WW1 Shrapnel Shell Lighter Restoration 

I started getting into tinkering and restorations a few yrs ago, after starting metal detecting and finding alotta cool stuff. Restorations have been a learning experience. I'm a 22 yr retired combat vet, and having found several items I can imagine have been on an another vet during some heavy operations, in various regions, there's alotta history in them. Every dent, deep scratch, patina, has a story behind it, and it's previous owner, which to over sand and polish to me, does feel like I'm grinding away that history. With a piece like a WW1 trench lighter, which most were handmade by soldiers, keeping busy in the trenches, the most I'd feel comfortable with doing, is a simple surface dirt and grime clean up, and try to use authentic, time period wick and packing material. Maybe everybody has their own ideas of what restoring is. I don't have a problem with making something that's not really of historical significance like brand new. Some things though, restoring is just the process of making it a functional item again, but preserving it's history.

Great job. As a collector of vintage lighters I love these videos.

Perfection! Nice touch using the original bandage & a clever repair for the flint striker wheel mounting arms! Love it! 👍😎👍

Thanks for sharing your skills to refurbish that lighter. Smoking in combat is a dangerous habit…it is an actual case where second hand smoke can kill you if you’re too close to the smoker!!! Great job though… When I was in the military I was given 12 cigarettes a day with C rations. I didn’t smoke so I sold them. I made enough money to buy a car when I returned which I still have today! I served in 1971! Cigarettes helped me!! Another terrific job even with the people who feel the need to disparage your work. Thanks again sir!!

Very cool lighter. You did a fantastic job on the restoration

Excellent job. I'm glad you used the original bandage.

A beautiful piece and a fantastic restoration. Great work buddy

Як завжди Чудова робота!

Nice piece... Another great restoration!

Interesting Keep up the good work❤️

Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

Beautiful lighter!

Beautiful!

Awesome! Great job!

First and foremost, outstanding job on that restoration! I am always at odds with how far to take a restoration. I may have done something different with this myself but I am in no way saying you did it wrong. At the end of the day it does look amazing and reusing that bandage put a smile on my face.

These are awesome!

Beautiful restoration mister good job well done

Very very nice job !! It looks amazing !! 👍👍

Cool beautiful lighter!

Great job and beautiful item!

Гарна робота 👍

👍🙋 Супер! Самая красивая зажигалка в уходящем году. С наступающим новым годом!

It looks like it's new again and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

Fantastic restoration!

Wonderful ❤

have you tried using brass wire brushes on the softer metals? itd probably be better for the original surface texturing than steel brushes/wire wheels

It looks real good after renovation ☺☺

Убойная реставрация снаряда зажигалки. Спасибо лайк и с Новым годом.

Bhut sunder 👌😊

Un buon restauro, peccato che con questi accorgimenti abbia perso tutto il suo fascino, la sua storia, i segni del tempo 😢

1. под нижнюю пробку просится уплотнительное резиновое кольцо, чтобы бензин не подтекал. 2. отполированная латунь, конечно, выглядит отлично. Но она быстро потемнеет и окислится. Неплохо бы какое-нибудь защитное покрытие. а так, отличная работа!

Чудово!

Very nice restoration as always! Do you ever sell your restored items?

WOW!! ‼

Happy New Year @all! 🍀🎆

Добре проведена праця! Окопна творчість? Та з Новим роком!

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Where do you find so many old lighters? They're all different and this one didn't seem to come from the ground. I think you bought a lot from a collection?

A minha mãe tinha um esqueiro desse

Foarte frumoasă restaurare.Imi place cum lucrezi. Recunoștință pentru cei ce luptă pentru libertate!Slava Ukraina! Kozakam Slava!🇺🇦🇹🇩🇺🇦🇹🇩🇺🇦👍🐎👍

Why did you go so excessive on the wire wheel there was no need to use it at all. You lost all of the original fine detail that was embossed on the out side of the lighter. As it's brass you could have simply polished it or lightly sanded with a 1500 or 2000 grit and then polished it keeping the original detail. I do like your fix for the striker wheel.

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Its bolter round?))

Чудова запальничка,як ви гадаєте вона саморобна ,чи ні?

Let us do a little critical thinking here... This lighter has 2 perfect sets of threads. Can you explain that? No, it wasn't made in a trench. No it wasn't made 'at home', either. That is a post war item, made in a machine shop. Yes, somebody probably went to a battle ground & collected the shells to make lighters to sell to the public.

надо бы поставить уплотнительную шайбу на гайку резервуара куда наливается топливо

Where do you find the WW1 trench lighters?

можна було зробити накатку (насічки) для того щоб легше відкручувати, звісно для цього потрібно мати відповідний інструмент

Шлифовкой сняли все насечки типа от нарезов. И канавки на колпачке имитирующие взрыватель. Лучше бы в патине оставили. Вещь только испортили. Теперь она выглядит как новодел.

Congratulations you turned a beautifully detailed military shell into a sanded smooth Suppository. Yours to do as you please with but shiny does not always mean restored.

It’s too shiny and the designs were lost. Now it could easily be mistaken for a pocket rocket. 😂

shame the details on the cap got lost

Шо за мідне золото

Graben Kunst 🤔

Go ahead and sand off the knurling, sure...

Оууу ютуб ввів переклад на українську в коментарях

На колпаке были насечки для открывания, Вы их стёрли..