Lighter Hurricane, 1930
Title: Hurricane
Type: gasoline windproof lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1930
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 20-80
Lighters Hurricane produced in Bradford in 1930, the same time as Zippo, and production ended in the beginning of 1940, unable to withstand competition from the Zippo Manufacturing Company. Most often found in copper Hurricane cases, much less - with chrome housing. Presented here is an instance of chrome, and even advertising label that is doubly rare.
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- Rogers Rocket Flame, 1958
- Semi-automatic lighter Nassau, 1910
- Thorens Lucky, 1930
- Austrian windproof lighter 1920
- Myon-203, 1930
13.06.2010 
Tags: windproof , fliptopy Categories: 1930 , Hurricane , United States
9 comment (-ev)
Rare are so lovely set! Is that not enough of bakelite :)
Some lighters in the wheel fixing oochen resembles Berkeley.
but since this http://zippocollector.ru/archives/2486
it's just a namesake?
Yes. It's just a namesake :)
Hehe :) And now, here and there, there Bakelite on sale - all such choorny presented here :) chrome - very good.
I forgot to ask ... And what there otkidovaniya device cover? Two plates? Or something else?
Yes, there are two plates, but thicker and softer than for example in the park, so the lid does not "shoots" and on me-I-yagenko so open. As in bakelite, I do not know yet.
The bakelite as well - Myakonkov. M0 yesterday received a Bakelite - a funny thing.
Governor, he looks attracting. I have not held even such zverёnysha ...
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