Broken German WW2 Lighter Restoration
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Restoration of a very rare German lighter from World War 2. This lighter had been in the ground for over 70 years. Watch as I restore this 70+ year old war relic into something awesome.
I bought lot of old lighters from auction for restoration. The lighters are missing parts, have dents and some rust and oxidation. I'm sure I'll be able to restore at least some of them.
The lighter has 3 parts. The lighter itself, a tank for extra lighter fluid and a cap. I have no idea what the brand on it is.
After getting the shell of the lighter back to orginal shape I sanded it flat because there is only so much you can do to dents on metal. The dents often stretch the metal so that I can't be only hammered back to the orginal shape. I However I got it close enough to just sand off the tiny unevenness. This was important because mirror finish will reveal the slightest bumps.
After sanding I polished it by wet sanding and polishing compound. This resulted to perfect mirror polish. I loaned one spare parts from the other lighters I bought.
I also also changed the old wick to a Zippo wick which was the same size and the only option locally available. I also put is a Zippo flint. After this the lighter worked perfectly.
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A Lanzer Lipstick nice.
Good work as allways
Hello my friend, what I see here is like magic. Your tools do the rest. Greetings Torsten from Germany
congrats 👍turned out awesome. i know from experience that those tiny ítems are really tricky to work on. Cheers !
I do not even smoke. I cannot even stand the smell of someone who has smoked in the last hour. I would completely pay good money for something like this, just so I could light people's cigarettes for them. That was some amazing work. B E A U T I F U L.
I don't smoke either. But I really like old lighters. Thanks for watching my video!
Favourite part was the sound of the screw falling free and obviously hitting the floor. This would happen with all the small bits if did this job.
that restoration was as slick as snot on door knob! Great job sir!
You did a great job. I'm looking forward to your next video!!
Thanks for watching my video!
I wish I had the patience to do this. Great job!
Beautiful video! I love history. Good work
Nice restoration mate . Keep going. 👍
Excellent restoration mate, looks amazing well done.
Beautiful restoration and kitty 😸
Great as always brotha!
Good work. And scissors are very cute...
В крышку зажигалки легче вставку из металла сделать чем напаивать столько, и надежней было бы, я так гранаты паяю, а вот за электролиз Лайк!
Even if you would restore thin air, I would watch your vids 😁
Excellent travail.....Bravo
Amazing work
Прекрасная работа.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Fantastic!!
Your so Awesome at restoration...Fantastic job
Muy buen trabajo.
Seguí así, saludos de un Uruguayo 🇺🇾🧉
Great job. Enjoyed watching you work.
This looks like a British Tommy lighter I have the exact same one with made in England written on it
That design was very popular in several countries during that era. There's also an interesting story. Austria was the Mecca of lighters back then. They had a comparable design to this but without the liquid tank, they called it "Hurricane". A man named George Grant Blaisdell and his friend were meeting during a summer night in 1932. His friend put a "Hurricane" out of his pocket and lit up a cigarette. Blaisdell asked him why he's is using this ugly lighter instead of a more beautiful representative one that fits his neat outfits he always wears. The answer was: This one here always works! Blaisdell was impressed, and he started his own company and sold these lighters in the US, also purchased the patent from the Austrians and he changed the design by connecting the cap and the body with a hinge. He named it "Zippo", because he liked the sound of the word "zipper".
That Tommy lighter design was actually quite popular here in Germany. I have one that was probably made in 1950s or 60s, it's tank base is made of brass, but the tank itself is made of clear plastic so you can also see how much petrol is still in it.
How do you know that was a lighter from WW2?.. Did the Germans have lighters issued to them by the Army?I don't think so.Also I didn't see any markings on it at all. Anyways it was in pretty good shape for being that old.I wouldn't think it was dug up.
Perfect
Superb work 👏
Thanks!
Спасибо за Видео 👍 🇩🇪
Great Video,Cool💪👍☝🏻👊
That was impressive. Thank you for your video.
Thanks for watching my video!
Зачёт! Красавчик)
Very good buddy! #Respect
Beautiful lighter but you can loos3 that cap easy and you cant stand it up on a table like a zippo
*Привет !!!!! Лайк от Питерских копателей Войны !!!! 👍👍👍*
Nicely done. 😊
Great Job 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 Thanks. The question is... What is the copy? 🤔 Is it the german one from Zippo, or the other direction? 🤔 Maybe you can help me ☺️☺️☺️
Реставрация крутая! Спору нет, но на мой взгляд теперь как новодел, зажигалка потеряла след времени.
Только ЛАЙК 💯%
Ножницы-огонь!))))
So eines hab ich auch, nicht das Gleiche, aber die Bauweise, gibt es für 4 €. Hab meinem Kleinen vor Tagen eins für Silvester gekauft.
doi you sell any of the items you have restored
Do you sell any of your restored pieces?
KW DRP lighter?
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Why plate it in copper before the nickel?
From long lying in the ground, brass became thin and brittle. With copper, I increased the thickness of the metal. I also smoothed out all the bumps.
Gute, alte Technik aus dem 3.Reich 👍
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Hoffentlich bist du Raucher und kannst es somit zweckmäßig verwenden.
한국 🇰🇷 ☀️
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Adolf ZIPPO.😂
:)
*Zippler
Nice restoration, but I gotta tell you.....you spend way too much time turning the object over and around 14 different times! This is a video.....we see what the object is! there's no need to turn it over and around and back again! Spend more time actually restoring it. By the way....cute little anvil ya got there! :)
🇮🇱thanks🇮🇱