<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>The lifeboat matches are more like "strike-anywhere" but I've heard conflicting reports about their "strike-anywhereness".<p><hr></blockquote><p>My report:<br>Lifeboat matches definitely require an external striker designed specifically for matches. I have destroyed LIfeboat matches trying in vain to ignite them on bricks, concrete, metal files, etc., but I have easily ignited them on every matchbook or matchbox striker I have ever tried them on (which is more than a few).