Vintage Petrol Lighters, Ashtrays, Tobacciana and Other Useful Mechanisms.
Specializing in demonstration videos to help you repair your own vintage petrol lighters. Don’t be afraid to ask, I make videos on request all the time. If you really want to get my attention, leave a comment at the website: DependableFlame.com I don’t work on butane lighters though, only petrol/wick lighters.✌️
It is impossible to respond to every comment/email/text that I get(especially the ones about butane lighters which I don’t work on, BTW) but I try to answer many questions within the conversation of the videos that are published each weekday morning.
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I’m glad I could help you out when I said the ashtray looked like Fenton glass. Milk glass is a type of opaque or translucent glass that is white or creamy in color and has a smooth, non-transparent surface. The Fenton brothers were the first to introduce carnival glass.
I found one of these at a garage sale last year. It came as a three piece set. The ashtray, a tophat cigarette holder, and one other piece that I think maybe held matches or something. But they all match finish and design wise.
I did the cleaning as you taped your repair. However, when the repairs are completed. However, no spark still happens. Could it be defective flint wheel. If so how do I order another one?
Thank you so much. Literally all I needed was the flint. Although my wick was stuck and that was a pain to fix. I had to unscrew the little pit the wick sticks out of then pull more out and put tape around the tip and put the metal bit back on by pulling it on over the tape.
Hi,can you help me with my penguin palace lighter? It's filling up with gas and sparking but no flame,the gas is not coming out as it should,I've taken it apart ,removed the bit where the flame comes out and I can see what looks like a screw with a hole in the middle ,when I open that screw the gas come out any recommendations please?
I love the fancy old zippo slims. Classy lighters. And I love to destroy any value by having my initials engraved in them. I never sell em anyway. I love them.
I seem to be having a bit of a unique problem. I have two ronsons, and the striker wheels work perfectly. The flint tubes are clear, but everytime I go to replace the flints it gives me one to two good sparks and then nothing. I've bought multiple kinds, but the only flint that will work in either of them is the original worn down one that one of them came with. What's going here? Is it the flints themselves? The strikers work fine, but only that specific old flint will throw consistent sparks.
I have a question...I have an Evans trig a lite 1952, I've trimmed the wick, replaced the flint, filled it etc. So, would you have any clue why, when I strike it, it lights but within a couple seconds, there's a flame running all around the lighter under head area?
Hi Joe, love your videos. I have one of these where the wick itself seems ok, but age degraded it to the point where it has gone dowm into the wick tube and i cant seem to get a good grip to pull it out. Do you happen to have a trick to bring up the wirck without pulling the wadding and re-seating the wick?
I started using an eye dropper too just to add a drop of lighter fluid onto the wick in the chimney every other day. Saves me from having to refill weekly.
The made in england ronsons are superior. This particular one is cool because it has the old school ronson look but the new striking assembly, probably why it works so reliably as that mechanism is excellent when maintained and unimpeded by damage or wear or grime. Ive just ordered my cadet mini. Curious if its taller than the petite or not
The made in england adonis is not the same as the american one i know this for sure My American adonis left out the "made in" part of made in America. Both are 95%+ strikers maybe better but the English one is 2 grams lighter and the mechanism is much much more of a light touch and is my girlfriends favorite alongside the petite. I cycle between one of my imperial, English adonis, and one of my petite (my favorite ronson) for daily carry. Petite is goat for a daily carry lighter it's perfect size for all your spliff and bong needs, will impress ur friends. So will the other two petite is smaller than even a pet
Hi here, I have a Ronson light not the Queen Anne but almost the same.. I have a lick gaz and I am wondering how to extract the Gaz room of this light? Do you have any idea? Thank you in advance
Just bought an old lighter off ebay and looks like its missing the flint spring screw and flint so I'll get one of those first! Also the top cover doesn't open fully so the flame cant ignite, any recommendations for that?
Enjoy the video, I have a taken apart a Ronson lighter that activates by pressing the camera button. after I cleared the flint pocket and wheel and spring fell out , I watch your video on how the clutch fits to the wheel but my problem is how the washers and the wheel and the spring go together and help would be great.
