I remember some ages back, seeing a photo of a flintlock setup meant to replace one's flint and steel to get your tinder lit so you could get a fire started. Might have been in the Dixie Gun Works catalog.
I will have a bit of extra money to play with next month and have some store credit at SmokingPipes.com, so I am looking at both the original IM Corona Old Boy Pinstripe and the Kiribi Kenshi Mizo Silver. The price difference is obviously a factor. Is the Old Boy worth the extra $40? I’ve read good things on both lighters and like how small the Kenshi is. It’s a tough decision for sure. Does anyone own both an Old Boy and a Kenshi?
I have an Old Boy, a gift from a dear friend. It's incredibly well engineered, reliable, and cool as hell. It's also worthless in a light breeze, and I never take it outside anyways, because I'm afraid of losing it.
I love my Honest Lighter (the second link @mapletop posted). It has nice long functional tools, and they deploy/pivot at the bottom of the lighter rather than the middle. It holds a decent amount of butane too.
@JLehman5290 I liked the looks of the Old Boy and Peterson lighters, but they are kinda expensive. I found this at tobaccopipes.com (also on EBay) for $19.99 and free shipping. It has been a great lighter. They have other designs as well. The tamper locks in place, or can be removed. It’s a bit short for deeper pipes, but works well for most of my pipes.
Zippo is my favorite because of the click and the pipe insert makes it easier. Matches and bic, but don't like bics as much because I usually burn my thumb when the baccy gets down a ways.
Here are some quick tips to repairing butane lighters and flint lighters that are not working or sparking. These suggestions work about 95% of the time. If they don't work for you, buy a new lighter or have it professionally repaired if possible.
Type of butane fuel you are using:
Just like with the gasoline for your car, some butane fuels are cleaner than others. Choose a butane fuel that has been recommended for jet torch or flameless lighters. The brands I recommend are Whip-it ,Vector ,Newport ,Lucienne (quadruple refined),Colibri Premium Butane, Prometheus Butane or Dunhill butane. They seem to be the cleanest and work better than others. Additionally, I recommend that you never use most of the other brands most often found at a drugstore. Your local tobacconist or premium lighter retailer should have premium butanes in stock. I personally use VECTOR,WHIP-IT or NEWPORT (BEST FOR COLIBRI LIGHTERS) - other cheap inferior fluids tend to gum up the internals of the butane release valve. Colibri lighters require ultra refined butane (4x or better).
What's the difference in butanes? Well, the difference is the amount of oil present in the butane. The higher the oil content in the butane, the quicker your lighter will gum up. The higher the quality, the better for your lighter and its components.
Just a little bit of common sense prevails here. If you put oil in your butane lighter, the oil will eventually clog up the butane release valve. Your lighter will not light properly if the butane valve is stopped up with oil or any other foreign matter. (The butane release valve, as I call it, is the place where the butane comes out to be ignited and cause a flame).
Refueling your butane lighter:
Always bleed your butane tank before refueling. Bleeding your butane tank releases all the air that has been trapped in the tank and any unused butane that hasn't been used.
Again, some common sense really works here. Butane is a gas and it has to be transferred from the butane canister to your lighter through the fill valve on your lighter. Just remember that you must first bleed the air and old butane (if any left) out of the lighter's fuel tank so that the residual air/butane in your lighters butane tank wont displace the amount of new butane fuel the lighter can hold. Consequently, your lighter won't light or will "sputter" and the less it will light if air is present. Remember, air doesn't necessarily ignite by itself. The proper mix of butane and air works perfectly every time.
Here is how to bleed your butane tank on your lighter. Turn your lighter upside down, and using a small screwdriver or some other small metal device (never use a ball point pen because the ink will blow out all over the place), depress the refill valve on your lighter. Let all the air and butane escape.
Use some common sense here. Always bleed your butane lighter tank away from any flames and people and please do not smoke when you are doing this. You could catch something on fire.
If your butane lighter has a flame adjustment valve, turn the valve to its lowest level. Sometimes lighters have a "memory" and if you do not turn the lighter adjustment valve down when refueling, the lighter might "remember" that this is the lowest setting. Your adjustment valve may not work properly and the flame may be too low for you. (NOT ALL LIGHTERS REQUIRE TO TURN DOWN FLAME ADJUSTMENT BEFORE FILLING - (MOST COLIBRI LIGHTERS DO NOT REQUIRE THIS)
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Johan Wolfgang Dobereiner, Inventor of the First Lighter
I think Dunhill made some of those “Tinder pistols”.
It's also worthless in a light breeze, and I never take it outside anyways, because I'm afraid of losing it.
Maybe I’ll add the Old Boy to my bucket list items then. I’d rather spend the extra money on another pipe.
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https://www.amazon.com/Lighter-Refillable-Butane-Lighters-
I liked the looks of the Old Boy and Peterson lighters, but they are kinda expensive. I found this at tobaccopipes.com (also on EBay) for $19.99 and free shipping. It has been a great lighter. They have other designs as well. The tamper locks in place, or can be removed. It’s a bit short for deeper pipes, but works well for most of my pipes.
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Cedar spills are my number two.
https://cigarreserve.com/products/cigar-reserve-cedar-spills-25-pack
If I have the time, and shelter from the wind - say, inside - hemp wicking is my number one.
But for day to day: butane, one way or another…..
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Lighter Observations: My Road to Peterson’s Old Boy-Style Lighters
Great information, thanks for sharing.
An old article, a bit redundant, but useful. Original URL was: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Quick-Tips-on-Getting-Your-Lighters-Working-Again-/10000000055683047/g.html
Here are some quick tips to repairing butane lighters and flint lighters that are not working or sparking. These suggestions work about 95% of the time. If they don't work for you, buy a new lighter or have it professionally repaired if possible.
Type of butane fuel you are using:
Just like with the gasoline for your car, some butane fuels are cleaner than others. Choose a butane fuel that has been recommended for jet torch or flameless lighters. The brands I recommend are Whip-it ,Vector ,Newport ,Lucienne (quadruple refined),Colibri Premium Butane, Prometheus Butane or Dunhill butane. They seem to be the cleanest and work better than others. Additionally, I recommend that you never use most of the other brands most often found at a drugstore. Your local tobacconist or premium lighter retailer should have premium butanes in stock. I personally use VECTOR,WHIP-IT or NEWPORT (BEST FOR COLIBRI LIGHTERS) - other cheap inferior fluids tend to gum up the internals of the butane release valve. Colibri lighters require ultra refined butane (4x or better).
What's the difference in butanes? Well, the difference is the amount of oil present in the butane. The higher the oil content in the butane, the quicker your lighter will gum up. The higher the quality, the better for your lighter and its components.
Just a little bit of common sense prevails here. If you put oil in your butane lighter, the oil will eventually clog up the butane release valve. Your lighter will not light properly if the butane valve is stopped up with oil or any other foreign matter. (The butane release valve, as I call it, is the place where the butane comes out to be ignited and cause a flame).
Refueling your butane lighter:
Always bleed your butane tank before refueling. Bleeding your butane tank releases all the air that has been trapped in the tank and any unused butane that hasn't been used.
Again, some common sense really works here. Butane is a gas and it has to be transferred from the butane canister to your lighter through the fill valve on your lighter. Just remember that you must first bleed the air and old butane (if any left) out of the lighter's fuel tank so that the residual air/butane in your lighters butane tank wont displace the amount of new butane fuel the lighter can hold. Consequently, your lighter won't light or will "sputter" and the less it will light if air is present. Remember, air doesn't necessarily ignite by itself. The proper mix of butane and air works perfectly every time.
Here is how to bleed your butane tank on your lighter. Turn your lighter upside down, and using a small screwdriver or some other small metal device (never use a ball point pen because the ink will blow out all over the place), depress the refill valve on your lighter. Let all the air and butane escape.
Use some common sense here. Always bleed your butane lighter tank away from any flames and people and please do not smoke when you are doing this. You could catch something on fire.
If your butane lighter has a flame adjustment valve, turn the valve to its lowest level. Sometimes lighters have a "memory" and if you do not turn the lighter adjustment valve down when refueling, the lighter might "remember" that this is the lowest setting. Your adjustment valve may not work properly and the flame may be too low for you. (NOT ALL LIGHTERS REQUIRE TO TURN DOWN FLAME ADJUSTMENT BEFORE FILLING - (MOST COLIBRI LIGHTERS DO NOT REQUIRE THIS)