No one advocates Zippo-type liquid fuel lighters (because of fuel evaporation) but if you find an old garage sale sample of the small one, it's basically a sparking device with tightly packed cotton inside the case. Fits in the watch pocket of your jeans.<br><br> If you didn't want to use it the normal way with liquid fuel, you could easily store lots of cotton soaked with petroleum jelly in the base, plus spare flints enough for a year in the wilderness. No pocket goo, and stays nice and dry. If you had a mind to, you could probably also fit an Xacto blade or two, fishhooks, sinkers, what have you in the lid, wrap the case with fishing line, tape, or whatever. Only downside is the weight of the metal case, but it would have an innocuous appearance and not scream "survival kit." Pair it up with a mega-keychain and a Fresnel in your wallet, and you'd cover most of your EDC items<br><br> If you carry only the sparklite or the Ranger Rick version, a single flint could be a weak point, and they're hard (impossibile?) to replace in either one.<br><br> I'm also playing with the "metal match", that has a screw-in metal "match" in a very small cotton fuel-soaked container. You strike it by scraping on the ferrocerrium rod along the side of the container. Looks a bit Mickey Mouse, but seems to work pretty well. No idea as yet how long the fuel takes to evaporate versus a Zippo type lighter, but it appears somewhat promising, since the "match" screws in and seems to seal the opening where evaporation would occur. Find 'em on Ebay, if you're interested, for a few bucks.<br><br> BTW, even if you're not impressed with Ranger Ricks's survival necklace, I think he deserves credit for thinking outside the box." His website (www,therangerrickdigest.com) has a lot of neat ideas, and shows that he's "one of us."