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In a cigarette case with a tinder cord there was a hollow tube running through it on one side. After the tinder cord was threaded through this tube, one end was hooked to the ball (see below) so it could not fall out. The extra cord hanging out at the bottom of the cigarette case was wound up or knotted to serve as a continuing replacement.
Step by step this was the procedure usually followed:
1: The tinder cord (or the lid with a ring) was pulled up about 4 cm above the case.
2: A match was struck and held to the exposed end of the tinder cord until it began to glow.
3: The cigarette case with the glowing tinder cord was handed to others to light their cigarettes.
4: After lighting every cigarette, the cigarette case was returned (hopefully). The knotted end of the tinder cord was pulled until the glowing end disappeared into the tube, which was sealed by the ball or other lid. The cord end was extinguished by a lack of oxygen.