![]() This is included though because some lighters were made with a single eventual destination in mind–the trash can. No one wants to think of their lighter as worthless garbage. Lots of Chinese manufactured lighters with all kinds of configurations and even knock-offs of expensive lighters were created. No repair parts were made for them and if they broke, they broke and that was that. Novelty lighters can also be flame-makers that were just made simply and sold inexpensively through gifts shops, drug stores or discounters–never having been meant to be repaired. Ironically, some of these non-butane lighters became highly collectible, called “Flat Advertisers”. Usually cigarettes or cigars but we’ve even seen advertising novelty lighters for things like chocolate milk and cars. The novelty butane lighters are a class of lighters that were sometimes made to advertise or promote an event or product. It happened so long ago that the repair parts were just all used up. Other times its the simple fact that production stopped for one reason or another. ![]() Those factories were bombed back to the stone age. Sometimes it’s a lighter that was made in Europe before/during the Second World War. If new sources for parts are not available (closed shops, estate sales, etc…) then there’s nothing to be done. One of the most common reasons that we cannot repair a lighter is due to the fact that it is so old that repair parts have been used up. ![]() Imagine how frustrating it can be for us when we get a call or an email or a Facebook message asking about fixing dear ol’ Grandads lighter and we have to say it can’t be fixed? “Why can’t you repair my lighter?” is a bummer question for everyone involved, and here’s usually why that’s the case… The Lighter Is Ancient We know a thing or two about lighters and how to repair them. We do it well and have been doing so since 1957. Believe me when I say, we WANT to repair your lighter.
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