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Post by trailboss on May 2, 2021 17:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by toshtego on May 3, 2021 12:39:25 GMT -5
When I lived in the UK, I bought them often. A great match.
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Post by simnettpratt on May 3, 2021 15:14:43 GMT -5
BTW, you need to subscribe to read the article, and I get enough spam so I haven't read it, but you know what I'm trying not to say when it comes to pipe matches  |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2021 16:12:45 GMT -5
Not to be Mr. Negative, but I hate Swan Vesta matches. About every third box is full of duds - some so bad that I'm convinced I'm using trick matches. There will be no breeze at all and the match will light, then die in about 3 seconds. Other boxes have matches that just snap off 1/2 inch below the head. Still others burn so quickly right down the stick, that you could burn your house down with a single match. Incredibly inconsistent. Seriously terrible matches that I think people like because they've been told they do for so long.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 3, 2021 16:28:32 GMT -5
I rarely use them. I go for the cook's matches...  |
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 3, 2021 17:13:49 GMT -5
The Wipe Clean Box must come in handy.
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Post by trailboss on May 3, 2021 20:47:16 GMT -5
BTW, you need to subscribe to read the article, and I get enough spam so I haven't read it, but you know what I'm trying not to say when it comes to pipe matches When I stumbled on it, I got no such requirement to subscribe, but it is there now for me too. I have never used Vesta matches but some guys in the past that I respected loved them. I wonder if production moved to one of the sweatshop countries and QC went to hell? Certainly wouldn’t be the first time. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 3, 2021 21:48:10 GMT -5
Yup, I didn't read it because I hit the paywall.
There seems to be some nostalgia for them. I use a butane pipe insert in a Zippo or, usually, a BiC.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 3, 2021 21:51:15 GMT -5
BTW, you need to subscribe to read the article, and I get enough spam so I haven't read it, but you know what I'm trying not to say when it comes to pipe matches When I stumbled on it, I got no such requirement to subscribe, but it is there now for me too. I have never used Vesta matches but some guys in the past that I respected loved them. I wonder if production moved to one of the sweatshop countries and QC went to hell? Certainly wouldn’t be the first time. Maybe the match girls got phossy jaw and production was outsourced. |
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Post by simnettpratt on May 3, 2021 22:21:08 GMT -5
Their website says all their matches are made in Sweden from 'sustainable aspen trees', and they literally have an 'anti-slavery policy' you can download. Didn't know they also made Job and Zig Zag rolling papers.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 4, 2021 8:00:02 GMT -5
...and filter plugs for rollies.
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Post by toshtego on May 4, 2021 9:31:34 GMT -5
Mostly I use flint and steel along with a little petrol spirit, aka "Zippo" lighter. Tried, true, reliable.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2021 11:59:50 GMT -5
It could just be that I've had bad luck with Swan Vesta matches. I purchased all of mine from the same place, so maybe they just had a bad batch. I'll try them again in a few months and see if there's a difference - I liked the first batch I received.
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Post by trailboss on May 4, 2021 17:27:06 GMT -5
At my last job, hauling hazardous retail waste, cigarette smokers seemed to be a sticky fingered lot. In the multipack containers one woulkd get pinched, since the store did not have an SKU for individual lighters, off to the flammable aerosol bin, between all them bic lighters, Ronsonol torch lighters, cans of Butane and compromised cartons of matches (Flam solids), I doubt I will ever have to ask..."hey buddy, got a light?"
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Post by instymp on May 4, 2021 18:10:21 GMT -5
I thought posted was Vespa Match.
Wanted to see that, getting old.
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