Pipe Lighter: Please Help ID

[Grimlineman]

My wife found this at her late grandfathers house the other day in a box with some of his old cheap pipes. Anyone recognize this lighter? Flints gone in it it has a replaceable one like a zippo but a zippo flint wouldn’t get it going.
I not sure what the threads are about maybe it was for a handle? on the bottom is the access area for the fluid/Cotton and the top it has the screw for flint replacement.

 

[Hillcrest]

Its a vintage Nimrod Pipe lighter aka Nimrod Trench lighter.

Nimrod Lighters - Pipedia

pipedia.org

 

[Grimlineman]

Thank you!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Very well acquainted.

 

[Grimlineman]

What flints Fit it? Like I said I stuck a zippo flint in it and it didn’t strike? But I just read them Fit it. I’ll have to work on this thing some more.

 

[Chasing Embers]

What flints Fit it?

Zippo flints and wicks work well with them.

 

[bullet08]

Nimrod. Neat lighter. But I'm partial to Zippo. I think I need to work on my Nimrod. Wheel feels off.

 

[Briarcutter]

It may have an old flint still in it. They turn to powder over time. I tear my old Bic's apart. Salvage the flint. They work well in those lighters. You have to use a pair of side cutters to clip them in half. They are about 1/2 inch long after you salvage them and are lager in diameter than most flints but they work well. Been using them for years. I keep a Nimrod on my soldering bench without fulid to light my torch.

 

[Grimlineman]

It may have an old flint still in it. They turn to powder over time. I tear my old Bic's apart. Salvage the flint. They work well in those lighters. You have to use a pair of side cutters to clip them in half. They are about 1/2 inch long after you salvage them and are lager in diameter than most flints but they work well. Been using them for years. I keep a Nimrod on my soldering bench without fulid to light my torch.

It did. I took a drill bit and got it out a few minutes ago now it’s working like a champ. Thanks everyone for the help it’s a pretty neat piece and I’m proud to have it.

 

[Grimlineman]

I recently read some of the older zippo wicks had asbestos in the wick material, wondering if these nimrods are in the same boat and maybe needs changed out?

It’s a thick thing compared to a zippo I know that.

 

[Briarcutter]

It didn't show in the video but the cool trick with the Nimrods is this, if you hold it with two hands closed, one holding the spark wheel then quickly pull the the part that looks threaded with the other hand it lights. I'm surprised they didn't show that on the video.

 

[Hillcrest]

It did. I took a drill bit and got it out a few minutes ago now it’s working like a champ. Thanks everyone for the help it’s a pretty neat piece and I’m proud to have it. View attachment 332560

Just curious ... is that huge flame real or is that some error in the photograph ? It looks about a foot long ...

 

[Grimlineman]

Just curious ... is that huge flame real or is that some error in the photograph ? It looks about a foot long ...

Just looks bigger than it was in the photo. I just had filled it with fluid and put some on the wick so it was a big flame but it calmed down.

 

[Hillcrest]

Just looks bigger than it was in the photo. I just had filled it with fluid and put some on the wick so it was a big flame but it calmed down.

I was thinking a flame that big could come in handy on some very rare occasions but maybe best not to go into that and keep my thoughts to myself ...

 

[kcghost]

You, boys, hit it on the head when you said vintage Nimrod lighter.

 

[Briarcutter]

Nimrod on my soldering bench without fluid to light my torch.

 

[Choatecav]

Been meaning to get one of these just so I can play with it.

 

[huntertrw]

Here's a link to the Nimrod Lighters citation on pipedia.org. Ashley Ward, the inventor, also created the Nimrod pop-up camper:

 

[Briarcutter]

Here's a link to the Nimrod Lighters citation on pipedia.org. Ashley Ward, the inventor, also created the Nimrod pop-up camper:

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Very cool info. Thank you! I think I have one NIB I'll have to dig it out.