With What are You Lighting Up?

[SendoT]

I tried a lot but recently I found my grail. The brebbia bowl flame. It's the most efficient lighter.

 

[MartyA]

I tried a lot but recently I found my grail. The brebbia bowl flame. It's the most efficient lighter.

Looks nice... Are they as windproof as a windproof Zippo? I only smoke outside, and I've tried a lot of butane lighters that claim to be windproof, but they simply aren't. So far, my windproof Zippo is the only lighter that comes close. I'd like to try a brebbia, but they seem to be kinda pricey...

 

[Briarcutter]

2007 Sterling Silver Zippo. I soldered on a Sterling bezel and set a birth year Franklin. The pipe is 2008.

 

[SendoT]

Yes, windproof with a constant flame. And it's gaz, so better than fuel.

Looks nice... Are they as windproof as a windproof Zippo? I only smoke outside, and I've tried a lot of butane lighters that claim to be windproof, but they simply aren't. So far, my windproof Zippo is the only lighter that comes close. I'd like to try a brebbia, but they seem to be kinda pricey...

 

[Chasing Embers]

Looks nice... Are they as windproof as a windproof Zippo? I only smoke outside, and I've tried a lot of butane lighters that claim to be windproof, but they simply aren't. So far, my windproof Zippo is the only lighter that comes close. I'd like to try a brebbia, but they seem to be kinda pricey...

I'd avoid them. It's a butane torch and could easily burn a pipe.

 

[Briarcutter]

I'd avoid them. It's a butane torch and could easily burn a pipe.

I agree, I avoid all torch lighters for the pipe. I really like them for cigars but not for the pipe.

 

[AroEnglish]

I'd avoid them. It's a butane torch and could easily burn a pipe.

I’d give it a shot with a cob first but I wouldn’t get that close to the rim. Seems like you could back off at least an inch.

 

[SendoT]

Nop. No chance to Burn your pipe.
It's a torche on the base but the flame becomes an umbrella near thé bowl with a smoother flame.

Windproof + efficient + secure

 

[BenMN]

The old boy style lighters are cool, but I've had so many here state they are finicky in the wind; good ones are also pricey. Thirty cents gets me 50 matches. I'll buy them in bulk. I'm partial to Arango matches.

Even though we are in different states, when you said Wind my old boy went out

 

[LeafErikson]

I buy 1-2 packs of these a month. I’ve never seen a reason nor had the desire to use anything different.

 

[Chasing Embers]

View attachment 299529I buy 1-2 packs of these a month. I’ve never seen a reason nor had the desire to use anything different.

You can also get a 50 pack online for often less than $50.

 

[Briarcutter]

You can also get a 50 pack online for often less than $50.

I was going to mention that. I usually buy them in 2-7 packs for $15 and change shipped.

 

[LeafErikson]

You can also get a 50 pack online for often less than $50.

That’s pretty good. My local discount grocer sells those two packs I posted above which works out to $1.39 a lighter and it’s super convenient.

 

[Chasing Embers]

That’s pretty good. My local discount grocer sells those two packs I posted above which works out to $1.39 a lighter and it’s super convenient.

Definitely hard to beat a Bic, I keep one everywhere. Not just for lighting tobacco, they are a great utility to have on hand.

 

[FurCoat]

Solid brass Zippo with a pipe insert for the most part. Matches indoors.

 

[captainsousie]

On an unrelated note, the original title has been edited due to ending with a preposition. To paraphrase what is generally attributed to Churchill, this is the kind of thing that up with this we shall not put.

I just found it funny, no shade implied.

 

[Pappy Coon]

I only use two of these for pipes, but I thought I share my small collection of Zippos. The lighter on the far right has a standard Zippo pipe insert and the Elvis lighter has a Vector Thunderbird butane pipe insert. The mini uses Zippo fuel and the Sailor Jerry is a Zippo soft flame butane insert that I typically use for cigars when I’m in non-windy conditions. I use Xikar and Palio torches for cigars too.

As a long time cigar smoker I had sworn off using a Zippo, but I see so many using them that I fueled them up.

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I gotta ask... What's the story behind the Bosun"s pipe?

 

[AreBee]

I gotta ask... What's the story behind the Bosun"s pipe?

Sorry to say there is not much to the story. I collect nautical stuff, mostly cheap stuff that catches my eye when we go to the beach. A friend gave me this to add to my collection when my Dad passed some 17 years ago. Our Dads were both on ships in WW II so it meant a ton to me. I can’t find a lot about the piece itself on the net. It says R.E.Kirkpatrick on it but that’s it. My friend does not know what ship he was on.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Zippo, Rattray's Pipe Lighter, Dunhill Rollagas

 

[Bright Orange Red]

I only use Bic lighters. They work perfectly well and I don't care if I lose one.