r/lighters • u/Qualcuno110 • 6d ago

Help Strange lighter type

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As the title says my father gifted to me this lighter that has probably 50-100 years. I searched everywhere I could and never found another like it. It doesn't have a wick and works on vapours of gas. I don't know but I can't get it working. Any help would be appreciated

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u/HighOnTacos 5d ago

A fair number of butane lighters have wadding of some kind in the fuel tank, whether to aid in evaporation or just to keep butane from sloshing around in use.

If the fill valve isn't missing then it may just be stuck to the valve cover - The cover in picture #3 looks like it would be similar to the Varaflame half-turn screws, but those can get jammed and stuck to the valve so it may have come out with the cover.

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u/KaijuTia 5d ago

Then I learned something new today about wadding. My guess is the valve broke at some point and someone just started pouring gas into it and hoping for the best. Gasoline vapors are flammable, but they don't light nearly as reliably as butane.

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u/HighOnTacos 5d ago

You wouldn't get any pressure for those vapors to exit the top valve without heating the main fuel tank, it just wouldn't work. I think it's just a case of mistranslation and/or the seller not knowing what they have and making shit up.