Angled Soft Flame Antique Style Lift Arm Butane Refillable Lighter with Tamper & Pick (Chrome)

This is the third time I buy this cause I like the shape but it gets ruined and defective in one week

Got it today and I’m very pleased with it so far. Tried the flint and after a couple of dry trials, started to spark fine. Filled with Zippo Butane Fuel and left it rest until warmed up to room temperature. Turned the gas adjustment to minimum and tested. I had to turn around two full turns until I got a flame, did it half turn at a time. Found that the adjustment is not very fine, as ¼ turn was the difference from good flame to too-much gas that (thankfully) failed to ignite. But now that I know, I can live with this. The first four to five trials, even though the lighter worked on the first strike, the flame was too yellow and sooty, smelled of burned oils and sooth was deposited on several parts of the lighter. As I was testing, I didn’t leave the lighter “on” for more than 6 seconds each time to prevent possible overheating. Now the lighter seems to burn clean, but will continue trying for a while before lighting any tobacco with it. Right hand use. I like the fact that the flame is at an angle away from my body when striking the flint and is not an issue to turn it to toast the tobacco keeping the flip cover away of the flame. I received the lighter loose in the Amazon brown box with a generic black box (open) and a nylon(?) bag inside a nice fabric pouch, no instructions. I tried the tamper/pick tool and found out that I had to gently pull the tool until it STOPS, then turn it 90 degree and it comes out smoothly; reverse to store it. I will take care of this lighter as it cost hundreds of dollars and, so far, I don’t see any reason that will not last as it was, time will tell. For an IM Corona Old Boy look alike for this price, I’m very happy …. so far.

I really love the style of this lighter, but I had many qualms about whether they could produce a quality, retro lighter at such a great price. All my misgivings were put to bed when I opened the box. This is a quality piece! The machine work is great, and the fitment is superb. It has a nice weight to it, and has a VERY handy pipe tamper tucked in the bottom of the lighter. My only "negative" comment? This is a retro lighter. If you leave the arm up, it will empty the butane chamber. Or if you play with it a lot because you like it. Or if you just really like lighting it up, over an over. So, yes, that is NOT a fault of the lighter, but of the man using it! Seriously, if you or a friend enjoy classic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood, you have seen this lighter and will love this lighter. Simply put: It beckons from another era whispering "Class"

Its a neat little lighter, it works ok for the first day or two and eventually has a lot of issues. The flame is inconsistent even when its adjusted. For instance, if I lower the fuel flow to make it smaller, the next day it might be really big again, or way too small, so adjustment is constant. It eventually stops being able to hold fuel at all and it just wastes any butane you put in it and loses it over night, making it completely useless in its most basic function. Its a pretty useless paperweight. Would be super neat if it worked more reliably. The flint striker is small so it may be difficult for some to strike it reliably, wasn't an issue for me personally though. Lastly, if this matters to anyone, it is very very sensitive to any wind, you can breathe wrong and the flame goes out.

Bought this lighter because my cheap $7 lighter from a gas station started to crap out. It arrived yesterday I filled it (or at least think i did) last night woke up and smoked my pipe this morning and the flame went out half way through. Either I didn't fill it up, it burned faster then I realized or it was leaking through out the night. I wish it had a cut out so you could easily see the butane level. Update: i dont remember when I left my last review but new review, 1-2-2026 there is a cap inside the cap that popped out and now the stem leaks any and all fuel :(

I thought it was leaky the first few times because the reservoir would barely last one pipe session. Then I started just maxing out the butane through various methods: draining the butane of all air through the fill nozzle, putting the lighter in the freezer for 20 minutes, etc.. Doesn’t regulate all that well initially but luckily it’s easy to adjust. For its intended purpose as a pipe lighter, this works well enough. 1 year in and I’m satisfied. My advice: just keep using it and it may fix itself.