How about a thin ferro rod, a broken off piece of hacksaw blade and a small piece of fatwood or some smashed Coglan's Emergency Tinder. This will give you more and better chances to start a fire than a few matches.

Pretend the wind is blowing, it is cold, your hands are stiff and you are stressed out! You really want matches? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />