Schwert,

Nice find on the Penley's. I love 'em and they work very well for me thus far. I added some skateboard tape to most of my safes and have some to spare if you'd like some...

M

I saw boxes of Penley's appear in the grocery a while back but since I had never heard of them I put them back on the shelf. At $0.74 a box they are certainly worth it, I am glad you spent the big bucks and tried them <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

My neighbor is an avid skateboarder and I bummed some tape off of him a while back...of course it is still sitting on my desk, but eventually I may get around to putting a strip on a case or two. I neglected to try the roughened surface of the case plug but will do so soon. Most of the time I strike my matches on the exterior knurling but a piece of skateboard tape could be a real bonus.

Hmm, a seach for "Penley" on this forum only turns up this thread (yes, I clicked "all posts"). Is there somewhere you can mail-order these? None of my local camping or grocery stores I've checked has any full-sized strike-anywhere matches. The only ones I've found are the mini ones at REI.

Strike Anywhere matches cannot be mailed but they can be shipped via UPS. Some places charge a hasmat fee which can be as much as ~30 boxes of Penley's.

I have heard that this place

http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/saloon/matches.html

ships without hasmat fees.

I am not sure I would run these Penley matches down in preference to Diamonds if you could get them locally. They are nice, and probably a bit more consistant but I can buy Diamonds for about a buck a box also. Now if you cannot get any strikeanywheres then this place may be worth the effort.

I love my K&M cases. They're the best.

Thanks, Randy.

Great idea, Mike. *smacks own forehead* I've got a roll of no-slip floor tape in the locker at work, I should have throught of that a long time ago.

I guess I did spend the big bucks. Mine were $.85 a box! <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

M

Sort of amazing to think of these boxes imported from Chile, 250 sticks/box and selling for such a price.

Sometimes it seems our lives are so easy. So many things are so easily available at good prices we tend to ignore them. An easily kindled fire has become more of an entertainment than a necessity.

where can I get some of those cases?

Check here:
Cases