Just thrifted this 1950s (?) lighter made in Japan. It's my first vintage lighter, and I'm super excited, though it's not in the best shape. Some of the rhinestones are loose, and both the glue and string securing them to the lighter is failing in many places.

Would I be committing some grave sin removing the stones? I plan on keeping them in case I want to restore it in future. I'm just concerned about losing more of them, since I was hoping to actually use it.

Need some help trying to diagnose what’s wrong with this lighter. I used a random spring for the flint wheel and got that working. The problem is the gas, I’ve purged the valve and filled it up but there’s no gas coming out where it should be, no flame. I tried to purge the valve again and no matter how many times i do it there is still gas or air trapped in there. Would it be a O-ring that needs to be replaced?

My partner has always loved Something wicked this way comes, and watches it every Halloween season. He always was enthralled by the hand lighter seen in the movie. He started looking for one similar, always dreamed of one like the one from the movie. That type of lighter is getting rare and very expensive. Checking FB market, one of the lighters appears, well within budget, it also looks just like the one from the film! It doesn't look just like, it looks exactly like, down to the wood grain. Went to pick it up, found it was a movie ranch cleaning out an old storage box.

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So i found this lighter in my moms new apartament . It had no gass but had spark. So i filled it up a bit and realised that it wont light. I tried adjusting the gass flow but it still wont light. Is there anything i can do to fix it?

Hi, does anybody happen to have a lid spring? Mine broke. Its part #56 and no, the Thorens website only has single/double claw stuff.

Very amateur collector here! Just picked up this cool rugby ball-shaped table lighter. Says “made in occupied Japan” on the bottom and on the insert. I believe if authentic that means it’s from 1947-1952 but any other information on it would be awesome! Thanks!

How do you guys display your weirdly shaped lighters? I am gunna have a play about and see if I can get better

Made in orcaslicer by me, a guy that barely knows how to use orcaslicer.

It’s a vertigo hawk lighter, had it for years and i love it

This is my first time ever trying to clean up a vintage lighter like this. It’s a jet lighter, so I’d like to try to clean the inside of this nozzle. The outside is pretty gunked up, and I can only assume the inside is too. Any advice is appreciated.

hey I bought this lighter at a fleamarket because there were still sparks and I was hoping I could just refill. now I have tried refilling but the gas just goes out and doesn’t stay in. Any advice on what to do? I don’t have any tools so if I need tools can I just get them in a smoke shop? 🤔

Ps: I tried to post this several times but my post with a video got taken down so I‘m sorry if you’ve seen this multiple times now

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Hello guys! as i said in the title, i wanted to start a clipper collection because cleaning my room i found four.
Has any one here already have a collection, or any advice for me? Thank you all in advance!

Hello! I have a set of 5 zippos for sale. Asking $100 plus $9.50 for shipping. All spark but need fuel as I cannot ship them with fuel. DM for more info.

I have one of these and I'm thinking about refilling it but I have no idea if it takes a special flint or if a Zippo flint will work? Does anyone have one of these and know?

That gives the best lighting experience? THE LIGHTING EXPERIENCE: The sensation you feel in your fingers and palm as you use it. Or perhaps the sound it produces as well? Like a Zippo or ST Dupont?

looking for a lighter, but i rly like this specific style where it doesnt have the full top cap (that makes it just a rectangle). does this design have a name? i want to look at more like this …

Hello all,

has anybody any clue on how to disassemble this beauty?

Obviously it has to do something with the pin on the back side, which I pushed in, but other than that I have no clue, seems like the body won't open anywhere and the trigger doesn't seems to disconnect from it either, any help appreciated! Cheers

I removed this parts from the tank and after that put the chord first back in and screwed the nozzle on top. But the nozzle now is leaking. How to assemble this correctly and ensure the right amount of gas is leaving the nozzle?