IMCO Lighter, Stainless Steel

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Du skal sende din ordre retur uden unødig forsinkelse og senest 14 dage efter, at du har gjort brug af din fortrydelsesret. Du skal afholde de direkte udgifter i forbindelse med returnering. Når du returnerer, er du ansvarlig for, at varen er pakket ordentligt ind. Du skal vedlægge en kopi af ordrebekræftelsen i pakken. Ekspeditionen går hurtigere, hvis du ligeledes udfylder og vedlægger vores Fortrydelsesformular. It’s been remarked by a number of people that those who collect one area of antiques will often branch out into other areas. Typically, for guys, at least, these areas are: Får den sidste vare i fysisk besiddelse, når det drejer sig om en aftale om flere forskellige varer, bestilt i én ordre, men leveres enkeltvis eller af flere omgange. The ‘deal’ is that almost every single one of these lighters – be they originals from the 1920s, or (much more common), reproductions made in China or elsewhere – are always sold as ‘trench’ lighters, a moniker which is not only massively misleading, but also blatantly incorrect, for reasons I will explain below. Note - some info is missing, as I don't own an early or middle period 6700, but I have seen some, so I've made some assumptions where the information seems obvious. Also, the dates of manufacture for all lighters are educated guesses.

unexpectedly gross things about living in a medieval castle on Living in a Castle – What was it Like?Now, whether or not IMCO ever used these casings in their ‘raw’ form to make their first lighters is unknown. Going by photographs I’ve seen, I would say that it was very unlikely. It is possible that they simply used the brass bullet-casings, melted them down and remade the reclaimed metal into the necessary parts they needed, but didn’t use the actual casings themselves to manufacture the lighters.

During the conflict, ZIPPO ceased manufacturing lighters for the civilian market, and sold exclusively to the armed forces. Because brass was required for the war-effort, wartime Zippos were made exclusively of steel – the first, last and only time in their history when the lighter wasn’t made of brass (except of course, for when it was made of silver or gold).In the days before stainless steel, a lot of metal products were made of brass, because of its ability to resist rusting and most forms of corrosion. The biggest source of brass in Austria at the time was the millions and millions and MILLIONS of leftover shell-casings from the First World War. IMCO windproof lighers are very versatile. Besides being used as a lighter for cigarettes and pipes they can also be used to light fireplaces, candles and campfires. These lighters are easy to fill with lighter fluid and have a replaceable flint. Unfortunately, Imco closed their factory years ago, and surviving lighters are old, sometimes rusty or worn, and increasingly expensive as collector items. I recently discovered that a Japanese company bought the rights to the Imco lighter from the original company. They have started manufacturing them again (in China) and, in my opinion, have improved the lighter in terms of fit, finish and quality. The biggest improvement is that they are now making them out of stainless steel (although the fuel tank is aluminum like the originals). It uses regular Zippo flints, and has a space for storing a spare in the lighter mechanism. Blowing gently on the captured sparks creates the necessary heat to ignite the rope, creating an ember. This ember can be used to light a cigarette or start a fire. Since it doesn’t require lighter fluid and doesn’t actually create a flame, the ‘foxhole’ lighter was popular with sailors, soldiers and campers, and anybody else who might need to start a fire without the aid of combustibles, matches or a conventional cigarette lighter.