NOVELTY LIGHTERS

Nowadays, butane lighters come in every shape and form immaginable...
I collect mostly re-usable (or re-fillable) and sometimes, even disposables,
if they are strange enough to deserve keeping...

Coke cap


PROMOTIONAL
BUTANE
- 1995

Torch

BUTANE - 1987

Torch

BUTANE - 1989

MK-2 JS Granade

BUTANE - 1982

Tank

BUTANE - 1982

Compass


BUTANE - 2002

... looks like the handle of a gun,
trigger and all ...

BUTANE - 1984

Korea

Small granade on keychain

BUTANE - 1992

White robot

BUTANE - 1987

Wawaxing - Japan

Alien

BUTANE - 1997

Robot on a keychain

BUTANE - 2000

Ravel

BUTANE - 1980

Penguin on a keychain

BUTANE - 1998

Godzilla Lite

BUTANE - 1989

Leopard

BUTANE - 1986

'Golden Elephant'
with pocket knife and black leather pouch

BUTANE - 1987

Rubber-coated

BUTANE -1999

Three thin golden cilinders
KingStar

BUTANE -1989

Single thin silver cilinder
Ronson

BUTANE -1998


Polished chrome with
glass bubble

P.I.I.

OLDIE - 1977
Lighter Fluid

Matchbox

BUTANE - 1984

Audio cassette

BUTANE - 1982

'Smart/Think' Car

BUTANE - 2001

'Beetle' Car

BUTANE - 1995


Coke Racecar

BUTANE - 2001

Truck


PROMOTIONAL
BUTANE
- 1999

Race Car
Lights flash when lit

BUTANE - 2007

Car/Bikini girl

Lights flash when lit

BUTANE - 2011

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Jerrycan

1962
Lighter Fluid

Aluminum 'Nut & Bolt' ....- ....Brass w/ brown leather sleeve
Nimrod brand pipe lighters - 1980's
Lighter Fluid


Bowling Pin

OLDIE -1950
Lighter Fluid
KEM - Detroit


PROMOTIONAL

Bottles by KEM, Detroit
1940s/1950s

 


Owl

OLDIE -1958
Lighter Fluid

Camera

OLDIE -1964
Lighter Fluid

My Very Own Design on a Zippo
Haight~Ashbury - San Francisco
1992
Lighter Fluid

Unmarked

With Smokey the Bear 'Snuffer'
OLDIE -1957
Lighter Fluid


Strings are real wires


Bass Guitar
Denmark - 2005
BUTANE

Bass Guitar
US - 2010
BUTANE

Caco~Calo
Italy - 2003
BUTANE

T/Paste-T/Brush in a cup
Denmark - 2005
BUTANE

Game Chip
US - 2005
BUTANE

Duck - BUTANE - 2011

China

Frog - BUTANE - 2011

China

Gorilla - BUTANE - 2011

China

Pig - BUTANE - 2010

Unmarked

 

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