fireplace matches

Long wooden strikers

Fireplace matches are extra-long wooden matches designed for lighting fires in fireplaces, wood stoves, or grills.

The extended length—typically eight to eleven inches—keeps hands safely away from flames when reaching into deep fireboxes: We keep a box of fireplace matches on the mantel.

Related

cardboard · tinderbox · flame · phosphorus · light · paraffin · sulfur · kindling · wood stove · fireplace · barbecue grill · heat · long handle · combustion · candle · ash · hearth · firestarter

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Opposites
fire-starting method

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Spark-producing ignition pair

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fire relationship

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Portable flame suppression device

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Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G