Abstract: A water-proof ignitor charcoal briquette, and the method of manufacture thereof, composed of charcoal and other charred or carbon fuel in powder form, homogeneously mixed with pulp powder impregnated in a solution of nitre such as potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, potassium permanganate, excluding ammonium nitrate, so as to be capable of sustaining a long-run combustion, is compressed into individual units of various shapes using such combustible binder as resin and other known binders, and is further overcoated with such combustible solutions as resin and other known water-proof and easily ignitable solutions in order to be moisture proof as well as clean handling and at the same time to be readily ignited by a safety match or a cigarette lighter.