----- Original Message ----- From: "PZ" < an email adrs > NOV 11
To: "kmmatchcase-mail" <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: K&M matchcase

> Yes...you both have my permission. I will send the cap back.
> Thanks,
> Phillip
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 9:35 AM, kmmatchcase-mail <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning Phillip;
>> Thanks for the kind words about our matchcase, with your permission we would
>> like to post them on the site. Marge is sending you a replacement plug with a
>> luminous compass to exchange for the one in your case. If you would ship
>> the original back to us it would be appreciated.
>>
>> Best wishes; Keith
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "PZ" < an email adrs >
>> To: "kmmatchcase-mail" <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 4:53 PM
>> Subject: K&M matchcase
>>
>>
>>> I received the K&M matchcase today and wanted to thank you.
>>>The K&M matchcase is an excellent piece of craftmanship.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Phillip Zorrilla

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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:57 AM
Subject: RE: K&M Match Cases

Good morning Kevin!!!

I received my order yesterday and can't be more pleased with #1)
the quick turnaround time and #2) the quality of the cases.

It's nice to see people taking pride in their work and turning out a
quality made American product.

Thanks again,

Steve

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Keith,
Of course you can post my note on your site.

An additional note on the Marble's matchsafe: I carried that as my emergency supply
and, as luck would have it, never had an emergency that warranted dipping into it.
The matches were waterproofed by painting with clear nail polish.

I was looking at it one day and wondered if they were still good. I took out one
of the 50-year-old matches and dropped it into a glass of water, letting it sit for
about 5 minutes before taking it out and striking it. It lit on the first try and burned
down to the now-soaked unpainted base. I think we can safely say that matches
so treated and stored in an air-tight container will be there when you need them.

I also have a Marble's button compass from the same era with the brass case
I carry in my pocket survival kit. I'll probably take that out now that I have an excellent
compass in the match case.

I also had a Woodcraft knife, but that was stolen. For 3 years I was the Campcraft
Director of Camp Glen Gray in Oakland, NJ, teaching leatherwork, wood carving
and the like. I had a display board showing some of my own work and the knife
was stolen from the sheath. It still bothers me that a Scout would steal from me.

Glen Gray is still around

http://www.glengray.org/

But it's no longer a scout camp.

Take care,
Ralph DeCamp
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----- Original Message -----
From: "kmmatchcase-mail" <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

> Hi Calvin;
> Thanks for taking the time to send the encouraging words, we appreciate
> them and with your permission would like to post them to the site.
> You're right about the cases being longer. Two years ago while on a
> trip we ran across some Strike Anywhere matches in South Dakota and
> decided
> to stock up since they're not available in lots of areas - it's getting so
> you have to hunt to find them even in Idaho. I noticed right away that
> the
> plugs wouldn't completely seat and was very surprised to see that the
> matches were 1/8" longer than the older version. Thinking it was a fluke
> we
> opened several boxes and found that all the new production matches were
> longer than the old standards that have been around for half a century or
> more. Incidently, they seem to be much inferior in quality too.
> Anyway, upon returning home we immediately lengthened our cases 3/16"
> to
> accomodate the newer style matches and have tried to get the word out to
> owners of original length cases to trim at least 1/8" off of the new
> matches
> to avoid a surprise flare up. They're easily shortened with nail
> clippers,
> wire cutters, a knife blade, etc.
> Unless match manufacturers change the length of the matches again we
> have no plans to change case lengths.
> Best wishes; Keith
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
>
>
>> Thanks Keith and Marjorie!
>> The new matchcases are excellent as always. I did notice that this
>> batch
>> of standard is slightly longer than my old one. Is this something that
>> will change from time to time? Nevertheless it is still the finest, yet
>> easy to use matchcase/pill carrier out there. I also have a TAD Gear
>> LifeCapsule but find that yours is much easier to use everyday. Thanks
>> again!
>>
>> -Calvin
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Greetings,
Yes, by all means use the message on your site,
Thanks,
Stuart.

-----Original Message-----
From: kmmatchcase-mail [mailto:keith AT kmmatchcase.com]
Sent: 16 June 2008 18:22
To: Stuart Lythgoe
Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

Hi Stuart;
Thanks for taking the time to send your kind comments about our
matchcase - we enjoy hearing from our customers. Would you mind if we
posted your comments on our site?
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:59 AM
Subject: RE: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

Greetings,
I have just received your match case here in England and I am very
impressed with the quality of the product. I am proud of the match case
and will recommend it to my friends and forward them to your site,
thanks very much for your prompt processing of the order and good luck
for the future,
Stuart Lythgoe,
Wallingford.

-----Original Message-----
From: keith AT kmmatchcase.com [mailto:keith AT kmmatchcase.com]
Sent: 06 June 2008 16:06
To: Stuart Lythgoe
Subject: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

Keith Thanks You!

This is confirmation that your order was received.

We hope you enjoyed your shopping visit to KMmatchcase.com. We look
forward to your comments and suggestions about our site, please feel
free to email us at any time.

Have a Great Day!

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Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:08 AM

Keith: Yesterday I received the three brass match cases and could not be
more pleased. I have carried various match cases starting in the boy scouts
and continuing through my years in the Army, hunting, fishing and camping and
none compare with your product. The quality of your case far superior to any
case I have used or those on the market today.

I do have one suggestion. I noted in your little booklet that you stress the length
if the match must not allow the head to touch the plug. I fully understand the
reason for your cautionary note, but believe that if you were to add a wafer
of rubber to either the base of the plug (with glue) or better yet the bottom of
the tube and load the matches so the heads would face the rubber wafer it
would eliminate the potential of an accidental ignition. I believe the plug at the
bottom of the tube and the match heads loaded downward would be the bast
approach since it would avoid the eventual failure of a wafer glued to the plug.

You product is fantastic, so please accept my suggestion as something
that might provide an improvement to what is already a great outdoor tool.

Again, thanks for making this wonderful product.

Bill Goodman

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From: R. DeCamp
To: keith AT kmmatchcase.com
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

Keith,

In my life I have owned a few things (VERY few things) that I consider to be
the best ever made of their type. These match cases are in that category.
I'll hang on to the Marble's matchsafe I've carried for more than 50 years as a
keepsake, but one of the K&M cases will be with me from now on.

Thanks,
Ralph DeCamp

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Dear Keith and Marge,

If my humble words can be of any sevice to you, please feel free to use them.
I dipped the ends of some non-safety matches in candle wax and have put them
into the case. Yesterday, I took the case (I did choose the brass one in the end!)
for a walk in the woods and couldn't resist the temptation to give it a try. The
match flared beautifully against the knurled side of the case. I love the compass,
too - a wonderful and actually very useful feature.

Be warned: there will in all probability be another order coming along soon.
Christmas is coming and I have nephews to buy for!

Very best wishes,
Richard

> Dear Richard;
> Thank you for taking the time to write such a beautiful
> endorsement of our product. Words like yours are our greatest reward
> and our inspiration to maintain a level of quality reminiscent of the
> days when "Made in America" said it all.
> With your permission I'd like to post your letter on our web site.
> Thanks again for the kind words;
> Keith and Marge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Tiley"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
>
>
> > Dear Keith,
> >
> > Just a quick one to let you know that the matchcases arrived safely.
> > In the flesh (or should that
> > be 'metal'?) they are even better than I had expected - beautifully
> > made and wonderfully
> > functional. I'm having difficulty trying to decide which one I'm
> > going to keep and which one will
> > be given to my son. I think I might just hang on to the brass one...
> >
> > Fantastic product and a great service: for both of these, many, many
> > thanks.
> >
> > Very best wishes,
> > Richard Tiley

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> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
>
>
> > Order received! Thank you very much. This is an high quality hand crafted
> > product.
> > Best regards
> >
> > Michael

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From: robert defilippis
To: keith AT kmmatchcase.com
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: Thanks

Hi, Just wanted to let you know,I received the matchcase today,and I am
totally satisfied,it perfect. I will be showing quite a few of my friends,the nicest
matchcase I have ever owned. Looking forward to future purchases.
PS That was some fast shipping. Thanks Again Robert

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Dear Keith

The matchcases arrived earlier this week in Canada. They are superb!
Thank-you very much; you are an exceptional craftsman.

Regards from Canada

Greg
1st West Vancouver Scouts

On Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 01:14PM,
"kmmatchcase-mail" <keith AT kmmatchcase.com> wrote:
Greg;
The following letter was written to a long time friend a week ago to
explain what's been happening around here for the last month so rather
than start from scratch we'll just make a form letter out of it. Your cases are
packaged and will ship Monday the 28th. Thanks much for your patience. KL

Good news. Not yet but will go out tomorrow. Don't know if you keep an
eye on the weather out here but we've been trying to keep from getting buried
under one snow storm after another for almost a month - 4 1/2' so far.
That's not an unusual amount of snow for us but the temps have been cold
enough that it won't slide off the roofs so has to be dealt with one shovel
full at a time. Last Sunday I went out at 3:00 AM to check my shop (with 10"
of new snow on top of the 4' already there) and found 2 broken rafters so
started shoveling immediately and called my sons later in the morning for
help. We got it off without losing the whole building but have been helping
others in town deal with the same problem. Just keeping a place to park
open has been a challenge as we're running out of places to put the stuff.

Got the computer back from the factory about the 1st of the year and tried it
right away but it appeared to have destroyed the programs so tried for
2 weeks to find a programmer to start over, finally found one who could
help but then decided to see if even one of the original programs might
have survived the crash. Got the factory brain on the phone Friday to help
me search and fortunately we found at least one that did, so was able to
copy and modify instead of having to start from scratch, which is a very
time-consuming and expensive process. Saturday evening I got my first
good matchcase in over a month and it's a long version so will be cranking
out many more today if all goes well. If you're a man of prayer you might
send one up!

Without question this has been our most frustrating experience with our
equipment in 15 years. Because I'm not in the least bit computer literate and
because we live in such a remote area it's especially frustrating trying to
find help when it dies. Add the fact that programmers always seem to be
behind in their regular jobs and you almost have to offer them a bribe to
get them out here. Fortunately we skated by this time.

Please accept my sincere apologies for the inconvenience but know
that we're doing the best we can under the circumstances.

God bless, Keith

----- Original Message -----
> From: Greg Franklin
> To: kmmatchcase-mail
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Matchcase order
>
>
> Hi Keith
>
>
> Just thought I would touch base and see how my order was coming
along. Any updates?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Greg Franklin
> 1472 Inglewood Avenue
> West Vancouver, BC
> Canada
>
>
> On 24-Dec-07, at 9:01 AM, kmmatchcase-mail wrote:
>
>
> Hi again Gregory;
> Whoops! Marge informs me that we have lots of long clears, it's the long
brass that we're out of. If all goes well with the computer we will have them
ready to ship by Wednesday.
> Thanks, Keith
> Keith and Marge Lunders
> www.kmmatchcase.com

-- Cont.

Hi Greg;
Thanks for taking the time to write such a nice letter about our
product. I tease Marge about being a Clara Smith
clone, the Honda lady who tested each mower before it shipped. If it didn't
start on the first pull it didn't go. With Marge on the job I lose no sleep
worrying about comebacks.
If you don't mind we'd like to post your letter on our site, with or
without your personal contact information as you prefer. If you're willing
please let us know.
Thanks again, Keith and Marge

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Keith:

Thanks for the quick delivery, I received my match cases Saturday.
Outstanding design and workmanship. Thanks again.

Byron

-----Original Message-----
From: keith AT kmmatchcase.com [mailto:keith AT kmmatchcase.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:09 PM
To: Byron Shoop D.
Subject: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

Keith Thanks You!

This is confirmation that your order was received.

We hope you enjoyed your shopping visit to KMmatchcase.com. We look
forward to your comments and suggestions about our site, please feel
free to email us at any time.

Have a Great Day!

==========================================================

Keith,

By all means, please do!!!!

Sincerely,

Steve

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From: kmmatchcase-mail [mailto:keith AT kmmatchcase.com]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:08 AM
To:
Subject: Re: K&M Match Cases

Hi Steve;

Thanks for the kind words about our products, we really appreciate our
customers' feedback and suggestions. Would you mind if we posted
your letter on our site?

Thanks, Keith

----- Original Message -----

From:

To: kmmatchcase-mail

Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:57 AM

Subject: RE: K&M Match Cases

Good morning Kevin!!!

I received my order yesterday and can’t be more pleased with #1)
the quick turnaround time and #2) the quality of the cases.

It’s nice to see people taking pride in their work and turning out a
quality made American product.

Thanks again,

Steve

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From: kmmatchcase-mail [mailto:keith AT kmmatchcase.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:50 AM
To:
Subject: Re: K&M Match Cases

Hi Steve;

We have long and short brass in stock and I plan to run alums this week.
Turnaround time on anodizing usually runs 1 to 2 weeks. We are in an
ongoing weather situation here that has forced us to spend a lot of time
shoveling snow off of roofs so have fallen behind some.
Hopefully we've turned the corner.

Thanks for the inquiry; Keith

----- Original Message -----

From:

To: keith AT kmmatchcase.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:01 AM

Subject: K&M Match Cases

Good morning Keith!!!

I was wondering if you could tell me what the current lead time on your
match cases, specifically your long versions, is.

Sincerely,

Steven C. Smith

Sun Prairie, WI

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Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:51:02 +0000
From:
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Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:51:02 +0000
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Well we did our trip again, weather started out at +22.f with a good forecast
and we had a nice camp, and all of our holes drilled for fishing, things went
great!! Then the weather changed fast! We started to get a harsh n.w. wind
and driven snow, wind speeds went to 35-45 m.p.h. the temp dropped
to-24.f at this time we were on the lake, and ended up in a white out!
about 4:00pm I knew it would not let up, and ended up leaving a three mile
long lake using your excellent match case /compass heading due n./n.w and
landed at our camp off by only150-200 yds! The wind blew non stop full gail
for 32 hrs! when the wind finally ended the temp. plunged to -.37.f this trip
turned out to be a survival trip.. I'm just glad the tent stayed together
.. p.s no cell phone coverage and 18 miles of forest rd. just to get to pavement!!
We ended up hunkered down for the next day and a half because the weather
was to exreme to even attempt to get out!

Anyway, my buddy wants to order a short brass matchcase (told you so) and with
the order 4 extra lanyards, 4 sets of o-rings, and 4 extra rubber compass caps
please send me a quote with shipping to virginia, mn 55792, thank you, brent!!

You are more than welcome to use my letter on your site and if you need to
edit or combine the two letters that is fine because the stories are as true
as the day is long!! also if you do not mind I would like to post pics/story
of your fine matchcase on a VERY REPUTABLE forum, just let me know... thanks
again for a awesome survival product!!!

---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
From: "kmmatchcase-mail" <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
To:
Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:51:05 +0000

> Hi Brent;
> Thanks for the great letter and kind words about the matchcase! Hope
> you enjoyed your self-inflicted torture, you masochist you. When I was
> growing up in north Idaho (50's) I had cold and usually wet feet all winter
> every winter and winter camping trips were tests of the utmost endurance,
> what with sleeping bags good for about 50F ABOVE 0, leaky tents
>(if you were lucky enough to have one), no air mattresses or sleeping pads,
>a cast iron skillet for cooking and eating out of, etc.
>What fun!, and you know what? I loved it.
> Anyway, with your permission we'd like to post your letter on our site.
> Thanks again, Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: <keith AT kmmatchcase.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
>
>
> >I got my match case it's a work of art! I have friends that will want these
> > (they look up to me for survival gear) You build them to cheap!I would
> > have
> > pd/ twice that much without blinking, and yes i live pay day to pay.
> > I'm gonna tell every one that will listen how great your products/pricing
> > and
> > service are!!! thanks again, brent
> >
> >
> > the picture is where I am taking it on a survival trip feb 7th for six
> > days,
> > last year same week it was -31 F!! The ONLY thing that would light were
> > stick
> > matches.
> >
> > p.s we will be five miles south of canada....
> >
> >
> > ---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
> > From: keith AT kmmatchcase.com
> > To:
> > Subject: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com
> > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:22:35 +0000
> >
> >>
> >> Keith Thanks You!
> >>
> >> This is confirmation that your order was received.
> >>
> >> We hope you enjoyed your shopping visit to KMmatchcase.com. We look
> >> forward to
> >> your comments and suggestions about our site, please feel free to email
> >> us at
> >> any time.
> >>
> >> Have a Great Day!

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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 5:22 AM
Subject: RE: Thanks For Your Order - KMmatchcase.com

Keith and Marjorie
I just wanted to let you know that I received my matchcases today in the
mail. They are absolutely magnificent!! I can't wait to give the one to
my friend in Pittsburgh. I have no doubt we will be placing future
orders. We are both fans of any high quality product made in the USA and
your product most certainly sets the bar for excellence! My two year old
son is right next to me as I am typing this and I have no doubt that I
will be passing this on to him and his children. Thanks for making such
a great product and I wish you the best as you continue to deal with
your horrendous winter weather. Jim

Jim Culhane, Mountain Top,
PA

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----- Original Message -----

From: Carl K

To: keith AT kmmatchcase.com

Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:18 AM

Subject: My Match Case

Hi Keith and Marge.

Just wanted to send a note to you about your product.

I have an older model, Double O-ring, blue outer ring on the compass, red triangle for North, bottom marked "Troy ID USA", No name on the compass.

Not sure what year that equates to, but it has been in my kit for a pretty long time. I have often said I felt comfortable just about anywhere with nothing but your match case and a decent knife.

I use this case all year round. Camping all through the summer, kayaking year round and hunting in the winter. I have never had a situation where it failed. It has been dropped, immersed and left on the picnic table during downpours with no ill effects. I will be buying a few more in the near future as presents.

Thanks for providing such a robustly engineered product. Your attention to detail and function is much appreciated.

By the way, I am an ASQ Certified Quality Manager so I am well aware of what it takes to provide an item of this quality. To do so at this price point is nothing short of incredible.

Kindest Regards,

Second post/msg 2: Tom Hellmich's first time ... regarding match cases and K & M match case.

http://www.bladeforums.com

We typed this up because we were not sure if it would be legible/viewable on
all computer screens.

K&M Matchcases

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"I posted this reply in another thread that was asking about the quality of the Liberty Mountain (Olicamp) matchcase. I thought I would post my reply here as well...

For what it's worth, don't waste your time on any other matchcase except the one from K&M.
I'm a matchcase freak who has considered all of them and the K&M is by far the best on the market. The quality and workmanship is outstanding for the price. The design is simple and 100% reliable. The case body is machined from solid bar stock. And it's made is the USA!

I have two matchcases. One in brass which is heavy, but absolutely gorgeous and one in plain, brushed aluminum (not anodized) which is light, but still very tough. The plain aluminum matchcase had to be special ordered.

My brass matchcase is several years old and has a luminous Brunton compass. My new aluminum matchcase has a beautiful, blue faced, non-luminous Suunto compass. Both are very high quality and accurate.

 

K&M is now using O.D. military spec cord which is tighter woven than the old cord and doesn't seem to snag as easy on the case knurling.

If you order from their website the price is $19.00 plus $4.05 shipping. If you give Keith a call @ 208-826-3447 and order direct, the price is $15.00 plus $4.05 shipping. Not sure why.

Trust me, you can't go wrong with a K&M Matchcase!

http://www.kmmatchcase.com/

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