Here's an approach to redundancy...

I bought some flint rods from the Hood's Woods store. They're about the size of a strike-anywhere match.

I added one of these to each of my match safes.

That way, my "last" match has the potential to light hundreds and hundreds of fires.

Bear

I'd like to see a picture.... How much were they? I'm interested in getting some.

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One costs $3.50. Five cost $15.00. There's no picture on the site, but here's where you can order:

http://www.survival.com/cgi-bin/miva?Mer...ategory_Code=SA

If that gets you lost, go to www.survival.com and click Catalog Items. Scroll to the bottom of that page and click BUY Online NOW!

The flint rods are just that -- plain rods. They're 1/8 inch thick and 2 inches long.

Hope that gets it for you.

Bear