Anyone have a Colibre lighter ? One of those slimline ones. I loved mine. The press mechanism gave a wonderfully subtle ‘click’ when pressed. The height of sophistication! Viv.
Mine had a slide button and very modern and the lighter was slimAnyone have a Colibre lighter ? One of those slimline ones. I loved mine. The press mechanism gave a wonderfully subtle ‘click’ when pressed. The height of sophistication! Viv.
I often wonder about the term " trench art " along with claims off " prisoner of war art ".Known as WW1 Trench Art
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The electric lighter was made by Magnalux and also had a torch in it. Remember Mosda from Cannings days, they had a barrelling plant I think.I had a Ronson, then a Dunhill, but finished up with an electric cigarette lighter (early 1960s), a strange beast you slid at the top a wire ignite, which lit the wick, but for the life of me I can remember very little about it. I think it also had a light in it. I also craved a Zippo, but by the time I could get round to buying one, I had given up smoking. Nowadays there seems to be no elegance or design in lighters because they are all these throw away ones. For a while I had a cigarette case with a built in lighter (I think it was a Ronson), but it was to heavy to carry around and also tended to crush the posher cigarettes. At an antique fair recently I was horrified to see a Ronson Variflame for sale at £60.00. Aaaah!!!! you've all done it again, memories are made of this, do you remember those big Ronson Queen Anne table lighters?
I still have a tin of lighter fuel for emergency paint, grease and other assorted spill cleaning.
Bob
Bob, the fuel was butane I believe used in gas lighters. Like in the Bic type lighter, goes in as a liquid and gasifies with hand heat!John thank you for waking my memory up, I am sure the lighter from your dad is petrol fueled.
This was not the same petrol you purchased at the Esso station, it was more refined as not to smoke when burnt, it came in a small can from the newsagents and was about the size of a 3 in 1 oil can, but could also be purchased in a single refill charge that was a capsule with a teat at the end you cut off.
My pop had a Ronson gas lighter for ever a slick almost aero inspired.
I think the fuel was called Ronsul came with adapters so you could fill whatever make and style of lighter you owned
Most people there days use some kind off disposalable lighter, gone are the times of fags being high times and fashionable.
And then you joined the circusAs an idiot growing up, i would pin prick a hole the waxy sachet, quirt some in my mouth & blow it out to a naked flame & whoosh. Just one of the many daft things of growing up! Do not try this indoors!!
I had a Ronson, then a Dunhill, but finished up with an electric cigarette lighter (early 1960s), a strange beast you slid at the top a wire ignite, which lit the wick, but for the life of me I can remember very little about it... At an antique fair recently I was horrified to see a Ronson Variflame for sale at £60.00. Aaaah!!!! you've all done it again, memories are made of this, do you remember those big Ronson Queen Anne table lighters?
I still have a tin of lighter fuel for emergency paint, grease and other assorted spill cleaning.
Bob
Does that say Made in Sweden?
yerDoes that say Made in Sweden?
Mort, I don’t think so. Also as a schoolboy smoker I could not smoke the non tipped because I got them too wet!As a schoolboy smoker, I recall tipped (filter) cigarettes being called “Cork Tip”. It tended to be the Irish lads who would say this. The printed patten on the tip certainly looked to resemble cork, so was there ever a time when the filter it was real cork?
we called that duck arseing the fags.Mort, I don’t think so. Also as a schoolboy smoker I could not smoke the non tipped because I got them too wet!
The early tips were pleated filter paper media and then I think it was Stuyvesant that introduced the us Style tip which was a version of what is used now. As a boy for some reason I would find thos used tip after they had been used to see what Were. There might have been some cork but I never saw it.