I did. The white tip, strike anywhere large kitchen matches. Maybe I had on the wrong kind of britches.
My ole man could light them on his canvas work pants or his trousers. I never tried it in my slacks, but I can spark ‘em on my blue jeans.
He could light them with his thumbnail too, Clint Eastwood style, but he was a tough old *******. Worked a farm or a drilling rig his whole life, right up to the morning he died.