Archive for December 2009
Thorens Vedette, 1948
Title: Thorens Vedette
Type: semi-automatic petrol lighter
Material: copper, brass
Release year: 1948
Country: Switzerland
Average price: $ 30-50
12/18/2009 
Tags: semi Topics: 1940 , Thorens , Switzerland 
4 comment (s)
Thorens Jubile, 1944
Title: Thorens Jubile
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Release year: 1944
Country: Switzerland
Average price: $ 40-70
12/18/2009 Tags: fliptopy Topics: 1940 , Thorens , Switzerland No comments
Flamidor Junior, 1930
Title: Flamidor Junior
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1930
Country: France
Average price: $ 30-60
12/18/2009 Tags: liftarmy Topics: 1930 , Flamidor , France No comments
Flamidor, 1930
Title: Flamidor
Type: semi-automatic petrol lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1930
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 70-100
Surcouf, 1930
Title: Surcouf
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: copper, brass, snake skin
Year: 1930
Country: France
Average price: $ 15-30
12/17/2009 Tags: leather , liftarmy Topics: 1930 , Surcouf , France 2 comment (s)
Lighter anodized aluminum, 1950
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: anodized aluminum
Year: 1950
Country:?
Average price: $ 10-20
12/17/2009 Tags: aluminum , liftarmy Topics: 1950 , Untitled 2 comment (s)
Lord Oxford, 1945
Title: Lord Oxford
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: Aluminum
Release year: 1945
Country: United States
Average price: $ 15-20
12/17/2009 Tags: aluminum , liftarmy Topics: 1940 , Lord Oxford , USA 4 comment (s)
Colibri, 1950
Manufacturer: Kreisler
Name: Colibri
Type: automatic petrol lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1950
Country: Germany
Average price: $ 20-50
12/17/2009 Tags: automatic Topics: 1950 , Colibri , Kreisler , Germany 4 comment (s)
Imco Triplex, 1937
Manufacturer: Imco
Title: Imco Triplex
Type: semi-automatic petrol lighter
Material: steel, brass
Release year: 1937
Country: Austria
Average price: $ 15-50
Imco Triplex - a "Volkswagen" of the world of lighters, the most numerous of the models ever produced. The exact number of issued "Triplex" can not be determined, but it is expected that the bill goes to the hundreds of millions. In all, the Austrian company IMCO in its history in 1918 produced more than half a billion lighters, ahead of all other manufacturers, including the legendary Zippo.
The case of this model is made of 1937 steel, and fuel cap - made of light brass. The capsule has a rather unusual design, quite similar to modern IMCO: it does not have the usual lower cap, instead remove the top part of the brief, giving access to the inside of the brass bracket that holds the wool. Such a construction is not easy to fill in the usual way, pouring gasoline from the cans. But it is ideal for field use - simply remove the top of the capsule together with a clip and just load it into a container with gasoline!
Lighter has a movable screen is that you can pick up and close the holes windshield, so adjust the height of the flame. IMCO is the first model with such a moving screen on models Triplex he has now.
On a silicon tube inscription is not very clear purpose "5 m / m» - probably at the time of release of the model on the market simply had flints of different sizes and diameters, and in any case, this "reminder" to talk about what it is to put in Flint lighter. This lighter also told a little story about his former owner, the cost to clean it thoroughly and clean the rust from the case: according to the not too noticeable scrawled inscription on the side of the body (it is visible on the second photo), a lighter once owned by the name of Mr. Schmieder.
Wagner Deluxe, 1952
Manufacturer: Wagner
Name: Wagner Deluxe
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: Aluminum
Release year: 1952
Country: United States
Average price: $ 15-30
Park Sherman Gold Plated liftarm, 1930
Manufacturer: Park Sherman
Title: Park Sherman
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: copper, gold plated
Release year: 1930
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 40-100
12/13/2009 Tags: liftarmy , gold Filed under: 1930 , Sherman Park , USA One comment
Champ Trimlite, 1950
Title: Champ Trimlite
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: copper, brass, artificial and natural leather
Year: 1950
Country: Austria
Average price: $ 10-30
Champ lighters supplied rising windscreen - for easy trimming the wick, as well as for lighting tube.
12/08/2009 Tags: windproof , fliptopy Topics: 1950 , Champ , Austria No comments
Champ, 1950
Title: Champ
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: copper, brass, artificial and natural leather
Year: 1950
Country: Austria
Average price: $ 10-30
Champ lighters supplied rising windscreen - for easy trimming the wick, as well as for lighting tube.
12/08/2009 Tags: windproof , fliptopy Topics: 1950 , Champ , Austria 2 comment (s)
Ray-o-lite, 1920
Name: Ray-o-lite
Type: methanol catalytic Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: United States
Average price: $ 20-60
This lighter works on catalytic principle discovered by German chemist Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner in 1823: immersion frames with platinum black balls on the wires to the department with felt, treated with methanol, platinum causes a chemical reaction, heating and ignition of methanol vapor.
12/08/2009 Tags: no flint , with a removable lid , chemical Topics: 1920 , Ray-o-Lite , USA 7 comment (s)
Duralite, 1950
Manufacturer: Rayno Mfg. Co.
Title: Duralite
Type: semi-automatic petrol lighter
Material: Aluminum
Year: 1950
Country: United States
Average price: $ 15-30
