Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 20 Share #1001 Posted October 20 Yes, Yokota57, two beauties. And as jmd62 noted, it’s always nice to see a CIB on a lighter! Here’s a set I just picked up: The maker is Penguin of Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 20 Share #1002 Posted October 20 10 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: Yes, Yokota57, two beauties. And as jmd62 noted, it’s always nice to see a CIB on a lighter! Here’s a set I just picked up: The maker is Penguin of Japan. Ichi-Ban! Nice "His/Hers" set! Well done C6A! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 23 Share #1003 Posted October 23 US Army / 8th Support Battalion "Support In Depth" (196th Light Infantry Brigade). Tay Ninh Combat Base, RVN 1966-1967. Japanese-made "Vulcan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 23 Share #1004 Posted October 23 That’s a really nice one, yokota57. Great score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 25 Share #1005 Posted October 25 This time of the year I like to post this one: Happy Halloween really soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted October 25 Share #1006 Posted October 25 2 hours ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: This time of the year I like to post this one: Happy Halloween really soon! Amazing graphics! Ichi-Ban! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 1 Share #1007 Posted November 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 1 Share #1008 Posted November 1 1 hour ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: Ichi-Ban !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 1 Share #1009 Posted November 1 Thanks, Yokota57. And thanks to mtnman for putting me on to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 7 Share #1010 Posted November 7 A WWII/Immediate Post-war Occupation Duty table lighter: No maker name, just inscribed “Germany, 1945/46”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 7 Share #1011 Posted November 7 40 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: A WWII/Immediate Post-war Occupation Duty table lighter: No maker name, just inscribed “Germany, 1945/46”. Ichi-Ban !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 14 Share #1012 Posted November 14 Earlier someone on this thread wrote “Small pockets, small lighters.” Here’s a wee USMC lighter next to a regular size Zippo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 15 Share #1013 Posted November 15 US Army / 77th US Army Security Agency Special Operations Unit (COMINT/ELINT). Offenbach Kaserne, W. Germany 1961-1964. (*usarmygermany.com indicates that these lighters were presented by the CO in '63-'64). Japanese-made "Vulcan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 16 Share #1014 Posted November 16 Another excellent lighter, yokota57! Great score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 20 Share #1015 Posted November 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 20 Share #1016 Posted November 20 2 hours ago, Cobra 6 Actual said: Ichi-Ban !!! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 25 Share #1017 Posted November 25 US Army / 347th Transportation Company (LARC-V). Ft. Story, VA. (*Deployed to Cam Ranh Bay, RVN Jun 1965). Kalamazoo, MI-made, aluminum "Bowers Sure Fire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 25 Share #1018 Posted November 25 Another rare one, yokota57. Great score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal03 Posted November 26 Share #1019 Posted November 26 It is a slow Sunday afternoon for me so I thought I would share lighter. I've spent years in Iraq and Afghanistan as a contractor. Only one unit I ever worked with gave out engraved lighters when leaving. I was given this when I left the unit in Feb 2017. I checked the date code on the Zippo. It was made Jan 2016. I find it interesting that just over a year later it found its way to me. It was engraved on the base in Afghanistan. I have never used it and it remains in my display case. cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted November 26 Share #1020 Posted November 26 Very cool, Dan. Surprisingly, there are not that many Iraq or Afghanistan lighters out there “in the wild”. Given both the length of time that we had people fighting in those countries and the thousands of personnel that completed tours of duty, I would have expected the number of lighters to be much higher. I guess, though, that a countervailing reason is that smoking has diminished greatly in the military. Hey, thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokota57 Posted November 27 Share #1021 Posted November 27 6 hours ago, danimal03 said: It is a slow Sunday afternoon for me so I thought I would share lighter. I've spent years in Iraq and Afghanistan as a contractor. Only one unit I ever worked with gave out engraved lighters when leaving. I was given this when I left the unit in Feb 2017. I checked the date code on the Zippo. It was made Jan 2016. I find it interesting that just over a year later it found its way to me. It was engraved on the base in Afghanistan. I have never used it and it remains in my display case. cheers! Ichi-Ban !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrifter_01 Posted Wednesday at 12:16 AM Share #1022 Posted Wednesday at 12:16 AM Two new lighters I found recently. First one is a Wellington Junior USO for Killeen Texas. Second on is a Konwal Super lighter for the 11th Mobile Construction Battalion engraved for there time in Dong Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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