I started getting into tinkering and restorations a few yrs ago, after starting metal detecting and finding alotta cool stuff. Restorations have been a learning experience. I'm a 22 yr retired combat vet, and having found several items I can imagine have been on an another vet during some heavy operations, in various regions, there's alotta history in them. Every dent, deep scratch, patina, has a story behind it, and it's previous owner, which to over sand and polish to me, does feel like I'm grinding away that history. With a piece like a WW1 trench lighter, which most were handmade by soldiers, keeping busy in the trenches, the most I'd feel comfortable with doing, is a simple surface dirt and grime clean up, and try to use authentic, time period wick and packing material. Maybe everybody has their own ideas of what restoring is. I don't have a problem with making something that's not really of historical significance like brand new. Some things though, restoring is just the process of making it a functional item again, but preserving it's history.

@meowjakx3

3 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Thanks for sharing your skills to refurbish that lighter. Smoking in combat is a dangerous habit…it is an actual case where second hand smoke can kill you if you’re too close to the smoker!!! Great job though… When I was in the military I was given 12 cigarettes a day with C rations. I didn’t smoke so I sold them. I made enough money to buy a car when I returned which I still have today! I served in 1971! Cigarettes helped me!! Another terrific job even with the people who feel the need to disparage your work. Thanks again sir!!

@DGillyy

4 ай бұрын

I remember seeing those! Also in the mci's. You'd think they were candy cigarettes by the box,I think you'd get 5 in a box.

Great job. As a collector of vintage lighters I love these videos.

Perfection! Nice touch using the original bandage & a clever repair for the flint striker wheel mounting arms! Love it! 👍😎👍

Nice piece... Another great restoration!

Beautiful lighter!

Beautiful!

Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

Awesome! Great job!

Beautiful restoration mister good job well done

A beautiful piece and a fantastic restoration. Great work buddy

These are awesome!

Cool beautiful lighter!

Very cool lighter. You did a fantastic job on the restoration

Great job and beautiful item!

Excellent job. I'm glad you used the original bandage.

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

thanks!

Fantastic restoration!

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

thanks!

First and foremost, outstanding job on that restoration! I am always at odds with how far to take a restoration. I may have done something different with this myself but I am in no way saying you did it wrong. At the end of the day it does look amazing and reusing that bandage put a smile on my face.

Very very nice job !! It looks amazing !! 👍👍

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

thank you!

have you tried using brass wire brushes on the softer metals? itd probably be better for the original surface texturing than steel brushes/wire wheels

@Simonsimon-fy3hq

Ай бұрын

And as a bonus the brass brush will leave tiny particles of brass on the object, adding to the shine/lustre.

Як завжди Чудова робота!

Wonderful ❤

It looks like it's new again and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

It looks real good after renovation ☺☺

Un buon restauro, peccato che con questi accorgimenti abbia perso tutto il suo fascino, la sua storia, i segni del tempo 😢

Interesting Keep up the good work❤️

Bhut sunder 👌😊

Гарна робота 👍

👍🙋 Супер! Самая красивая зажигалка в уходящем году. С наступающим новым годом!

Убойная реставрация снаряда зажигалки. Спасибо лайк и с Новым годом.

WOW!! ‼

Чудово!

Very nice restoration as always! Do you ever sell your restored items?

Its bolter round?))

1. под нижнюю пробку просится уплотнительное резиновое кольцо, чтобы бензин не подтекал. 2. отполированная латунь, конечно, выглядит отлично. Но она быстро потемнеет и окислится. Неплохо бы какое-нибудь защитное покрытие. а так, отличная работа!

Let us do a little critical thinking here... This lighter has 2 perfect sets of threads. Can you explain that? No, it wasn't made in a trench. No it wasn't made 'at home', either. That is a post war item, made in a machine shop. Yes, somebody probably went to a battle ground & collected the shells to make lighters to sell to the public.

@stevenbrown8857

4 ай бұрын

Well most of his restorations he's found with a metal detector. So I'll go with what he says not you sherlock 😂😂😂

@user-hq6ou2je6n

4 ай бұрын

@@stevenbrown8857. I’m an historian and I have studied these. “Trench lighters” with threads, even if found in trenches, does not mean they were actually made in the trenches. The few I have seen that were actually “trench art” are simply shell casings packed with a wick and some sort of fabric. The strikers were brazed on the side and usually some sort of cap was shaped to fit over the neck of the casing. However, this does not mean this is not an authentic trench lighter. They were issued in some cases and built in civilian machine shops in others. What most people think of when it comes to trench lighters were IMCO manufactured in Austria in 1923. Then, a decade later Bowers started manufacturing them. These led to Zippo in 1933. But the trench style were widely used in WWII as Zippos were still a bit pricey. WWI trench lighters actually made in the trenches were kind of amazing given the utter lack of tooling. But they did certainly inspire the more complicated versions with threads. And those did find their ways into WWI trenches.

Where do you find so many old lighters? They're all different and this one didn't seem to come from the ground. I think you bought a lot from a collection?

👌

👍

Добре проведена праця! Окопна творчість? Та з Новим роком!

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

Дякую! Не зовсім траншейна)

Чудова запальничка,як ви гадаєте вона саморобна ,чи ні?

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

Дякую! Це не заводська запальничка, але зроблена на станку

Congratulations you turned a beautifully detailed military shell into a sanded smooth Suppository. Yours to do as you please with but shiny does not always mean restored.

@marklammas2465

4 ай бұрын

Your re-use of the bandage might put a wry smile on the face of the soldier's ghost! 😊

@jmg-sw5xr

4 ай бұрын

Wasn't working...now works... your comment is a bit on the negative side, really lol I would still say it is restored

@marklammas2465

4 ай бұрын

​@@jmg-sw5xrSoldiers have limited time to worry about aesthetics. He probably just wanted a working lighter. Making his own gave him a much needed boost.

@kurthansen570

4 ай бұрын

I think it’s right to bring back the shine. The soldier who first made this would be happy to see it this way. I keep wondering if and how they did the threading. That puzzles me.

@marklammas2465

4 ай бұрын

​@@kurthansen570In WW1, and doubtless in WW2 as well, equipment items such ss binoculars, which feature extensive threading, were often repaired in field repair shops (probably just a tent with appropriate tools and benches). The soldier likely just went there during a slack moment and borrowed the appropriate threading equipment, or someone there did it for him as a favour.

Happy New Year @all! 🍀🎆

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@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support! This is very important for us!

Why did you go so excessive on the wire wheel there was no need to use it at all. You lost all of the original fine detail that was embossed on the out side of the lighter. As it's brass you could have simply polished it or lightly sanded with a 1500 or 2000 grit and then polished it keeping the original detail. I do like your fix for the striker wheel.

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

The brass lay underground for 100 years and small details disappeared with corrosion. I would lose the fine details either way.

A minha mãe tinha um esqueiro desse

можна було зробити накатку (насічки) для того щоб легше відкручувати, звісно для цього потрібно мати відповідний інструмент

@zlyj

4 ай бұрын

Насічка була, її з'їв наждачний папір.

@altbeetle1998

4 ай бұрын

@@zlyj я помітив

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

насічки "зʼілись" ще до шліфувального паперу корозією)

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

на жаль немає станка, щоб зробити накатку( можливо в майбутньому

Where do you find the WW1 trench lighters?

@night_sity_

4 ай бұрын

Probably dug up in the forest

@ReXtorer

4 ай бұрын

I'm seaching with a metal detector youtube.com/@ArtifactDigger

надо бы поставить уплотнительную шайбу на гайку резервуара куда наливается топливо

Шо за мідне золото

shame the details on the cap got lost

It’s too shiny and the designs were lost. Now it could easily be mistaken for a pocket rocket. 😂

Graben Kunst 🤔

Шлифовкой сняли все насечки типа от нарезов. И канавки на колпачке имитирующие взрыватель. Лучше бы в патине оставили. Вещь только испортили. Теперь она выглядит как новодел.

Go ahead and sand off the knurling, sure...

Оууу ютуб ввів переклад на українську в коментарях

На колпаке были насечки для открывания, Вы их стёрли..