Originally Posted By: frediver
You could repack the wick in the striker of your "wet" match, you should find a metal tab that is removable to hold the new material. Twist up your own cotton yarn or try using cotton gauze or maybe even cotton butcher string.
Try a few different materials, it could be a survival need .

BTW
where did you get all the different fire pistons and how well do they actually work? I would not consider one as an actual survival
device but I'm still interested in the collector aspect.

Thanks


I did not know the wick could be replaced. Thanks, I will look into that.

The nylon and plexiglass piston were found on eBay. The pen piston I purchased directly from the manufacture. I had the best results with the nylon one which was the cheapest.

I do not carry a piston on wilderness trips.