All About Pocket Knives

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:46 pm Zippo

As for collecting ---> https://www.google.com/search?q=cigaret ... e&ie=UTF-8

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:54 pm Been considering collecting a few older lighters. Anybody out there who can give me a few pointers?
Good brands, bad brands, forums, parts availability, etcetera.

Thanks,
Tom

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:20 pm I started to collect Zippo lighters, but stopped after these.

Old Folder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:52 pm Stop it Tom!!!
Not only am I now purchasing "Pop Tarts" every time I go to the grocery store, you have me interested in "Cigarette Lighters" again.


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Many books listed on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cigarette+li ... _sb_noss_1

I have the below book, from 1995, 126 mostly color pages.

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I have only one old lighter. Made by Evans.
Boston to New York 3 hrs-55 min.
Inaugrural March 1, 1949
New Haven Railroad.


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TPK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:26 pm Hey Dan,

Nothin like PopTarts with butter & peanut butter on em & a cup of coffee on a sunday mornin!
Try em with just a thin skiff a peanut butter and a coffee or some cold milk. Man that's some good stuff!!!!!!!
Thank you Kelloggs!!! Got my mouth watering just thinking about it.

Tom

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:50 pm Oh and of course the 22. Why did they make them with folding triggers? Never heard of such a thing.

Tom

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:08 am

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:50 pm Oh and of course the 22. Why did they make them with folding triggers? Never heard of such a thing.

Tom

You want to stuff that in your pants, or in your pocket, with the trigger open????

Ken

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:46 pm Zippo

As for collecting ---> https://www.google.com/search?q=cigaret ... e&ie=UTF-8

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:33 am Good stuff, Tom. Post more pics of your collection.
You reminded me of a few items I have, match safes. For those unfamiliar, they were the precursor to the lighter. They allowed a person to carry wooden matches in a safe and dry manner. They also came with a striker on the bottom. The one with the dog pictured, belonged to my great grandfather.

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:54 pm Been considering collecting a few older lighters. Anybody out there who can give me a few pointers?
Good brands, bad brands, forums, parts availability, etcetera.

Thanks,
Tom

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 2:35 pm This is more a keepsake than a collectable. I picked it up at the PX on MCB 29 Palms in early 1963 and had my initials engraved on the back. Lost it twice and wonder of wonders, it came back to me both times. I smoked for 33 years, carried and used it for all of those 33 years. The hinge has been replaced by Zippo. For the longest time the hinge pin was a bent over straight pin. Retired it 25 years ago when I quit smoking in April of '95. It's like an old friend and has been all over the world with me.

BTW, the crest was enameled when I bought it.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:33 am Good stuff, Tom. Post more pics of your collection.
You reminded me of a few items I have, match safes. For those unfamiliar, they were the precursor to the lighter. They allowed a person to carry wooden matches in a safe and dry manner. They also came with a striker on the bottom. The one with the dog pictured, belonged to my great grandfather.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 2:35 pm This is more a keepsake than a collectable. I picked it up at the PX on MCB 29 Palms in early 1963 and had my initials engraved on the back. Lost it twice and wonder of wonders, it came back to me both times. I smoked for 33 years, carried and used it for all of those 33 years. The hinge has been replaced by Zippo. For the longest time the hinge pin was a bent over straight pin. Retired it 25 years ago when I quit smoking in April of '95. It's like an old friend and has been all over the world with me.

BTW, the crest was enameled when I bought it.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:32 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:54 pm Been considering collecting a few older lighters. Anybody out there who can give me a few pointers?
Good brands, bad brands, forums, parts availability, etcetera.

Thanks,
Tom

Very good looking lighters Tom.
Tom, I have a few Zippos that have "applied" logos, emblems, etc. Here are mine, they are mixed in with "regular" Zippos.
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=63250&p=751086&hil ... rs#p751086
Not once has one fallen off of the lighter. That would be a nice branch of lighter collecting to explore.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 2:35 pm This is more a keepsake than a collectable. I picked it up at the PX on MCB 29 Palms in early 1963 and had my initials engraved on the back. Lost it twice and wonder of wonders, it came back to me both times. I smoked for 33 years, carried and used it for all of those 33 years. The hinge has been replaced by Zippo. For the longest time the hinge pin was a bent over straight pin. Retired it 25 years ago when I quit smoking in April of '95. It's like an old friend and has been all over the world with me.

BTW, the crest was enameled when I bought it.

Nice history and keepsake Jerry.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:33 am Good stuff, Tom. Post more pics of your collection.
You reminded me of a few items I have, match safes. For those unfamiliar, they were the precursor to the lighter. They allowed a person to carry wooden matches in a safe and dry manner. They also came with a striker on the bottom. The one with the dog pictured, belonged to my great grandfather.

Here is the only match safe that I have. It's been in my family for almost 75 years. I don't have any special memories involving it. It is a Saint Christopher match safe with a 6 year calendar (1946-1951).

dlr110 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 6:06 pm What else do you collect......does rubber bands count?

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