![]() ![]() Check with an online auction site to see what your model has been selling for. Ronson lighter vintage code#If you have a Zippo Check this out: The Zippo Date Code ResourceĮlsewise, I can give you a rough estimate of original manufacture date within a decade or so of manufacture for Ronson Lighters.Īll other vintage lighters are probably younger than 1850, and older than me. ![]() If it says Ronson, and you are getting serious about lighter collecting – Buy The Ronson Book It’s the best resource for identifying and dating your Ronson Lighter! If there isn’t, I probably am not going to be much help. It should be enough to last you a lifetime. You can find it at your local hardware store next to the silver polish for around $5. It does not leave the paste residue, and is way easier to wipe clean afterward. It always ends up in the gears and mechanics, on the wick, caked into the crevices, causing some amount of resistance, or inhibition for the action, and generally makes the decorative elements look terrible.Īlternatively, I use a product called Nev’r Dull. Traditional silver polish is a paste/cream/putty/mess that is rubbed on, then buffed off. I found this old silver lighter and am going to use silver polish on it! Ronson lighter vintage pro#Pro Tip: If you are going to store/Not use/Display a vintage lighter – TAKE THE FLINT OUT! The re-sale value plummets while the sentimental value is priceless. On occasion I can cobble together very specific splits – These repairs are reserved for heirloom pieces that are intended to be passed on through generations. Ronson lighter vintage cracked#They can be slightly stuck, really stuck, or cracked the flint tube into pieces.Ĭontact Us – Send the lighter in, It needs to be stripped down and inspected to see if it can be fixed. Time, pressure, and humidity break down the flint, which then swells. You have a frozen flint stuck in the flint tube. I put a new flint in, and my lighter doesn’t spark. They are harder to come by in the US but they are best for older lighters, and touch tips. There are some flints from England called Firebronze, which seem to be softer and create a better spark. Zippo flints in the white back are the same I use modern Ronson Flints manufactured by Zippo in Austria in a yellow blister pack, for pocket and 1950’s & newer lighters. Also some people have stripped the screw slot completely off trying to get the stuck screw out… Needs replacing. The Flint/Fuel screw is stuck – Now what?Ĭontact us – That’s probably going to need to be drilled out, and replaced. The slots are curved and you actually get better engagement with a coin than a screwdriver, Also you get less torque in case the screw is stuck… Pro Tip: You can use a penny or dime to unscrew the flint and fuel screw, these pocket lighters were engineered for pockets, and change would have been a viable tool for maintenance on the go. You’ll get to a good spark in a matter of moments.ĭoes the lighter have fluid? The larger of the two screws should be the fuel filler screw and it frequently has “FILL HERE” stamped on it. You may need to strike it a few times (10X) to “wear a groove” In the flint so it makes better contact with the spark wheel. ![]() If there is no fuel screw, and some weird needle recessed into a hole, you have a butane lighter that needs compressed gas. If it’s a touch tip, the fuel goes down the wand shaft to the reservoir in the bottom, you should see the flint screw on the bottom of the lighter. If the lighter has no screws, it’s an insert that slides out of the body, you’ll find the flint screw, and probably cotton for fueling in there (like a zippo). If your lighter only has 1 screw, It’s a flint screw, and the base rotates for fueling. Remove the spring, and clear whatever broken last piece of jammed flint is in there, and put a new one in! replace the spring and screw, and light up! There is/should be a spring behind it, don’t let it scare you when you it pops out while unscrewing. On common pocket models you should see 2 screws of some sort. You can change the flint and add fuel to your lighter. Owning an antique lighter requires maintenance – back in the good ol’ days products were built to last, but it required a bit of care. Adding flint and fuel to a vintage lighter ![]()
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