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EA-6B

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 22, 2020
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In the interim, I would also like to thank EA-6B for taking the time to educate me on certain aspects of the lighter.
The flow of information and especially the people on these forums are what makes them invaluable

Again, Thank you.

Nice unit!
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atwaterville

Starting to Get Obsessed
Nov 15, 2021
209
2,505
Los Angeles, CA
I have a Dupont lighter from the 80's that needs to be serviced after 25 years of hiatus. Has anyone from the Southern California area had experience with getting their Dupont lighter serviced locally?
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AJL67

Lifer
May 26, 2022
4,489
24,341
Florida - Space Coast
I have a Dupont lighter from the 80's that needs to be serviced after 25 years of hiatus. Has anyone from the Southern California area had experience with getting their Dupont lighter serviced locally?
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I think just about any place you're going to have to send it in and ARS is well known and trusted, simple process they get you a quote fast, and get the lighter back to you in 2-3 weeks depending on how busy they are. They wanted $45 to redo an IM Old Boy, seals, tank, the works. With what I paid for my St DuPont it would be worth 200 (totally pulling that number outta thin air) or whatever they get for refurbishing them. Good investment and I love my lighter, just doesn't hold gas anymore, it's gotta be over 20 yrs since i bought it.
 

pccollins

Lurker
Feb 10, 2020
2
4
Had a fellow pMag buddy & Dupont lighter owner ship this Line1 back to me for a Pipe-Flame nozzle install:
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Nice!


Also, I'm testing out some more minor improvements to my "stowable mini-studio" lighting setup, & I'm still getting used to some new (to me) camera gear. Pic is a little blurry, I think I forgot to move the autofocus target onto the lighter.
Can you tell me a little more about the pipe flame nozzle. I have a couple of Ligne 1 lighters and would be interested in converting them to pipe flame.
 
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DRJ

Lurker
Mar 15, 2023
1
1
Hello,

I was wondering could you tell me a bit more about this lighter, production year...
Inscription DW 6681

Best regards,
 

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woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
11,569
15,216
SE PA USA
More stuff that I've recently refreshed, & no longer own.
Enjoy, especially if you've got at least one or two of these!
=)

Silver plated Line 1 Tall w/ Pipe-Flame Nozzle (488BEH) :
(Pictured with Standard-Flame nozzle) :

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Silver plated Line 2 Tall w/ Standard-Flame Nozzle (10JKY3Z) :
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Silver plated Line 1 Tall w/ Standard-Flame Nozzle
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Gold plated Line 1 Tall w/ Standard-Flame Nozzle: (19BDJ24)
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Silver plated Line 2 Short w/ Pipe-Flame Nozzle (1L6CP78)
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Silver plated Line 1 Tall w/ Standard-Flame Nozzle (402AEH)
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I own both originals and the knockoffs. The later are more reliable than the former, so maybe I need to send the originals off to you!
 
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EA-6B

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 22, 2020
178
564
Hello,

I was wondering could you tell me a bit more about this lighter, production year...
Inscription DW 6681

Best regards,
It's an early Line1 Short. It's gold-plated, but it is the thicker 20 micron plating which they refer to as gold-filled. The regular gold plated units have 16 micron thick plating. Should date back to the early '60s.

Can you tell me a little more about the pipe flame nozzle. I have a couple of Ligne 1 lighters and would be interested in converting them to pipe flame.
You should be able to find them available for the later Line1 units with the barrel-style flame adjuster. I was buying a dozen at a time so I could find ones that clocked where I wanted them to when fully tightened, to create "lefty", "righty", & "ambi" options. (The threads on the nozzles & the lighters don't always start at the same places. ) Now they are harder to find & my last order took two years to show up. The early style Line1s never had the Pipe-Flame nozzles, so if you have those, then they aren't available.
 

pccollins

Lurker
Feb 10, 2020
2
4
I have a couple of Ligne 1s, and I replaced the burners with pipe flame burners from Ebay (China). It's very easily done. The only problem is that when the replacement burners are fully screwed in, the orifices are not pointing straight forward, but are aimed at the front corner of the lighters. This doesn't really cause any problem with lighting my pipes. I suppose some kind of small spacer would fix that, but I don't have anything that would fill that bill. Nevertheless, I love the Ligne 1s.
I also have a Ligne 2 (on the right), and I agree that the flame adjustment is a little troublesome, as it takes two hands. But the beautiful ringing sound when you open the lighter is something special.IMG_5331.jpg
 

isaac

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 18, 2012
549
5,248
Portland, OR
I have a question for you Dupont people, and @EA-6B. The screw on my ping plate constantly loosens. So much so that i basically have a small screwdriver to tighten it up. What does the ping sound like if i just removed the plate? Im not sure how i can secure it withoout taking the hing off with a light locktite type material.
 

PipeIT

Lifer
Nov 14, 2020
4,376
26,150
Hawaii
Anyone know what happened to @EA-6B ? I was hoping he was going to be a long time resident around here for Duponts...

Oh well so much for wishing LOL 😆 People come and go like the wind around here... 💨

I’d like to get an older vintage dupont. Can’t seem to find any decent places other than etsy and ebay. 🤔