I was looking through the Nature et Decouverte website today. They're a sort of slightly eco, slightly outdoors, slightly wooden toy shop over here in France. Amongst their stuff for walkers I found THIS.
It's called a Pyrenean shepherds' lighter and works with no gas, no petrol. Apparently the cord is made with an extract of oak fungus, and lights using the built in flint sparker.
It claims it's virtually indestructible, although they don't say anything about what happens if it gets wet. I've ordered one anyway, hope to get it in a few days time, so when it arrives I'll be testing it thoroughly, to see how it works.
Has anyone seen anything like it before?
It's called a Pyrenean shepherds' lighter and works with no gas, no petrol. Apparently the cord is made with an extract of oak fungus, and lights using the built in flint sparker.
It claims it's virtually indestructible, although they don't say anything about what happens if it gets wet. I've ordered one anyway, hope to get it in a few days time, so when it arrives I'll be testing it thoroughly, to see how it works.
Has anyone seen anything like it before?