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[yokota57]

Military Assistance Advisory Group-Vietnam (1955-1964). "Cholon Officers Club". Japanese-made "Wellington".

[stratasfan]

Update on Notifications:

 

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[mtnman]

1 minute ago, stratasfan said:

Update on Notifications:

 

OK, All! Hoping that the notifications arrive to your email box, please check! Also, double-check that your account notifications settings are on for receiving! After solid work on this since July of last year, I think we should see improvement in notifications being delivered.

I just received my first notification from my favorite forum in a year! Thank you so much for keeping at this good work and persevering through to completion so that we can enjoy each other's posts in real time once again! Well done young lady! 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Beautiful and historic lighter, yokota57! Excellent score to start off the new year!

[Thrifter_01]

Interesting Udorn no name lighter from the NCO Open Mess.

 

[mtnman]

11 minutes ago, Thrifter_01 said:

Interesting Udorn no name lighter from the NCO Open Mess.

Very well done thrifter! The location on the lighter of Udorn Air Base Thailand, where special ops did so much work along with the regular Air Force, makes that a very special piece, along with the color! That color is just beautiful on the enamel, just wow! Thanks for sharing man.. 

[yokota57]

39 minutes ago, mtnman said:

Very well done thrifter! The location on the lighter of Udorn Air Base Thailand, where special ops did so much work along with the regular Air Force, makes that a very special piece, along with the color! That color is just beautiful on the enamel, just wow! Thanks for sharing man.. 

+1. Ichi-Ban !!!

[Thrifter_01]

Thanks y'all! One thing I will clarify though is that the glued insignia is more like a beercan style dui piece.

[yokota57]

12 minutes ago, Thrifter_01 said:

Thanks y'all! One thing I will clarify though is that the glued insignia is more like a beercan style dui piece.

I have seen a few of this "type" before. I suspect that the Japanese "No-Name" blank cases were obtained by local Thai retailers who then added their own "beercans" to order. Very cool! Thanks for posting it.

[Cobra 6 Actual]

[8240th A.U.]

24th Combat Aviation Co , Korea , 1956

[8240th A.U.]

2nd ABG /503rd Abn Infantry , Okinawa

[mtnman]

2 hours ago, 8240th A.U. said:

2nd ABG /503rd Abn Infantry , Okinawa

Really like the artwork on the back of that lighter! Thanks so much for sharing! Excellent find!

[mtnman]

On 1/13/2024 at 11:52 AM, Cobra 6 Actual said:

I don't think a lighter gets much more pristine than that Cobra! Just beautiful with the enamel in perfect condition! Splendid find

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Thanks, mtnman. Plus it’s in my home state of Virginia, too! And 8240th A.U., both of those lighters have that “been there, done that” look!  Nice ones!

[Cobra 6 Actual]

[Thrifter_01]

Utterly beautiful box and lighter for the HQ Section of the 44th Enginner Group in Korat Thailand. First time I've seen one with gold filled letters. Though it did make it hard to photograph.

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

This is a Rothco Gas lighter:

 

 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

There was an earlier discussion about some military guys having a fondness for “artifacts” (particularly patches and lighters) that had skull designs. Here’s a titanium lighter with a skull peaking out:

 

[mtnman]

4 hours ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

There was an earlier discussion about some military guys having a fondness for “artifacts” (particularly patches and lighters) that had skull designs. Here’s a titanium lighter with a skull peaking out:

 

That, is by far the coolest design I have seen In a long time! The 3D effect is just spectacular! 

[Cobra 6 Actual]

Thanks, mtnman! Having titanium as a medium allows those 3D designs since titanium is very light. This way they can make lighters just a bit thicker and, thus, create that three dimensional look.

[yokota57]

1 hour ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

Thanks, mtnman! Having titanium as a medium allows those 3D designs since titanium is very light. This way they can make lighters just a bit thicker and, thus, create that three dimensional look.

Thanks for the technical/metallurgical insight! Very informative. Ichi-Ban!!!

[Cobra 6 Actual]

You’re very welcome, yokota57. And, hey, thank you for all of the insights you’ve had about lighters!

[yokota57]

Joint Headquarters Far East Command (J-3 Division HQ UNC/FEC 1956). Japanese-made "Rafu".

[yokota57]

Headquarters / United Nations Command. Japanese-made "Konwal Super".