VonMagnum
Sr Member
OK, it was actually FIVE lighters that arrived today and at least two more on the way.... These are all 1950s lighters except for the Waldorf, which I think is a 1930s lighter.
I ran out of lighter fluid so I can't test the two I fixed. The one (Ronson Regal that looks like a UFO shaped flower on top) literally took 10 minutes to fix (cleared flint and it's ready and otherwise looks like it was never used it's so clean. That's the one from the jewelry store that said it was working and stopped. As I suspected, the flint was barely making contact and the rest stuck, but it cleared easily).
The 2nd one (Ronson Decor that looks like a UFO with landing gears and you can apparently change the "drape sample" inside to match your rooms' "decor" and hence the name, had a stuck flint that wasn't too bad, but a nasty stuck fuel cap. I was digging into it with my new file set when I went to turn it and it was loose... weird! Maybe the WD40 I wiped it with using a Q-Tip helped? Anyway, it's ready to test when I get some fluid.
Two others (Ronson Mayfair) are a pair set and are supposed to be brand new never used (haven't looked at them yet and no lighter fluid anyway).
The final one I got from Etsy that's pretty rare (there was one on there in excellent condition along with the "cup" (ashtray?) it usually came with that had a little bit of plating coming off the lip of the cup wanted over $155 and I didn't want to pay that for a Ronson table lighter so I found another that looked like the plating was intact, but very dirty figuring I could try to fix it up. Well, holy crap, it's awful. It's a Ronson Waldorf table lighter (1936) and it's got to be in the worst overall shape of any lighter I've ever purchased.
I ran out of lighter fluid so I can't test the two I fixed. The one (Ronson Regal that looks like a UFO shaped flower on top) literally took 10 minutes to fix (cleared flint and it's ready and otherwise looks like it was never used it's so clean. That's the one from the jewelry store that said it was working and stopped. As I suspected, the flint was barely making contact and the rest stuck, but it cleared easily).
The 2nd one (Ronson Decor that looks like a UFO with landing gears and you can apparently change the "drape sample" inside to match your rooms' "decor" and hence the name, had a stuck flint that wasn't too bad, but a nasty stuck fuel cap. I was digging into it with my new file set when I went to turn it and it was loose... weird! Maybe the WD40 I wiped it with using a Q-Tip helped? Anyway, it's ready to test when I get some fluid.
Two others (Ronson Mayfair) are a pair set and are supposed to be brand new never used (haven't looked at them yet and no lighter fluid anyway).
The final one I got from Etsy that's pretty rare (there was one on there in excellent condition along with the "cup" (ashtray?) it usually came with that had a little bit of plating coming off the lip of the cup wanted over $155 and I didn't want to pay that for a Ronson table lighter so I found another that looked like the plating was intact, but very dirty figuring I could try to fix it up. Well, holy crap, it's awful. It's a Ronson Waldorf table lighter (1936) and it's got to be in the worst overall shape of any lighter I've ever purchased.
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