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While I agree that the finish could suggest a handmade one-off, the mechanism for sure is borrowed from "Tempête" lighters made in France 1920s-30s under different marques. I have variants marked Feudor, L'aquilon and Rustic. They are generally taller, the parts are longer, including the u-shaped ro...

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Not a firesteel thus.

I reckon that looking at it from that perspective, I can see the multipurpose tool.

Hallo Leute Zu diesem Thema habe ich gerade eine interessante Seite gefunden. https://www.briquets-livres-de-poilus.net Mein französisch reicht hier leider nicht aus, aber scho(ö)n sehenswert! Gruß Matthias If you want some part of it translated (rather in english, in german it's more difficult to ...

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Another thread with alot of expertise! When watching one published here above ( this one ), I found some similarity with the one in my collection I used to believe to be from Asian origin. Any thoughts? European instead? firesteel 1.jpg It misses part of the brass enhancement on the fornt as well as...

My contribution to the topic. Beyond the well known Coca-Cola plastic bottle, others are obscure beer makers promotionals. bottle lighter 1.jpg These two are from the brewery "Caulier" in Brussels, once very famous and recently revived: Caulier can be found again in some shops and pubs (after Covid....

I just noticed that the Colibri Kickstart is also replicated in China currently - to be found on eBay for 15-20€ I'm rather on the side of those not liking those replicas. And actually, as I happen to smoke a couple of cigarettes on certain evenings, I have for many years gone out with original ones...

Pfew! I managed to replace the spring of an RK Imperator, with the help of the explanations here. RK Imperator 1.jpg RK Imperator 4.jpg The explanations were essential to have the old spring out, then cutting and bending the replacement one, then... force it in place. Self evidently, it would try ev...

Hello, I have first searched the forum without result, but again maybe I missed the right keywords. I tried with bakelit, that's how I hang my message to the current thread. 20 years ago, I bought in Berlin the illustrated lighter, having noticed it wears a mark typical of WW2 Wehrmacht suppliers. C...

The Duplex Imperator needs a different spring. I just bought a plausible fit, but I have to try. First removal of the hollow pin. Pity I will probably not have any other choice than replace it, as I'm afraid it will come off only by drilling gently one end.

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I'm also into older petrol lighters, but I have always admired the fine mechanics of the Dupont.

Hello DImitri, I had expected that some more experienced member would jump in with informed advice on replacing the Imperator spring. As I'm facing the same work on two very different ones (a Duplex and a RK), I had first searched thoroughly the forum. The best explanations I found (and so far used ...

Here's a little known - as far as I can say - lighter, made in Belgium under the marque "TITAN".

Mechanically similar to the KW 860 (?).

I have searched te various threads dealing with the Dubsky Standard - a lighter I like very much, pity I don't own as many variants as some of you do - but mine has a pecularity I haven't seen on the illustrated examples: it's marked "Made in Vienna". Any idea what it would mean as production date, ...

Thanks for pointing to the existing thread. I looked for it before opening this one, and I guess I missed it out because it was in the "market" section and not in the "historic" one. Or I didn"t use the right keywords...

When making some use of the petrol lighters, and anyway for the beauty of the piece, at a certain point adding a filling station to the collection makes sense and indeed has some serious appeal. I was lucky enough some 15 years ago as to find a Thorens store desk filling station with pump. It was co...

Thank you Joe for your hypothesis. I see your point, but it would need somebody well tooled to produce this as a one-off. It is machined, and what you spot on the pictures enlargements are partly traces of dirt, actually remains of polish. If I had to guess the production method, I would say that a ...

I used the search and didn't find a topic for the Ronson Penciliter - only EBO similar one, and a post with the 1934 Ronson patent. I apologize if I missed the right thread, but yet I show here the two versions of the Ronson Penciliter, one prewar and one postwar. The prewar one, I remember dated 19...

This one is a mistery to me - maybe you will immediately identify. Chromed brass finish, solid machined body and cap. No markings at all. Unknown 1.jpg Lights up with pushing the lower button: Unknown 2.jpg Open and lit up: Unknown 3.jpg Plain filling screw: Unknown 5.jpg I find it a pretty model, b...

Thank you all for your welcoming words. I'm indeed no beginner, but I left my lighters collection a bit apart for many years now. I have already found many identification and practical information browsing through the forum. There are question marks left I'll submit - even if it's quite possible I j...

Here's a KW 135D with original box, a different one compared to the box shown here above.
A display of the variants of KW 135 in my collection:

I seem to understand that there are mixed evaluations of the Beattie Jet Lighter value and interest. I find it a definitely interesting piece. It is also true seemingly for most lighters, that the price we (I) paid 20 years ago are long gone. Even without considering the famous eBay (non-)seller, pr...

As explained in my personal introduction, I chose as first topic here the intersection between my lighter and my Alfa Romeo miniature themes, which is not the oldest, rarest or most interesting of my lighters but something more personal. It's a Japan made table lighter made by Swank in the second ha...

Hello to all out here. I'm Patrick from Belgium. I beg your pardon if I write in english. I did learn german at school, but that's very long ago. I can read pretty well, but writing is difficult, moreover I realize my mistakes as soon as I re-read what I just wrote, unnerving... I used to collect li...