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#29688 - 08/22/04 11:01 PM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
rbruce Offline
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Registered: 05/25/04
Posts: 153
Loc: California
"a nup"="enough"

"That's enough out of you"

At least that's how I understand it.

Robert

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#29689 - 08/22/04 11:03 PM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
aardwolfe Offline
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Registered: 08/22/01
Posts: 924
Loc: St. John's, Newfoundland
I've heard that others have had that problem with the Blastmatch, but I've used mine quite a lot and had no problems with it.

It the metal striker does break off, then the BM can still be used as a 2-handed striker with any metal scraper, and IMO will outperform the Sparklite. (It took several strikes with the Sparklite to ignite a single-ply piece of toilet paper, and I was completely unable to get it to ignite a dab of Purell Hand-Sanitizer - both of which will usually catch fire with one application of the BM.) I wouldn't give a tinker's damn for my ability to start a fire with a Sparklite if I were shivering with hypothermia, or if my hands were numb with cold. But I'm fairly certain I could get a fire going one-handed with a BM, even if the striker had broken off, by bracing it with my foot or knee and using the back of my knife (or even the blade, if necessary - I'd worry about the corrosion issues and the dulling of the blade after I was toasty and warm) <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The biggest problem with the BM is that it's very bulky. What you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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#29690 - 08/23/04 04:51 AM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
bountyhunter Offline


Registered: 11/14/03
Posts: 1224
Loc: Milwaukee, WI USA
Frenchy:

When you talk in puns, you have to mentallys skew what is said as it was designed to imply.

"That's a nup out of you" was understood by me to mean "That's enough out of you", which is what she meant in a pun speaking way.

Bountyhunter

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#29691 - 08/23/04 04:57 AM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
bountyhunter Offline


Registered: 11/14/03
Posts: 1224
Loc: Milwaukee, WI USA
Rbruce:

You got it right.

People I throw puns at and with try to keep the translation reasonable although not exact.

Sometimes it is a stretch like the multiplying of 2 bi 4 = GAYt in the Osama's Revenge thread, but still reasonable.

Bountyhunter <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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#29692 - 08/23/04 05:10 AM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
rbruce Offline
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Registered: 05/25/04
Posts: 153
Loc: California
It took me a little while to get your 2 bi 4 = GAYt joke. I do also like hearing puns very much. Of course we can run into problems on an international forum such as this. Different people might read or pronounce the same thing differently and not understand something the way it was meant. Even in this country there are many ways to speak the same language. Of course this is what makes this forum so great. There are people here from all over the world with an infinite number of upbringings and backgrounds.

Robert

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#29693 - 08/23/04 09:11 AM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
frenchy Offline
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Registered: 12/18/02
Posts: 1320
Loc: France
OK
I didn't make the link/jump (?) from "a nup" to "enough".
<img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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#29694 - 08/23/04 01:21 PM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
norad45 Offline
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Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 1506
Good point about numb hands and the sparklite. My favorite one-handed firestarter is the zippo. Bulk aside, I just thought the Blastmatch would be the perfect backup. Oh well, the kits are still worth way more than $9.95.
Regards, Vince

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#29695 - 08/23/04 04:40 PM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
jamesraykenney Offline
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Registered: 03/12/04
Posts: 316
Loc: Beaumont, TX USA
Considering that I paid over $60.00 for mine, I would say that you got a good deal! (Even though mine does have the saw in it.)

I seem to remember that the striker problem WAS a problem with the first Blast Matches... They have fixed them since. Check with them for a replacement.

There was another problem with the early units also. See http://www.equipped.org/firestrt.htm for more info.

I just REALLY wish that they would stop calling things like this a survival kit...In NO WAY is it a survival kit....It is a VERY NICE PART of a survival kit, but not one in itself.



Edited by jamesraykenney (08/23/04 04:43 PM)

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#29696 - 08/24/04 05:09 AM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
Stokie Offline
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Registered: 02/05/04
Posts: 175
Loc: Paris, France
Jamesraykenny
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"I just REALLY wish that they would stop calling things like this a survival kit...In NO WAY is it a survival kit....It is a VERY NICE PART of a survival kit, but not one in itself."

I couldn't agree more.

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#29697 - 08/24/04 05:29 AM Re: Seriously underwhelmed by Blastmatch.....
NY RAT Offline
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Registered: 09/19/03
Posts: 256
Loc: brooklyn, ny
has anyone else had a lot of problems with this item?

first when i ordered there was a problem, so i had to re-order (only paid once so its ok).

then i FINALLY get the kit today, and there is NO blastmatch!

i got 1 mirror, 1 whistle, 2 packs of wet tinder cubes and the pamphlet/instructions.

so im more then a little annoyed at this so far, anyone else?
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