As a child we would intentionally make bic lighters explode. Yes they will explode. One time I also (very carefully) packed a cheap hollow (diecast metal) handle "survival" knife (with a rubber o-ring seal) tight with matches and strikers and threw it about 10'-15' in to a fence post. The knife hit blade first and stuck in the fence post and the handle also exploded on impact. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Hutch for posting the K&M case alongside your old Marbles.

I once made a shotgun shell case matchcase...I forced two 12g spent hulls over a bundle of Diamond Strike-Anywheres...using a hammer because a 12 year old with only two 12g hulls must use creativity (or at least force) to make those things "slide" over each other.

Well I can attest to the matchcase bomb effect with near smoking eyebrows.

I have been a fan of a metal "Purpose-Designed" case ever since.

If anyone is interested in the K&M cases shown above please PM me.

I have read that you can dry damp matches by placing them in your hair so the heat of your scalp dries them. Don't know if this would work with really soaked matches though.

I hesitate to admit that I have dried them in a food dehydrator once they have absorbed too much moisture from the air. They do not strike as well as before they got damp but most did work. I now keep all matches in Ziploc bags so I don’t have to worry about that so much. They were very old when I dried them out but still worked. I have since replaced most of them as 15-year-old matches are getting long in the tooth for me.