Thread: Lighters,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I'd like to get those old 1911's for $50.00 I heard,,,,,

Find a copy of any of Francis Bannerman's Island Arsenal Catalogs and weep.

Colt dragoons for $5.00, Colt SAA's for $7.50. LOTS of neat stuff. Of course, back then $5.00 would a LOT of stuff.

I read somewhere that since 1913 the purchasing power of the USD has dropped by 97%.

,,,,,,,THAT'S SAD,,,,,,,,,,,,

Originally Posted by Wullie

Small airstrip near me known as Hicks Field, had 200 acres of P-51's and P-38's parked as close as they could get them. They were waiting to be surplussed out and sold. Grass fire got started out there and the whole damn 200 acres of planes melted. They dozed into manageable piles and sold 'em for scrap metal.

Dammitt. You win, Wullie!

Remember these old lighters. You carried a reservoir of naphtha in your pocket. Heaven forbid it leaked!
This one advertised 'Bar's Rust' for radiators. I remember everything under the sun floating in them. The old brass#5 has nothing else on it. Remember candy cigs? They hooked us young back then!

Yes, I remember some of them had fish hooks in them. That brass lighter is a good one, they hold the fluid quite a while.

I saw candy cigarettes at a taffy shop last month. I was surprised they are still being made.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

I saw candy cigarettes at a taffy shop last month. I was surprised they are still being made.

Really? I thought they outlawed them. The candy sucked as I remember! White sugar!

Yeah the candy cigs were pretty bad.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Yeah the candy cigs were pretty bad.

Yeah it's damn hard to keep 'em lit.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Really? I thought they outlawed them. The candy sucked as I remember! White sugar!

Yes, they just renamed them candy sticks or something like that as far as I remember