Great lighter collection you have. Very smart storage solution you found! I've collected a few over the years, but much smaller collection than yours. Would you consider making a vid going over some of your favourite table lighters in more detail? Thanks for sharing.
It's amazing how old lighters can clean up. I found an old Ronson on the bottom of a creek magnet fishing and managed to get it working with some new parts. The middle is super rusted and pitted, but not all the way through so I'm gonna make a leather wrap for it.
I have been collecting lighters since 1973 when my grandmother gave me a couple out of her kitchen drawer. I was seven and loved the sparks they made. lol! I am 55 now and have many. your collection is AWESOME!
@@JKsStuffNo, I could make a video. I am watching another one of your videos now, I hardly ever paid for one. People gave them to me. I want them to go to a better home soon. I think i have some that would help your parted out or missing part collection.
That was a great introduction to cigarette lighter collecting. I''m currently looking into it from the perspective of someone who knows how to polish silver, add a leather sheath where needed and generally adding some value to quality items from the past and your video was very helpful!
I also collect lighters. Recently I bought homemade ones at a flea market in Armenia. I'm trying to fix it. Old German ones are also difficult to repair
what a great collection you got there and a very intelligent way of storage!! Please consider making a video where you expose some lighters from each brand showing pros and cons etc, for beginners like me
Thanks for watching and listening to what I had to say. I made this video a few years ago and I've learned a few things since then. Mainly, focus on condition. It will keep your collection small, but you can really be proud of every one of them. Good luck getting started!
I have 2 old flat lighters from the 90s, both camel cigs with the same graphic. One says crown, and one says penguin, below the thumb presser. Are those brands? Both say Japan. My collection is just a handful of camel lighters from the 90s, those clicker butane soft pack ones, a couple hard pack flip open ones, a butane zippo style camel lights(my brand), and a few actual zippos. I just found them after several years!
Hey thanks for hanging in there with me for 12 minutes! Yes, those are the brand names of the manufacturing companies on the side of the flat advertising lighters. Penguin is one of the higher quality brands.
How about the high end stuff? Dunhill, DuPont, Cartier. Here in Europe the prices on private sale sites can be very attractive (a used Dupont is easy get for 200-300€), but the problem is that these lighters always require custom parts if broken.
High end lighters are great, but my collection is more mid-grade. I've purchased most of them from local flea markets for about $5. I don't see very many high end lighters there, and if I do, they are usually way overpriced with no warranty.
Yeah I only collect high end lighters anymore, the common stuff is just so common its not interesting anymore, like zaima, flaminaire, dupont, dunhill, cartier, caran d'ache, old colibri john sterling stuff, IM Corona and anything they white labeled for like dunhill and ronson, or any of the old clones of any of the listed stuff, so like Nesor from Korea, they cloned a lot of stuff in the 80s and its all really high quality and repairable.
Great question, I was at a little junk shop, and I found a beat up Ronson Standard in a bowl with other junk, I hadn't seen any vintage lighters before and the guy only wanted $5, so I bought it. When I got home I took it apart, cleaned it up, put it all back together with a new flint and fuel and it fired right up. I thought that was pretty cool so I've been doing it off and on ever since. It's never too late to start.
Zippo is definitely the goat. Easy to use and maintain, reasonably priced, and has a lifetime warranty. Much more people own a zippo the than an ST DuPont.
That's crazy that the cheapest ones can sell for $3-$5 the very minimum any lighter like that should go for is about $10, it's just crazy to me but I Guess that's just how it is, crazy that something made of significantly better materials and quality and is also made to last can be worth the same as those throwaway plastic lighter you see sold everywhere, how is that possible. 😂
What would you say it's the best brand of lighters? I'm starting to collect some, I find IMCO really reliable and pretty in a way Edit: 6:50 OMG THAT IMCO 6900 GUNLITE!!!! now I need one, thanks hahah
The 'best' brand is very subjective, I'd say most brands have a range of quality and style, common to rare, and basically worthless to extremely valuable, and condition is a factor at Every level. I'd say buy the lighters that get you excited! Unless you want to be overwhelmed by lighters (like me) go for quality over quantity. Good luck and post some videos of your progress!
Great lighter collection you have. Very smart storage solution you found! I've collected a few over the years, but much smaller collection than yours. Would you consider making a vid going over some of your favourite table lighters in more detail? Thanks for sharing.
It's amazing how old lighters can clean up. I found an old Ronson on the bottom of a creek magnet fishing and managed to get it working with some new parts. The middle is super rusted and pitted, but not all the way through so I'm gonna make a leather wrap for it.
Back when they made things to last.
I have been collecting lighters since 1973 when my grandmother gave me a couple out of her kitchen drawer. I was seven and loved the sparks they made. lol! I am 55 now and have many. your collection is AWESOME!
Thanks Wayne, keep the flame alive! Do you have any pictures or videos online?
@@JKsStuffNo, I could make a video. I am watching another one of your videos now, I hardly ever paid for one. People gave them to me. I want them to go to a better home soon. I think i have some that would help your parted out or missing part collection.
No kidding, really? That would be huge!
@@JKsStuff Give me your Email and I will send you some pics.Give me about 2 days, and i will send them.
Hey Wayne, I missed your email from a few weeks ago, feel free to email me at: jkstuffchannel @ gmail . com
That was a great introduction to cigarette lighter collecting. I''m currently looking into it from the perspective of someone who knows how to polish silver, add a leather sheath where needed and generally adding some value to quality items from the past and your video was very helpful!
Thanks for checking out my video, glad there was some helpful information. Your skill set sounds really interesting too
Really like your commentary. I like all lighters too. Soft spot for Zippo, and I like the German / Austrian lighters and even the cheap knockoffs.
Hey thanks for checking out my collection, let me know if you post a video of your own
I also collect lighters. Recently I bought homemade ones at a flea market in Armenia. I'm trying to fix it. Old German ones are also difficult to repair
what a great collection you got there and a very intelligent way of storage!! Please consider making a video where you expose some lighters from each brand showing pros and cons etc, for beginners like me
Thanks for checking out the collection, I'll try to take a deeper dive on a few brands
@@JKsStuff that's something i wait for
Thanks for sharing, it was very informative. I’m just starting out and your insight was helpful.
Thanks for watching and listening to what I had to say. I made this video a few years ago and I've learned a few things since then. Mainly, focus on condition. It will keep your collection small, but you can really be proud of every one of them. Good luck getting started!
@@JKsStuff thanks for the advice I will
WOW amazing 🇺🇲🍾🎉🇺🇲
Please, keep producing more videos about your lighters (how they function, lighting the flame, how to maintain etc)
Haha awesome, I will definitely be making more videos, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
I’m just starting. Just only have been using Cartier. But need new flint
Thats a sweet collection, here I am 2021 getting my first trench lighter thinking yea I'm the man......until this video lol
Hey thanks for the comment, don't stop now, I too started with one lighter!
@@JKsStuff Yea I just purchased my second today it's a king super auto lighter with sterling silver around it 🤷🏻♂️ thought it was cool for 20 bucks.
the Thorens single claw lighters are pricey, easily 400+ dollars...
I have a few old lights I got for cleaning out a house
Saw a bunch of vintage lighters in UA-cam shorts, figured I’d start my own collection
That's great. The hobby needs more young collectors. Post a video of your progress.
Nice collection.
Where did you find that storage box?
A local architect retired and sold me his flat files, I lined them with felt and filled them with lighters
I have 2 old flat lighters from the 90s, both camel cigs with the same graphic. One says crown, and one says penguin, below the thumb presser. Are those brands? Both say Japan. My collection is just a handful of camel lighters from the 90s, those clicker butane soft pack ones, a couple hard pack flip open ones, a butane zippo style camel lights(my brand), and a few actual zippos. I just found them after several years!
Both my flat lighters look like the one on the right of the drawer at 12:08
Yeah you got a couple of the same various ones I got, or at least the same series like soft pack ones, nice collection dude
Hey thanks for hanging in there with me for 12 minutes! Yes, those are the brand names of the manufacturing companies on the side of the flat advertising lighters. Penguin is one of the higher quality brands.
How about the high end stuff? Dunhill, DuPont, Cartier. Here in Europe the prices on private sale sites can be very attractive (a used Dupont is easy get for 200-300€), but the problem is that these lighters always require custom parts if broken.
High end lighters are great, but my collection is more mid-grade. I've purchased most of them from local flea markets for about $5. I don't see very many high end lighters there, and if I do, they are usually way overpriced with no warranty.
Yeah I only collect high end lighters anymore, the common stuff is just so common its not interesting anymore, like zaima, flaminaire, dupont, dunhill, cartier, caran d'ache, old colibri john sterling stuff, IM Corona and anything they white labeled for like dunhill and ronson, or any of the old clones of any of the listed stuff, so like Nesor from Korea, they cloned a lot of stuff in the 80s and its all really high quality and repairable.
i got into collecting lighters at an estate sale
That's great, do you have pictures of your collection posted online anywhere
How did you first start because I’m looking to start
Great question, I was at a little junk shop, and I found a beat up Ronson Standard in a bowl with other junk, I hadn't seen any vintage lighters before and the guy only wanted $5, so I bought it. When I got home I took it apart, cleaned it up, put it all back together with a new flint and fuel and it fired right up. I thought that was pretty cool so I've been doing it off and on ever since. It's never too late to start.
can you please, i have about 11 cigarette lighters need to order the part on the top ,are not working
Not a single ST Dupont in sight! The GOAT of lighters!
Zippo is definitely the goat. Easy to use and maintain, reasonably priced, and has a lifetime warranty. Much more people own a zippo the than an ST DuPont.
I went to an antique mall and there was a vintage Japanese silver lighter for 250$
Ha! That sounds like the "I don't want to sell it" price
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That's crazy that the cheapest ones can sell for $3-$5 the very minimum any lighter like that should go for is about $10, it's just crazy to me but I Guess that's just how it is, crazy that something made of significantly better materials and quality and is also made to last can be worth the same as those throwaway plastic lighter you see sold everywhere, how is that possible. 😂
Do you work to get them all or most fired? Is that important to you?
If they don't work I put them in the parts drawer until I can fix them or use them for parts to fix other lighters
What would you say it's the best brand of lighters? I'm starting to collect some, I find IMCO really reliable and pretty in a way
Edit: 6:50 OMG THAT IMCO 6900 GUNLITE!!!! now I need one, thanks hahah
The 'best' brand is very subjective, I'd say most brands have a range of quality and style, common to rare, and basically worthless to extremely valuable, and condition is a factor at Every level. I'd say buy the lighters that get you excited! Unless you want to be overwhelmed by lighters (like me) go for quality over quantity. Good luck and post some videos of your progress!
@@JKsStuff thanks for the advice, I'm excited for IMCO so I will collect them as a hobbie,
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You want marlboro rareboots, lighter?
I have also some I want to sale my collection