olbluesmoke
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Post by olbluesmoke on Oct 25, 2023 18:11:28 GMT -5
I'm a butane lighter guy here...BIC mostly.
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Post by Silver on Oct 25, 2023 18:19:46 GMT -5
Bic butane, as well. I have an IM Corona Old Boy for when I'm feeling fancy. Also, a brass Zippo with the pipe insert.
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 25, 2023 18:34:25 GMT -5
Strictly matches here.
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Post by urbino on Oct 25, 2023 18:48:32 GMT -5
I go back and forth between a Zippo and an Old Boy, depending on the situation. I like the Zippo for its wind resistance and lower-temp flame when I'm lighting a full or mostly full bowl. Less risk of charring the rim that way. But as I smoke my way down, I'll switch to the Old Boy for its longer reach.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 25, 2023 18:48:46 GMT -5
I like to use wooden matches for the char light. Then, usually, a Zippo with pipe insert. All in all, wooden matches are the best for everything.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 25, 2023 20:00:22 GMT -5
I prefer matches… pretty much switch between matches and bics.
At home, matches, at the hotel I don’t want to litter, so bic is what I use… and I have boatloads of bics that I culled from grocery store putting in the hazmat bins.
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Post by jeffd on Oct 25, 2023 20:11:43 GMT -5
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Post by qmechanics on Oct 25, 2023 21:34:00 GMT -5
Pipe lighters (Butane), matches or cedar.... Depending on availability, time, place and mood..
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Post by daveinlax on Oct 26, 2023 1:08:50 GMT -5
I collect match boxes and ceramic holders/strikers but I prefer to light my pipes with an angled flame pipe lighter that starts with the letter D. Dunhill, Davidoff and Dupont. We don’t sell them but at the shop I recommend the long chimney bic’s for a low cost entry lighter. Probably the cheapest light is a candle and cedar spill torn from a cigar box separator.  |
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Post by don on Oct 26, 2023 5:46:24 GMT -5
Stick matches indoor and when it is doable outside. Butane lighter for breezy conditions.
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 26, 2023 5:54:10 GMT -5
I have a Zippo pipe lighter and it's certainly the tool to use when out in the wind or when lighting a pipe while driving. Now I find that I don't drive very far anymore and, after I light a bowl with a match, it stays lit right up to my destination. So, I just only use the kitchen matches. I like the soft flame that a match provides and it's easier to keep from scorching the pipe rim.
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Post by exbenedict on Oct 26, 2023 8:44:22 GMT -5
I like my Kiribi, but I switch between that and matches.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 26, 2023 10:47:47 GMT -5
Mostly wood or paper matches inside, Old Boy handy when at back room desk. Outside, Zippo with pipe insert. As to cigars, usually Bic, had a few torch type cigar lighters, could not get them to work at all, must be a secret to how to use them.
Ed
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Post by urbino on Oct 26, 2023 14:57:24 GMT -5
Mostly wood or paper matches inside, Old Boy handy when at back room desk. Outside, Zippo with pipe insert. As to cigars, usually Bic, had a few torch type cigar lighters, could not get them to work at all, must be a secret to how to use them. Ed In my experience, those torch lighters get clogged easily. |
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Post by Yohanan on Oct 26, 2023 17:07:37 GMT -5
I'm a Bic flicker.
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Post by username on Oct 26, 2023 17:09:00 GMT -5
I just use my old boy
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Post by trailboss on Oct 26, 2023 23:06:08 GMT -5
When I retire, my preferences might change back to using the Zippo and refillable butane lighters more. As I travel, I don’t want to carry fuel, so bic and matches seem to be the most reliable way for me to roll.
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rastewart
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Post by rastewart on Oct 27, 2023 10:17:50 GMT -5
Zippo with a pipe insert almost always. I try to remember to fill it on weekends so I don't run dry (and I put a thin coating of Vaseline on the insert to reduce evaporation), but my memory is not what it used to be, and never was. So I usually keep in the car (which is mostly where I smoke these days) a box of small matches and a disposable lighter (in a leather sheath that my youngest daughter brought back from Colombia long ago) just in case.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 27, 2023 14:58:43 GMT -5
IM Corona Pipemaster.
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Post by SailorBen on Oct 27, 2023 18:58:56 GMT -5
 On the right is my go-to setup: bic in a homemade leather case. Its the lighter I use for craft work, so it seemed natural to pop a Czech tool on the keyring and keep carrying it. Toasted my thumb a few times in the beginning, haha! On the left is a neat pipe lighter I got for my birthday. Takes zippo type fuel. Only used it once so far but it's quite fun. It says "Dolphin 1989" on it. |
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Post by urbino on Oct 27, 2023 19:02:06 GMT -5
On the right is my go-to setup: bic in a homemade leather case. Its the lighter I use for craft work, so it seemed natural to pop a Czech tool on the keyring and keep carrying it. Toasted my thumb a few times in the beginning, haha! On the left is a neat pipe lighter I got for my birthday. Takes zippo type fuel. Only used it once so far but it's quite fun. It says "Dolphin 1989" on it. Nice leather work. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 28, 2023 20:13:33 GMT -5
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Oct 29, 2023 16:24:25 GMT -5
I only smoke outside, so almost always use a Zippo with pipe insert. If it is really calm, I will use wooden matches. I went through a phase of using a few different butane lighters, but rarely use them anymore as they tend to be more finicky.
RSD
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Post by SailorBen on Oct 30, 2023 1:28:29 GMT -5
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing the lighter library link - I know what I'll be reading about for the next week, haha. My mother-in-law said the Dolphin reminds her of the lighter her dad used (he was a Carter Hall guy) - looked like two bolts fused together end to end. You'd pull the heads of the bolts apart and it would open a hole in the middle where the flame was. That motion would also strike the flame. Pushing the ends together would close the hole and extinguish the flame. Any lead on what that might be? |
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Post by urbino on Oct 30, 2023 1:45:11 GMT -5
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing the lighter library link - I know what I'll be reading about for the next week, haha. My mother-in-law said the Dolphin reminds her of the lighter her dad used (he was a Carter Hall guy) - looked like two bolts fused together end to end. You'd pull the heads of the bolts apart and it would open a hole in the middle where the flame was. That motion would also strike the flame. Pushing the ends together would close the hole and extinguish the flame. Any lead on what that might be? Sounds like you'd need 3 hands to operate it. |
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Post by jeffd on Oct 30, 2023 10:45:38 GMT -5
The Zippo with the pipe insert certainly is the way to go. Works reliably well in wind and rain, has the classic feel and classic sound, and you can get it in a huge assortment of colors and styles. Easy and fun to cary. The only downside is that the fuel evaporates and so it goes empty more often than I like. I never heard about that trick with Vaseline someone mentioned above. Hmmmm. So I do have a butane. For a gift someone got me one of those (I think Chinese made?) lighters that is both a torch (for cigars) and a light flame for pipes. topg.ac/products/double-flame-lighter I like it, but it has a small capacity tank. I have to refill just about after every other smoke. Its cool though. It was the first duel use lighter I ever saw, and upon a little googling I discovered a whole universe of higher quality cigar/pipe lighters. Very nice. I haven't smoked a cigar in a while, so the torch is not as necessary. But the urge to buy another lighter is strong. Lighter Acquisition Syndrome raises its ugly head. |
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Post by john on Oct 30, 2023 20:01:02 GMT -5
Primary method is a Zippo with a pipe insert, silver with the ship I was on engraved in it.
When I leave the Zippo in a different room I have a Bic butane in the office, garage, porch etc etc...
Matches in a copper match holder with an anchor on it for when the mood strikes...
The only torch I have is for welding pipe...so that will NEVER light my pipe.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 30, 2023 21:39:30 GMT -5
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing the lighter library link - I know what I'll be reading about for the next week, haha. My mother-in-law said the Dolphin reminds her of the lighter her dad used (he was a Carter Hall guy) - looked like two bolts fused together end to end. You'd pull the heads of the bolts apart and it would open a hole in the middle where the flame was. That motion would also strike the flame. Pushing the ends together would close the hole and extinguish the flame. Any lead on what that might be? That would be the Nimrod Pipe Lighter. lighterlibrary.com/NimrodProducts.php |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 30, 2023 21:42:04 GMT -5
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing the lighter library link - I know what I'll be reading about for the next week, haha. My mother-in-law said the Dolphin reminds her of the lighter her dad used (he was a Carter Hall guy) - looked like two bolts fused together end to end. You'd pull the heads of the bolts apart and it would open a hole in the middle where the flame was. That motion would also strike the flame. Pushing the ends together would close the hole and extinguish the flame. Any lead on what that might be? Sounds like you'd need 3 hands to operate it. Two hands. That was my go to pipe lighter back in the eighties, a really well designed lighter. |
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Post by Darin on Oct 31, 2023 7:54:54 GMT -5
Whatever is handy. Heck, I've started a small fire with flint and lit my pipe with a stick. Lol
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