Spouse passed away. Looking to give these away. They’re probably 20 years old.. spouse collected these throughout the years. not sure how many of them work there’s probably about 30 of them. If nobody wants them, how do I dispose of them safely? I’m in Phoenix.
The top lens says “Kyoei Trading Co. Tokyo Japan”. The bottom lens says “Mino Flex Snap Lite”. The lighter flips up on the top from the red switch on the front. The very bottom of the piece says “D.R. 91111~8 Made in Occupied Japan”. I can’t seem to find any info other than it might be from WWII.
I bought this "penguin" a few weeks ago. I am new to lighters and cannot find this style. The closest I can find to it is a cygnus but they are still pretty different. I'm starting to think this is probably a fake, but please let me know your thoughts.
These are photos from the listing I purchased it from.
Found this bad boy in the toolbox of an old flathead 8 welding machine with the oxygen torches, looks to be a '78 high polish and a 60's ronson princess. Anyone know why they're daisychained together like this? Whoever did it didn't want them coming apart, there's like some shellac/varnish gluing them together underneath the cord wrap. Flint wheel on the zippo works fine
Kind of a neat little grab, I like how they both light with the push of the ronson and you can decide on one or both. Definitely a bit of a pyre when both are freshly filled
Hi,
where do y'all get new o-rings for filler screws like thorens/ronson?
there are some on aliexpress or amazon, do you recommend these? If yes, which sizes are the mostly used in vintage lighters? Also the thickness is important I think..
Or do you still use the original even if they leak?
I know most collectors like to keep it original, I also do that for some lighters, I'm talking about the ones I want to use daily.
Thanks for help and your advise
Got both from my dad when I was younger
Found this bad boy in a crawl space at work!!
Never seen one in all my years using Bics.
First pic is the rotation of what I use lately.
Have to get my office fully set up a bunch of the collection is on a shelf in my son's bedroom (he's an infant still)
But hopefully I'll have more time to do everything right. Have a bunch of small things to pull down, pack safely temp, remove shelves and all then set back up.
Mostly Zippos with Ronsons and random 250 branded things. Hope you have a great Holiday!
My dad said a handful of years ago he found this lighter case buried in the dirt somewhere, he wasn't really specific. I cleaned it up a little and searched but couldn't find anything on the Internet. It's made of silver but I can't get much of anything from the print on the bottom. Any help would be great, it surely is a cool piece in my collection.
All they do is leave grooves on my thumb. I know this is a skill issue on my part, but please tell me I’m not the only one.
Flame is not coming out very far has spark the tank is full Xikar that’s at max fuel if I turn it down from there the flame goes out.
Got this “ refillable “ Lighter from dollarama an it’s getting low I want to a can of X-Lite fuel but when I go to reload as per the instructions it sprays out the side like the bars on the uppercase letter T how do I get the lighter fluid into the lighter instead of on me an help would be great thanks
Got this lil guy working today, super cool design in my opinion.
Hi, I have a bunch of these Fire lite tu tone lighters and Penguin Cygnus lighters that are new old stock. The Cygnus ones are branded with the Nabob logo.
I’ve had them for a long time and never been able to find much info on them. I’m curious what these ones would be worth as they are still in box and never used or taken out until now.
Thanks for your help on this.
So i found this lighter, and it leaks gas from the refill valve and the red wheel, which im guessing is for controlling the flame valve (idk what exactly its called). i think its the seals might be broken, but i have no idea how to open it up.