, after needing it daily for several years prior. I am in SoCal so I don't have the cold, but it is dry here.
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I have to disagree with this, I am very health conscious and take great care to stay properly hydrated (so far as to be the guy reminding everyone to drink water while they're drinking alcohol) yet I have problems with my lips drying/getting "chapped" and cracking really badly, especially in the winter time. I'm outdoors in the wind a lot of the day and (de)hydration has nothing to do with it. When the wind picks up it can be downright painful if you don't have some sort of skin protectant. I don't leave my house without Chapstick.

Also when it's extremely cold (really cold, ~10* or less) out it can actually be worse to have moist lips than to have dry, but chap stick'd lips because frost bite can form pretty quickly.
 
Cereal_killer said:
I have to disagree with this, I am very health conscious and take great care to stay properly hydrated (so far as to be the guy reminding everyone to drink water while they're drinking alcohol) yet I have problems with my lips drying/getting "chapped" and cracking really badly, especially in the winter time. I'm outdoors in the wind a lot of the day and (de)hydration has nothing to do with it. When the wind picks up it can be downright painful if you don't have some sort of skin protectant. I don't leave my house without Chapstick.

Also when it's extremely cold (really cold, ~10* or less) out it can actually be worse to have moist lips than to have dry, but chap stick'd lips because frost bite can form pretty quickly.
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You are talking about protecting; that's different from moisturizing.
 
I'm outside a lot too.. in fact there are a lot of people that are. I think there might be some validity to what they're telling you; not just that it might be dehydration, but that there might be other causes besides "it's windy and everybody gets chapped lips".

According to one source you can cause cheilitis by taking too much B12; another says a B6 deficiency can be the cause. Crohns Disease and other medical ailments have dry lips as a symptom; and some people lick their lips because they're dry, which in turn drys them out more. There are just a lot of underlying causes, you might want to look in to it if it's a problem for you. It wouldn't surprise me if using Chapstick didn't defeat your body's own ability to self protect much like Visine hurts your body's ability to regenerate tears.
 
I keep Burt's Bees with Honey handy. It helps heal cracked fingertips in the winter. It works on small scrapes and burns. I rarely even think of using it for my lips.
 
As far as "manly" cases go, I've seen some pretty nifty little containers made from large caliber casings. Threaded, screw on bullet like copper caps with an o-ring. Polished brass container with a small hole in the rim for a key chain. Mike
 
Yes I know that chapstick is already stream lined and efficient, but I don't care about that! I just want my chapstick to be cool and to invoke a "hey that's a cool idea" or "you must be a knifemaker!' rather than ridicule by my peers.
 
I use Blistex gold, it sorta tastes like cocoa a little bit. I also use carmex sometimes. Ill try out the shrink tubing and let me know it you want to see my "chapstick sheath". :D
 
I usually just peel off the plastic label around the tube. I've noticed other guys doing it after they've seen mine. Yeah, I suppose I'm addicted to chap stick but I'm chalking it up to something that life is too short to worry about.
 
trey999 said:
I usually just peel off the plastic label around the tube. I've noticed other guys doing it after they've seen mine. Yeah, I suppose I'm addicted to chap stick but I'm chalking it up to something that life is too short to worry about.
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lol good way to put it.
 
My experience with Chapstick is: the more I use it, the more I need it (vicious cycle). However, I am not outside a lot in cold weather.
For cracked finger tips, I use super glue (Cyanoacrylate). Because the stuff is so runny, I need about 3 coats to fill the crack up to skin level.
You can take the Chapstick out of the tube and pack it in a small tin with a butter knife. Mark the tin Skoal or Copenhagen. After that, you can apply it with your finger tip.
 
Carmex, heat until liquid, insert tea light wick, let cool. Now you have chapstick and an emergency candle...
 
I just carry around a jar of Vaseline - you should see the looks I get!

And it helps start fires, too!
 
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