Pocket lighters

[Benner]

I have carried the same brass Zippo lighter now for nearly 5 years and am looking into getting a new one.

What lighters do you all EDC?

Anyone got the new Zippoblu yet?

Benner

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I have carried the same brass Zippo lighter now for nearly 5 years and am looking into getting a new one.

What lighters do you all EDC?

Anyone got the new Zippoblu yet?

Benner

They do look cool don't they

I don't smoke but I always carry a ferro rod with me, in case I want to burn stuff , If I'm doing some bushcraft then I generally carry one of my trusty zippo's as a back up to all my other fire starting gear

I do really fancy getting an Imco one day, even though it flies in the face of my trying to be an enviromentalist

[Grant Lamontagne]

I still swear by the old Zippo.  I thought I would try one of the jet flames, and I got a nice Collibri, which was fantastic for the first month or two, but ended up crapping out.  If I was a smoker, I'd have been very upset by this!

Zippos remind me of SAKs and Mag Lights- not the sexiest or most advanced things out there, but they'll keep going long after everything else has been done in by it's own bells and whistles.

Def

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Zippos remind me of SAKs and Mag Lights- not the sexiest or most advanced things out there, but they'll keep going long after everything else has been done in by it's own bells and whistles.

Def

That about sum's up what I love about Zippo's too , Those jet lighter are a pile of crap if you ask me, how can you trust something that takes batteries

[Benner]

I like the look of the Imco lighters as well.

And they are very cheap!!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I like the look of the Imco lighters as well.

And they are very cheap!!

That they are, but I was looking at an antique one, my great grandad nabbed one of a dead german during WW1, but it disapeared before I could lay claim to it so to speak

[Benner]

Got any links to any examples?

I like old type lighters.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Got any links to any examples?

I like old type lighters.

Nope, but I'll have a look

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

My great grandad's one looked a lot like this one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Austrian-Cigarette-Lighter_W0QQitemZ110175641708QQihZ001QQcategoryZ71002QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

[Benner]

I love things like that, especially is there is a link to the military.

Check these out.......
http://www.johnfloresgraphics.com/CLimco.html

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I love things like that, especially is there is a link to the military.

Check these out.......
http://www.johnfloresgraphics.com/CLimco.html

Thanks for the link mate, saved to favorites as we speak

It was definatly one of those first 3 lighters, Its probably gone to someone who won't appreciate it

I have a touch of the anorak where military stuff concerned too ;D

[Anthony]

I EDC the common brushed aluminum Zippo.  Never fails.

[NeitherExtreme]

I don't usually edc one, but if I do its just a cheap bic They work, and for the occasional use they're the cheapest/easiest solution IMO.

[Benner]

What I'm ultimately looking for is a trench art lighter formed out of an old cartridge.  Have wanted one of those ever since I started smoking.

I have found a couple of nice ones on ebay, but if anyone stumbles across any please keep me in mind! 

[Benner]

Check this out!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Trench-Lighter-w-Hidden-Tools-Rare-Germany-WW1-WW2_W0QQitemZ170154344055QQihZ007QQcategoryZ585QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

I want one!! 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

What I'm ultimately looking for is a trench art lighter formed out of an old cartridge.  Have wanted one of those ever since I started smoking.

I have found a couple of nice ones on ebay, but if anyone stumbles across any please keep me in mind! 

Have you thought about making one?

I have no idea how to go about it, but maybe someone on the net has done a tutorial?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Check this out!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-Trench-Lighter-w-Hidden-Tools-Rare-Germany-WW1-WW2_W0QQitemZ170154344055QQihZ007QQcategoryZ585QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

I want one!! 

Now that is a nattey little thing aint it

[Benner]

Yeah I things like that. It's like a  and lighter in one!

It's of course in America.  Nothing cool like that over here.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah I things like that. It's like a  and lighter in one!

It's of course in America.  Nothing cool like that over here.

There are you've just got to look harder, coz all  that sorta thing is frowned upon

But the SOE used to issue our agents with all sorts of stuff like that during WW2, and some of the more inventive bods did the same in civvy street

It just tacks some finding

[NeitherExtreme]

If you want to see an old lighter that's just dripping with gadgety goodness, check out this thread :
"The logical successor to the flint lighter"
http://edcforums.com/index.php?topic=10038.0

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

If you want to see an old lighter that's just dripping with gadgety goodness, check out this thread :
"The logical successor to the flint lighter"
http://edcforums.com/index.php?topic=10038.0

Now that is COOL! ;D

[Benner]

I have been watching a lighter on ebay now for 8 days and it finally ends tomorrow!! 

It is nothing gadgety but it is an odd piece of trench art which is something I have been interested in for a long time.  I just like it's uniqueness.

Just hope it doesn't go for too much  .

[Grant Lamontagne]

I need to get me a nice old lighter too.  I don;t smoke so I don't keep my Zippo full, which means I have to fill it each and every time I use it.  That's the big drawback to me- the fluid evaporates so fast I don;t consider it reliable unless I also happen to have a bottle of fluid handy.

Def

[J-sews]

I have been watching a lighter on ebay now for 8 days and it finally ends tomorrow!! 

It is nothing gadgety but it is an odd piece of trench art which is something I have been interested in for a long time.  I just like it's uniqueness.

Just hope it doesn't go for too much  .

Hope you get it cheap Benner! (Be sure to post us a picture either way please)

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I have been watching a lighter on ebay now for 8 days and it finally ends tomorrow!! 

It is nothing gadgety but it is an odd piece of trench art which is something I have been interested in for a long time.  I just like it's uniqueness.

Just hope it doesn't go for too much  .

So did ya get it?

[Benner]

I have been watching a lighter on ebay now for 8 days and it finally ends tomorrow!! 

It is nothing gadgety but it is an odd piece of trench art which is something I have been interested in for a long time.  I just like it's uniqueness.

Just hope it doesn't go for too much  .

So did ya get it?

I did indeed.  And very cheap too! 

It's one of them things that you just like but you don't really know why?  It's hardly the most user friendly and it's been crudely made, but I like it's quirkyness.

Any ideas how I can send you the ebay item link even though it's finished??

[Benner]

I have worked out how to and it's below.  Like I say nothing amazing but I just really like it.  Even the spring that holds in the flint is hand made!

trench art lighter

[Grant Lamontagne]

Nice score!  Congratulations, it's a beauty!

Def

[hawkchucker]

If you like the old wick design, here is a good beater.
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ZWB163-413-1395.html

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I have worked out how to and it's below.  Like I say nothing amazing but I just really like it.  Even the spring that holds in the flint is hand made!

trench art lighter

I love it mate, and best of all it's totally unique ;D

Does it still work though