What you do is hold the lighter by the bottom with the tip of your thumb and index finger making sure not to hold on to the top. Next you hit the lighter on your pants (on the side of your thigh) with the front facing your pants (works best with jeans, may ruin good pants) this opens the lighter, you keep the lighter touching your pants, next you bring the lighter up, with the flint wheel touching your pants, and it ignites.
