Hemp wick - one handed

Emilya;2991180 said:

Zen has been found thanks to the short little DDA and as zenny things seem to go, a trip to the mailbox found my hempwick sitting there waiting for my calm self.

So, I set to work, wrapping it around a new Bic lighter (after removing the paper label from one side of the Bic) to see if it would stay in place. After unwrapping once just to tape down the initial end, everything went well from that point on, and indeed the bee's wax keeps the roll in place as I suspected it might.

Then was the task of solving the one handed lighting. It seems the wick holds its shape reasonably well too, so simply bending a little shepards hook in the end, and then pressing the extra back down onto the roll, it stays in place. As you can see... a flick of my thumb, and even setting it down on the desk, it has still held its shape and gave a good light. A quick flick to douse the flame and then setting it down on the desk so I could press my finger into the ember against the desk, and one hand lighting and dousing was accomplished with ease. Now that I have wound it around the middle of a Bic and have seen the control I can have over the loose end from there, compared to the handy storage compartment provided on that plastic Bic cover that Sue has and that Ebay is now trying to sell me on the side of every page I visit, I don't want one. Simply winding it works quite well... probably wouldn't survive a pocket real well, but I don't do that.

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