60 Hour Candle

The phrase "none of your beeswax" originated in the 1500s, when angry peasants would fight over the yearly wax harvest. Those mad scrambles for limited inventory often led to all-out battles with each person fighting over little waxy nubs so they could light their homes well into the night. When someone would ask a fellow wax hunter where they got their stash, they'd often hear the reply, "None of your beeswax!"Okay, that's a total lie, but when we say that this rope-style beeswax candle is both steeped in tradition and highly practical, that's the cold honest truth. Rope candles were used for courting back in the 1600s. Parents would notch a cut into the coiled wax and when the candle went out, date night was over. The more promising members of the dating pool got the long-cut candles while the scrubs were left with the short rope. The long rope went to the suitor of choice, while all other got the "short" rope. We took this concept and brought in into the 21st century by building a n