AMARILLO, Texas (AP) – Amarillo police are investigating a burglary in which thieves lifted about 4,000 antique lighters. An Amarillo police statement Tuesday said officers on Jan. 18 responded to a ...
Old lighter restoration. In this video, I showed the restoration of a rare lighter from the beginning of the 20th century. I bought this lighter at an antique store. The seller said the lighter ...
The Internet is a vast machine for returning lost items and identifying people in found photos. Just a couple weeks ago, San Antonio’s Internet junkies identified a mystery woman a filmmaker found in ...
A century-old lighter recovered from underground is carefully cleaned, repaired, and restored, revealing its original craftsmanship and bringing it back to working condition once again.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Smoking may be unfashionable these days, but there was a time when a stylish cigarette lighter was a social necessity. For sale next ...
So my favorite lighter to use is a zippo. I have a half dozen or so, some as gifts, some as purchases, some as rewards. Unfortunately, the inability of the zippo to hold fuel for long periods has ...
In “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien’s now classic fictional account of the Vietnam War, that which is carried by the soldiers — both physical and intangible – act as windows into their lives.
CHICAGO — The little-known but seemingly innocent hobby of cigarette-lighter collecting, embraced by a sliver of the American populace that fancies everything from classic Zippos to ornate Art Deco ...