How To Tell a Fake ST Dupont Lighter Quickly and Easily Every Time 

When that fell off the cliff to the bottom of the Grand Canyon how did you get it back?

Poor guy, sorry for your loss. The lost lighter I mean. That’s why I buy the fakes, Losing a real one would keep me up at night for years, literally turn me into a vampire. Sorry man.

Hello and thank's for the great tip . I have just bought an old wood grain large one for 80.00 ,but it is missing the little fold out lever with the screw to adjust the flame . How do I get one and how much ? I think your in england I'm in the states .

The Chinese copies are not cheaply made and I have a few and the Chinese make quality Fake S.T. Dupont lighters and I beleive S.T. Dupont in France would agree! The Fakes are great advertising for Dupont for when you want to move on up in life and buy the Real Thing, then you know you have ARRIVED!

Hi there! My St. Dupont Ligne 1 have this serial: 869BFD. Is it authentic one? Best regards!

Take out the roller. Authentic ST Duponts have the initials of the person who gave it the final polish prior to final assembly hand-engraved on the housing.

Me: How do I tell a fake DuPont RU-vid Man? RU-vid Man: I bought a fake one and lose shit all the time.. also love and care. Me: What is love?

I did not see the Silver proof on the bottom? Is that not a silver lighter?

Yeah love and care, and misaligned, with care.

I have the exact same model in this video (with box, warranty card etc.). I was wondering how much do you think it's worth?

I have one. Made in the 50s serial# HH 7058 Gold plate or gold bronze? With box and papers. Used to carry it. Great lighter.

this one is very similar with my duppont dude

I have a black and gold st dupont oscuro lighter. Let me know if anyone is interested.

How long a single fill lasts if you use it daily?

I was trying to find osmething like a serial number check but can't find any without downloads... Maybe you know what to do in this situation? btw. the number is 4FK12J8 (or I instead of 1)

Anybody know where to sell one if you have it?

hmmm.. sounds like a fake.. there is no "echo".. ? also shouldn't have all real ones a logo-stamp on the bottom? just asking..^^

wow

Hey! I have a lighter with this number: 05D01A8 Is it fake? Or its not? I hope i get aswers soon! Thx

How can you tell a gold plated from a solid gold St DuPont ?

Now...... I have an enigma. A hobnail line 2 gold. With very tiny hand stamped serial number. I think it's fake because I got it off ebay cheap, and if the seller sold me a $700 lighter for $65 I would have thought he'd cancel the auction. I know I would have. Has refill cap paint of proper colour, has C stamped into some internal case parts, Has a number 2 hand scribed under flint roller where the final polisher would write his initals (refference dupont video)....... I either have a $700 lighter cheap, or I have a "Quality eastern block reproduction"....... My hobnail pattern does not go around the front of the lid,also has no border for initials (like this one in your video,and some new ones I have seen). My vintage silver gatsby I believe is real has the initial border on the front of lid (square) Very interesting.

I think this is a fake in video.

The hell is a dubont?

Stop losing things!! 😣

It looks like yours came out of a China shop, there are several real 18k st DuPont on eBay, and ones that are plated being passed off as 18k (75% gold) go find the ones stamped 18k or 18kts and 750, and you will see your serial number is phoney baloney. DuPont made thousands of L1 18k, mine is in the 2000 range and one exact one on eBay right now is in 3000s number

Hey, I found a person selling a lighter. He's selling it pretty cheap, but I don't know how to check because he's sending some random pictures of it. Can you maybe help? Please :D

I’ll send you a photo of a real DuPont purchased in Paris at Cartier, you don’t have one.

And I can't find ANY lighters that looks the same. It's out of "gold" but I cannot find anything that matches exactly like the one he's selling.

YOURS IS FAKE AND NOT 18k GOLD

Oh BS, yours has no gold amount stamped , mine from 68 has 18kts and the serial number clearly stamped , It’s an L1 Cartier. Yours looks faked! Plus it’s not 18k gold, it’s plate.

These lighters are made to be worthless by Chinese. I have sold my real Dupont and kept the fake one. Why? The weight is better, (heavier), the ping of the lid is better louder and more melodic (real DuPont ping is very muted or none existent at all). If you hold real Dupont and fake in your hand you know what I mean. DuPont lighters are overpriced crap. They have been milking stupid men for their middle-class money for generations. No more.

Yours is fake