Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 5, 2022 Share #676 Posted October 5, 2022 An “Arirang” brand lighter: The name “Arirang” is a crazy-popular Korean folk song that’s been around for ~600 years. During the Japanese occupation of Korea it was even a resistance “theme song”. One version that I learned from ROK Marines that I worked with in Vietnam has a stroy line like the well known late-1950’s US song “Running Bear”. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 5, 2022 Share #677 Posted October 5, 2022 Thanks for the insight into "Arirang" C6A. Very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 5, 2022 Share #678 Posted October 5, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 7:24 PM, Cobra 6 Actual said: Last one for now … and I don’t think this is even an authentic Zippo advertising lighter, but a total fake: . Hi Cobra 6, I have never found a packet of Viceroy but I did find Viceroy matchbooks, reading on-line it stated that the Viceroy brand / label started in 1934, that's all I can recall from the site I looked at. . regards lewis. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 5, 2022 Share #679 Posted October 5, 2022 Hey, Yokota57 and General Apathy, thank you for posting. And, Lewis, way back in post #201 I jokingly suggested that I had the lighter that General Washington used: (Of course, from the dates you can see that this lighter came out during the American Bicentennial in 1976. But, even 46 years later it still works!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 8, 2022 Share #680 Posted October 8, 2022 I’m pretty sure someone else posted one of these earlier somewhere, apparently not on this thread: USAF 3rd Bomb Wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Howdy Posted October 8, 2022 Share #681 Posted October 8, 2022 I posted it in "Unknown Can You Identify" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 8, 2022 Share #682 Posted October 8, 2022 Thank you, BH. I knew I’d seen one someplace on this Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Howdy Posted October 8, 2022 Share #683 Posted October 8, 2022 Just now, Cobra 6 Actual said: Thank you, BH. I knew I’d seen one someplace on this Forum! You're welcome C6A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 8, 2022 Share #684 Posted October 8, 2022 . Hi Cobra 6, This was really outside my time sphere and also not American made, but the Marines raising the flag got me. The outside was made in-country but the workings inside are marked up Zippo and patented 2517191. . regards lewis. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Howdy Posted October 8, 2022 Share #685 Posted October 8, 2022 I must say, that is one helluva nice lighter. Guessing it was made in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 8, 2022 Share #686 Posted October 8, 2022 . Hi Cobra 6. An unused PARK lighter made by Park Sherman, Springfield, Illinois, USA, on the side of the carton it states ' SURE-FIRE ... when you're on the SPOT ', on the bottle of fluid label it states ' SPOT- LITE, Lighter Fluid ' . . regards lewis ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 8, 2022 Share #687 Posted October 8, 2022 “Built to last” for sure, Lewis! Still looking brand new after +75 years! Thank you for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 8, 2022 Share #688 Posted October 8, 2022 21 minutes ago, Boy Howdy said: I must say, that is one helluva nice lighter. Guessing it was made in Thailand. Yes, Sir, BH. Definitely Thai. That Lewis has some cool stuff! Again, really a nice lighter, Lewis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 8, 2022 Share #689 Posted October 8, 2022 I'm with BH & C6A, a very nice Thai example. If the SUPER CLEAN WW2 "Park" was mine, I would NEVER POINT AT IT, and ONLY LOOK AT IT WITH A MIRROR! Truly amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 8, 2022 Share #690 Posted October 8, 2022 32 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: Yes, Sir, BH. Definitely Thai. That Lewis has some cool stuff! Again, really a nice lighter, Lewis! 17 minutes ago, yokota57 said: I'm with BH & C6A, a very nice Thai example. If the SUPER CLEAN WW2 "Park" was mine, I would NEVER POINT AT IT, and ONLY LOOK AT IT WITH A MIRROR! Truly amazing! . Hi Boy Howdy, Cobra 6 & yokota, Well you liked that one so much you tempted me to bring out two more PARK-SHERMAN lighters another green crackle finish and a black crackle finish both with light use ( no pun ) . . . . . . . 👍🏼 . regards lewis. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 8, 2022 Share #691 Posted October 8, 2022 Whoa, Lewis, so you have a serious sub-collection of lighters in addition to all your other collections. Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 9, 2022 Share #692 Posted October 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: Whoa, Lewis, so you have a serious sub-collection of lighters in addition to all your other collections. Amazing! . Hi Cobra 6, I had a two day auction in 2018, and another two day auction in 2019, and my daughter who is 30 had never seen my collection, sadly it had been in storage most of her life, so it was never shown or seen, time to let things go if they are not shown or displayed . . . . . regards lewis ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 10, 2022 Share #693 Posted October 10, 2022 Lewis, that is some amazing military ‘gear’ you have! That helmet “caterpillar” alone is fantastic! I’ll bet those auctions were something to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Howdy Posted October 10, 2022 Share #694 Posted October 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: Lewis, that is some amazing military ‘gear’ you have! That helmet “caterpillar” alone is fantastic! I’ll bet those auctions were something to see! When's the yard sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 10, 2022 Share #695 Posted October 10, 2022 . Hi Cobra 6, here's one more I have a WWII Bowers USA Storm-Master . . . . . . . . a little more unusual than the regular square Zippo style lighters. . regards lewis ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 10, 2022 Share #696 Posted October 10, 2022 That’s a neat lighter, Lewis. It looks like it has all of the elements needed for good military gear: it’s small, sturdy, has few moving parts, and was probably reasonably priced way back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 10, 2022 Share #697 Posted October 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: That’s a neat lighter, Lewis. It looks like it has all of the elements needed for good military gear: it’s small, sturdy, has few moving parts, and was probably reasonably priced way back then. . Hi Cobra 6, yokota, Jmd. The small lighter came off a cardboard display board, there were about twenty on the board, can't remember any advertised price, or what I paid for it but it was WWII display board. regards lewis. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 10, 2022 Share #698 Posted October 10, 2022 Thanks for that additional information, Lewis. Regards, C6A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted October 13, 2022 Share #699 Posted October 13, 2022 . Hi C6A, here's a wartime related advert advertising Zippo lighters . . . . . . regards lewis. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd62 Posted October 13, 2022 Share #700 Posted October 13, 2022 Very cool ad Lewis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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