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How a “Rope Lighter” Works
- xellisx 6y agoTIL. I was thinking this was going to be a Zippo. I have a feeling that the Zippo was "an improved" version of this thou.
- redis_mlc 6y agoInteresting video - worth watching. One commenter said that the reason it's not well-known for emergency use today is that if the rope gets wet, it won't light.
- electricant 6y agoVery cool. You can also hang around with a charred cotton strip and throw sparks at it.
- astatine 6y agoFascinating! I recollect seeing, as a kid, a lit rope hanging in cigarette kiosks/shops in India to use as a lighter for their customers. This used to be a jute rope and, though lit with a match unlike in this video, would keep burning slowly through the day. Saved matches and was always lit. Have not seen it in recent years.
- eps 6y agoThe author manages to keep talking for 5 minutes with 20-30 seconds of actual material. If you can understand how the rope burns without his assistance, he shows how the lighter _works_ around 5:00 mark.