Light match with Axe?

I was in boy scouts for a good amount of my young life. I have many memories from those days, more from the later years than the earlier ones. One of those such memories is from summer camp as a tenderfoot...

At summer camp they have competitions to test a boy scouts skill. The event i was assigned was to light a match with an axe. Needless to say i was confused as to the use of this in survival, but i found the task to be a fun one.

I practiced for hours chopping at a twig i put between a notch in a large piece of wood. I became so good i could split the twig in half with one try.

The day of the competition came and i was ready. I come up to the event and they hand me a hatchet, those of you who don't know, a hatchet is extremely small compared to an axe. I had not practiced with a hatchet so i was out of my element.

So it took me 2 seconds top light the match instead of 1. It was the fastest it had ever been done before. I was happy. Still would of liked to try the axe though.

White Magic