Now those are matches that will light all of fires in us.
It’s funny how England’s Glory matches are made in Sweden, though.
Lovely Puuko and sheath , might we please see more ?The puukko and matchsafe are always in my pack.
French tabac brun is some pretty rough stuff. I haven’t smoked in over 23 years, but I did smoke when I was in France and I would sometimes smoke Gitanes or Gauloises if that’s all I could get. For my fellow Americans - imagine cigarettes made of charcoal and barbed wire and you will get some idea of what these things feel like going down. Smoking unfiltered Camels is like smelling roses compared to smoking cigarettes brunes. I only ever knew one person who smoked Gitanes maïs and he was a very interesting character, to say the least.Great idea
What a cool knife!!
I like the (birds?) on the blade!!What a cool knife!!
As for smoking stuff, it's ALL shuttered away from sight and you have ask for it clandestine style An old traditional Finnish cigarette were 'Työmies' literally Workman they came in a flat box of 25s not 20 unfiltered of courses but with a little wooden holder to put them in. Strong beyond belief
My Grandma sewed fur coats for her living and worked very hard. She always had lots of expensive and heavy coats to work on. She also smoked Gitanes (though not corn-papered, they go out every minute or so) at a rather fair rate. She would take a fag out of the box and light it without stopping to look on the coat she was lining.Great idea
Something like this maybe?I've had cheap Russian cigarettes with tubes, but you used to be able to get 'Imperial Russian' Sobranie cigarettes here in the 70's, which had long tubes, and tasted good. A friend of mine was once smoking one on the bus (as you could smoke on them then), but he got thrown off because the conductor thought he was smoking a joint!
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I have also a tin box somewhere.
The white-tipped greens are reminiscent of English Parrot (?) brand (except they were red). My parents confiscated my boxes because they thought they were too dangerous for a teen-ager to play with. All I have left is one single Spanish wax strike-anywhere.The puukko and matchsafe are always in my pack.
It’s funny how England’s Glory matches are made in Sweden, though.
I remember reading, some years ago, about how the Swedish match factories were closing, simply because the duty on disposable lighters, which was once charged in the UK, had been abolished I'm surprised I have so many boxes in the kitchen drawer actually, as I usually only buy Lifeboat matches for emergencies (I have SO many), use a ferro rod or flint and steel to light my campfires, and use a lighter in the house 
Taken when she was still shiny and new.
My Grandma sewed fur coats for her living and worked very hard. She always had lots of expensive and heavy coats to work on. She also smoked Gitanes (though not corn-papered, they go out every minute or so) at a rather fair rate. She would take a fag out of the box and light it without stopping to look on the coat she was lining.
One day I replace his pack by a tricky one. She opened it one hand and nearly had a heart attack when the false cigarette jumped out.
She had a strong Hungarian accent and that day I learned a few expletives I had never imagined she would know.
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Something like this maybe?
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The white-tipped greens are reminiscent of English Parrot (?) brand (except they were red). My parents confiscated my boxes because they thought they were too dangerous for a teen-ager to play with. All I have left is one single Spanish wax strike anywhere.
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I have always liked Sobranie tobacco, and even long after I quit cigarettes, I would sometimes buy a girlfriend some Black Russian cigarettes, so I could taste one The Imperial cigarettes were much longer though, because of the cardboard filter, with papers which were cream-coloured I have a box of wax-tipped matches somewhere, but I think they were brought back from Spain about 30 years ago! Here is my silver vesta case JP, it has a match-strike on the bottom I also have this Joseph Rodgers knife, on which matches can be struck, I really should take some better photos of it 
Grandpa smoked Celtiques Bleues Maïs that were a good mm oversize and stronger than Gauloises.French tabac brun is some pretty rough stuff. I haven’t smoked in over 23 years, but I did smoke when I was in France and I would sometimes smoke Gitanes or Gauloises if that’s all I could get. For my fellow Americans - imagine cigarettes made of charcoal and barbed wire and you will get some idea of what these things feel like going down. Smoking unfiltered Camels is like smelling roses compared to smoking cigarettes brunes. I only ever knew one person who smoked Gitanes maïs and he was a very interesting character, to say the least.
I seem to remember something in the early 90’s about how the EU was going to regulate the diameter of cigarettes, which was going to make Gitanes skinnier. I remember people being really upset about it, but don’t know if it was true or just rumors.
These are the only matches I could find in the house.
