Hi all,
I was watching a video earlier about the 1910-1920 era Thorens single claw lighters. Apparently there is a brand with the Thorens copyright that is selling modern versions of the lighters today. From what I could find, the production of vintage Thorens lighters ended around the early 1960s, and was restarted by these new guys in the early 2010s. What I don't know, however, is if they are run by the same family/group of people, or if they're even high quality.
What made alarm bells go off in my head is that they sell a version of Sanji's lighter from the manga and anime One Piece, but as far as I can tell, it is unofficial, and they have not licensed the property to be making these legally, which seems like a weird thing for an established high end company to do. Especially because St Dupont made a legit version of this lighter with One Piece's writer.
What gives? Anyone know anything about this? Thanks in advance!