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Ronson Touch Tip Table Lighter
Well, I've got to get one of these lighters for my "ode to the 1930s" desk top but I don't know much about them. I just saw one in the movie "Libeled lady" (1936) with William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow - the hotel scene near the beginning with Powell buying cigarettes and then lighting one with a Ronson on the counter - the metal wick has a chain on it so people don't walk off with it. I know folks talk about these being in the "Maltese Falcon" too.
Anyway, does anyone have one that can tell me if they can still be used in this day and age but with butane rather than petrol? How easy are they to maintain? Do they break easily and how hard is it to get parts? Thanks!
John
Well, I've got to get one of these lighters for my "ode to the 1930s" desk top but I don't know much about them. I just saw one in the movie "Libeled lady" (1936) with William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow - the hotel scene near the beginning with Powell buying cigarettes and then lighting one with a Ronson on the counter - the metal wick has a chain on it so people don't walk off with it. I know folks talk about these being in the "Maltese Falcon" too.
Anyway, does anyone have one that can tell me if they can still be used in this day and age but with butane rather than petrol? How easy are they to maintain? Do they break easily and how hard is it to get parts? Thanks!
John