John's Cigarette Lighter Collection

I've been a smoker since the age of 18, obvious cause for
my infatuation with pocket lighters. Back in the sixties in Italy,
I had a couple of favorite Ronsons and Zippos... no real
collection yet. In New York, in the seventies, I started my first
real collection with a small, pistol shaped metallic lighter inscibed
"Made in Occupied Japan", to which I added little by little, many
old refillable, flint & wick models from many different periods...
from WWI to Deco, 50's and 60's.

Unfortunately this first collection was lost upon my departure
from NY in 1975.

My second collection began in the late 70's, early 80's.
This time I really got into it, actively persuing odd and
strange, rare lighters... in flea markets and garage sales.
Somehow they just come to me... Many given to me
by family and friends ...

Not just old and rare lighters (now becomming harder to
find, and quite expensive to acquire), but also newer
(novelty) lighters that, thanks to modern technology,
now come in all shapes and forms.

As of June 2011, I now have over 420 lighters.... Below a few examples:

Your basic flint wheel and wick. No lighter fluid needed. OLDIE - Circa 1912	Same thing but with a snuffer lid... Still being manufactured today in Spain. 2002	IMCO Safety 4200 produced in 1935 OLDIE Lighter Fluid	'Regens' Made in USA PatNo1896140 OLDIE Lighter Fluid
'Imco G 11' - Austria OLDIE - 1950 Lighter Fluid	Trench Lighter Chrome - Brass OLDIEs - 1919/20 Lighter Fluid	Service Lighter OLDIE - 1943 Lighter Fluid	Unknown USA OLDIE - 1945 Lighter Fluid
'SKKK' - Japan OLDIE - 1959 Lighter Fluid	'Kraemer Automatic' TCW - Austria OLDIE - 1916 Lighter Fluid	Beattie-Jet - USA OLDIE - 1949 Lighter Fluid	Unmarked OLDIE Lighter Fluid
Circular Base Stick BUTANE - 1965	Circular Stick BUTANE - 1968	Square Base Stick BUTANE - 1969	'Sangyo' - Japan
Circular Stick 1965 Lighter Fluid	Circular Stick 1963 Lighter Fluid	Circular Pen BUTANE - 1988	Circular Stick BUTANE - 1985
CMC - Continental 1978 Lighter Fluid	CMC - Continental 1975 Lighter Fluid	CMC - Continental 1979 Lighter Fluid	Reliance - Japan Pipe lighter 1955 Lighter Fluid
'Nesor 21' - Korea ../ ..'Studio 50' - Japan BUTANE	'King Gemini' ..../ ....'KRON' - Korea BUTANE	Maruman - Japan ../ ....Unmarked BUTANE	Parker - USA Green enamel ..... - ..... Silver striped BUTANE - 1960
Unmarked 1990 BUTANE	'Trifil Gold View' 1978 BUTANE	Unmarked 1989 BUTANE	HMS - Japan 1979 BUTANE

Silver Mini 'Littal-Lite' Lighter Fluid	Silver Zippo 1958 Lighter Fluid	Chrome striped Zippo 1980 Butane	Silver mini 'KW' Lighter Fluid
Polished Chrome Lift-arm Replica Italy - 2004 Butane	Replica KLM Airlines DutyFree - 2005 Lighter Fluid	See-through plastic 2003 Butane	Holographic 2005 Butane