Since I was at the creek anyway today (that's another story) I decided to do a little more environmental testing on the Schrade.
To increase my odds of getting one to light, I put more of those old crappy matches in the handle this time.
Tied some braided line through the lanyard hole...
and threw it in the creek in a spot about a meter deep.
walked around for a while checking out the creek
It was pretty cold, there was ice formed on some of the limbs and rocks.
The string was frozen in places when I pulled it back out about an hour later
the matches were still completely dry and the first one I tried lit just fine you can see the one white mark on the rock, but it almost burned out before I got the camera to focus on it.
So far I'm liking this knife more and more
To increase my odds of getting one to light, I put more of those old crappy matches in the handle this time.
![PICT0035.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0035.jpg)
Tied some braided line through the lanyard hole...
![PICT0036.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0036.jpg)
and threw it in the creek in a spot about a meter deep.
![CopyofPICT0043.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/CopyofPICT0043.jpg)
![PICT0049.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0049.jpg)
![PICT0037.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0037.jpg)
![PICT0040.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0040.jpg)
walked around for a while checking out the creek
![PICT0050.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0050.jpg)
It was pretty cold, there was ice formed on some of the limbs and rocks.
![PICT0044-1.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0044-1.jpg)
The string was frozen in places when I pulled it back out about an hour later
![PICT0060.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0060.jpg)
the matches were still completely dry and the first one I tried lit just fine you can see the one white mark on the rock, but it almost burned out before I got the camera to focus on it.
![PICT0062.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0062.jpg)
So far I'm liking this knife more and more
![PICT0065.jpg](http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn283/mistwalker13/Knives/Schrade%20Extreme%20Survival/PICT0065.jpg)