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Post by Mac on Mar 15, 2019 19:45:51 GMT -5
If I did camping anymore, I'd get a couple.
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Post by sperrytops on Mar 15, 2019 22:02:01 GMT -5
Interesting. Have not seen anything like that before.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 6:24:51 GMT -5
Thanks Paddy, I have my permanent match light in my camping equipment. I forgot all about it until I read your thread. Next time I’m at my son’s home I need to look in my containers. Yup, the containers are marked so I know where each item is stored. There’s that anal retentive coming out again......lol.
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Post by kbareit on Mar 16, 2019 7:36:45 GMT -5
I pretty much use a Zippo with the pipe insert and with a standard insert. I also use a Bic and when in the garage I use matches. Marty, did you keep your turbo torch from your service tech day's? It will surely light a pipe with ease along with the bowl and probably melt the hell of the stem. I was brazing a line once and thought about it but didn't do it. Would have been a bad thing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 8:08:09 GMT -5
I pretty much use a Zippo with the pipe insert and with a standard insert. I also use a Bic and when in the garage I use matches. Marty, did you keep your turbo torch from your service tech day's? It will surely light a pipe with ease along with the bowl and probably melt the hell of the stem. I was brazing a line once and thought about it but didn't do it. Would have been a bad thing. I concur on the Zippo with pipe insert. I lit my pipe in a 15-18 mph wind on the beach with it in November while fishing. I'm a Zippo man now. Hell the butane lighter wouldn't even push gas it was so cold. Zippo? Fires right up.
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Post by watchmaker on Mar 16, 2019 15:00:52 GMT -5
I haven't read every post in this thread so forgive me if this was mentioned before. How about lighting a candle and using it's flame to light matches as needed?
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 16, 2019 15:26:22 GMT -5
I haven't read every post in this thread so forgive me if this was mentioned before. How about lighting a candle and using it's flame to light matches as needed? is this instead of using the striker? But your post reminded me of hemp Wick... Which would work well in conjunction with a candle.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 15:47:30 GMT -5
I pretty much use a Zippo with the pipe insert and with a standard insert. I also use a Bic and when in the garage I use matches. Marty, did you keep your turbo torch from your service tech day's? It will surely light a pipe with ease along with the bowl and probably melt the hell of the stem. I was brazing a line once and thought about it but didn't do it. Would have been a bad thing. I concur on the Zippo with pipe insert. I lit my pipe in a 15-18 mph wind on the beach with it in November while fishing. I'm a Zippo man now. Hell the butane lighter wouldn't even push gas it was so cold. Zippo? Fires right up. You still have to battle that steel wheel with all the sharp edges on it, which I can not operate due to poor hand strength.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 15:49:33 GMT -5
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Post by Darin on Mar 16, 2019 15:54:14 GMT -5
How are you currently lighting your pipes and cigars?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 15:55:44 GMT -5
You should get a candle with matches and a im corona old boy that should be enough to make any man insane trying to light any of them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 15:56:04 GMT -5
How are you currently lighting your pipes and cigars? See above post, we were typing at the same time,,,lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 16:08:54 GMT -5
How does your wife find the time to light your pipe between hand peeling your grapes. Really how are you lighting now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 16:14:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 16:40:43 GMT -5
It's this. My hands are arthritic as hell and any lighter design that requires me to hold a button with any finger is a pain in the arse.
Your classic roller-type flint lighter is far and away easier to use. There are options in any price bracket, depending on your feelings about fluid. - For fifteen bucks, you can get a Zippo pipe lighter. (Or you can mail any Zippo you have lying around back to Bradford, PA and they'll tighten the hinge and give you a pipe insert for free.)
- For fifty bucks, you can get a used Dunhill Rollagas in working condition. Here is a link to a trustworthy seller of fully repaired/refurbished Dunhills.
Installing a pipe valve on a Dunhill is quite expensive, but you don't really need one. They work just fine as a pipe lighter using the standard, upright valve.
- For a little more, you can get a used S. T. Dupont "Ligne 1," but you don't want one -- it costs more to install a pipe valve than it does to buy the lighter. (Unlike a Rollagas, a Ligne 1 without a pipe valve is rather difficult to use.)
- At eighty bucks, you can get a Peterson knockoff of a classic Dunhill Unique.
www.smokingpipes.com/accessories/lighters/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=107311
- In the $100 bracket, there's I.M. Corona, a famed lighter maker with a nicer knockoff of the Dunhill Unique
www.smokingpipes.com/accessories/lighters/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=2886
Over $100, there's an embarrassment of options. Dunhill, Davidoff, S.T. Dupont, I.M. Corona, and Sillem's all make "luxury" lighters with a variety of patterns and precious metal platings.
The point is: there's no reason to suffer with a dime store fireplace lighter. All of the things I've just listed will keep the flame going without holding a button down.
Great compendium! I'd only add another look at the "FauxPonts" for about $25.00. I have several of the Ligne 1 copies, and I don't use or want an angled flame. Solid and weighty. For walking around I put a lighter lighter in the pants pocket. Yep, smellthehatfirst is the lighter expert. I'll have to take a look at the FauxPont and some of the other suggestions here too. I have hand issues as well. So far I do all right, but may need something very easy too use down the road.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 16, 2019 17:41:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 20:01:18 GMT -5
Nope, any type of roller is too difficult to put enough pressure on the roller, as I cannot turn the roller.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 20:06:13 GMT -5
Kiribi, or an old Dunhill cigarette lighter.
Your classic roller-type flint lighter is far and away easier to use..
The point is: there's no reason to suffer with a dime store fireplace lighter. All of the things I've just listed will keep the flame going without holding a button down. It takes a fair amount of finger and hand strength to get a roller type flint spinning, I have tried most all of them out there, so anything that you have to apply pressure to get a roller device with frictional force against it is not even a consideration.
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Post by sperrytops on Mar 16, 2019 20:12:06 GMT -5
looks like it operates like a Dunhill.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 21:32:14 GMT -5
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Post by qmechanics on Mar 16, 2019 23:24:44 GMT -5
I really like my im Corona Old Boy. Once it is adjusted properly, the lighter produces a steady flame everytime.
Another less expensive option is the Hearth and Home zippo "like" lighters (The internal works appear to be the same as the Decatur model and made by Z-pipe.). The lighter is convenient, runs on butane and has a piezo electric firing mechanism. I understand a few people have had issues with them. However, the ones I own, function quite well (Note:The zippo like container is a bit flimsy). You can also come by them for free during different promotions.
PS For cigars there are many options. One hidden jem is the four burner Perdomo Lotus lighters. They are big, heavy and no longer being sold retail (The Person logo is stamped into the metal). They are also very reliable, especially for a four flame torch lighter, have a large fuel tank and are sturdy.
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Post by Mac on Mar 16, 2019 23:49:35 GMT -5
Looks too much like a lady's personal 'massager'.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 17, 2019 1:38:36 GMT -5
Regarding the OP:
I cannot relate, but I can so for those not dealing with such a malady....at least in easiest in lighting tobacco.
The Pipe insert Zippo is king...it produces flame when winds will blow a match and butane lighter out...in that regard, My Beattie Jet lighter and Flambeau Flamidor work equally well...old school lighter fuel works better than wood or butane in weather.
Sitting in a room, anything works.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Mar 17, 2019 21:53:18 GMT -5
Your classic roller-type flint lighter is far and away easier to use..
The point is: there's no reason to suffer with a dime store fireplace lighter. All of the things I've just listed will keep the flame going without holding a button down. It takes a fair amount of finger and hand strength to get a roller type flint spinning, I have tried most all of them out there, so anything that you have to apply pressure to get a roller device with frictional force against it is not even a consideration. If you can't manage a roller you might be in trouble. There were some fully-automatic lighters back in the day that used either a battery + infrared, or even earlier systems with spring-loaded arms.
I don't know where you could easily buy such a thing today.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 8:36:35 GMT -5
It takes a fair amount of finger and hand strength to get a roller type flint spinning, I have tried most all of them out there, so anything that you have to apply pressure to get a roller device with frictional force against it is not even a consideration. If you can't manage a roller you might be in trouble. There were some fully-automatic lighters back in the day that used either a battery + infrared, or even earlier systems with spring-loaded arms.
I don't know where you could easily buy such a thing today.
See post #73
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Mar 18, 2019 11:23:01 GMT -5
If you can't manage a roller you might be in trouble. There were some fully-automatic lighters back in the day that used either a battery + infrared, or even earlier systems with spring-loaded arms.
I don't know where you could easily buy such a thing today.
See post #73 Right, but that's a torch. RP doesn't appear to sell a soft flame model. I.M. Corona used to make several models of pipe lighter that used a similar mechanism. You still see them on eBay from time to time.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 18, 2019 12:21:17 GMT -5
Right, but that's a torch. RP doesn't appear to sell a soft flame model. I.M. Corona used to make several models of pipe lighter that used a similar mechanism. You still see them on eBay from time to time.
I remember a lighter I bought on holiday in Portugal in about 1997. It cost about a fiver (from a market stall), but it was awesome. It looked like a Zippo, but there was a button. When you pressed it and held it down it was a torch lighter. When you let go of the button there was a soft flame which stayed lit until you closed the Zippo-style lid. It was brilliant and might work for Penzaholic.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 18, 2019 12:31:35 GMT -5
...I may be going back to wooden matches... I like the IM Corona Pipemaster, but a wooden match is so much more precise...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 18:37:30 GMT -5
Right, but that's a torch. RP doesn't appear to sell a soft flame model. I.M. Corona used to make several models of pipe lighter that used a similar mechanism. You still see them on eBay from time to time.
Right, I switched over to using a torch lighter after watching the Frank Method videos on YouTube . No more soft flames for me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 19:04:41 GMT -5
As I look back in the IM Corona is probably the biggest POS I ever wasted money on. Oh sure it is cool and as a pipe smoker you are supposed to have one but really it is not a great lighter, But don't let me stop from getting one. Everyone should try one so they can learn just how great the Bic lighter really is. YMMV
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