4 Old and interesting lighters

[any88]

Hi guys. I just found 4 lighters in my grandfathers old box in his workshop.

Ill put info and pics about all of them, 1 lighter per post, and you tell me what you think about them.

Thanks.

First one is this gasoline puppy - it says Rowenta , Gas-Petit , Germany

[any88]

Next one says Bentley on the side, Bentley on the bottom, as well as patented U.S.A   , made in Austria

[any88]

Third on says borther lite on the side, and GAS brother lite on the bottom, with some small stamp, like O and H in it, with smaller o in the middle of the H

[any88]

last one says hadson triumph on the bottom, and i cant find much on this one

[jondar]

Interesting lighters.  The first three appear to be copies of the Ronson lighters so popular in the U. S. in the 50's and 60's.  IIRC, the other popular maker was Evans but not nearly so popular as the Ronsons. A lot of lighters were made in Austria, I have one now, a copy of the old trench lighters of WW1.  I fire it up once in a while but not often, as the BIC lighters are so much easier to use and no maintenence. The fourth lighter may also be a copy of a later Ronson, does it use lighter fluid or propane?

[jondar]

On lighter #3, remove the "screw" on the bottom closest to the center and see if there is a "nipple" there instead of an open hole.  If so that is where the gas (butane or propane) was added, making it a gas fueled lighter. 

[any88]

all 3 have nipples, and 4th one has something that looks like hypodermic needle.

first one has also a plastic screw, that is kind of loose, and when i took it out long  spring came out.

[jondar]

Yes that long spring is connected to the screw and is what holds the "flint" up where the wheel can scratch on it and produce the spark necessary to "light" it.  Looks like all of them may be gas (butane) lighters.  I had one of these sometime in the past but found butane gas hard to come by at that time. Flints are available widely at this time and you may even find butane for them and get them all back in "running" condition.

[greenacres]

Ronson lighters are very collectible.

[any88]

cool- the ones i dont have

[frogpatch]

I actually had the last one you show and used it when I was young. I think I found it in my fathers stuff. He had a bunch of lighters from the 40s and 50s. Many had advertising from steamship lines and cigarette brands. I wish I still had them.