Box of matches

Sale of cheaper matchboxes

Un accessoire fumeur indispensable pour de nombreuses occasions ! Cette boite contient 40 petites allumettes de sûreté. Gratter l’allumette sur les côtés rugueux de la boite, la friction produite de l’extrémité de la tige en bois (qui est enduite d’un produit chimique inflammable) contre les surfaces rugueuses de la boite vont déclencher la flamme. Après quoi celle-ci n’est plus utilisable.

• Keep out of the reach of children and away from the face when turning it on.
• Complies with EU safety standards

Pour info, nous disposons aussi de grandes allumettes XXL.

A short history of the match

The word "match" dates back to around 1200 to refer to a small log intended to start a fire.

The safety match dates from 1844, it is still called "Swedish match" due to the Swedish nationality of its inventor, Gustaf Erik Pasch.

Current matches are called "safety" matches because they require a special scraper whose elements interact with those at the end of the match to ignite. The heat generated by the friction contributes to the ignition of the match. It is therefore useless to try to strike the match against another element, the match will only ignite when it comes into contact with its box.

Size of the box: 3.5 cm by 5 cm.