So I've been having trouble with my Xikar Pipe lighter almost since day one. Even during perfect conditions it gives me a headache with it's dysfunctional properties. New flint, check. Full gas tank, check. Indoors, check. It still needs 10-15 strikes to perform a flame.
I do like the looks of the lighter and I actually ordered a Old Boy at first but the retailer were just out of stock in these and offered me the Xikar instead. So I took the hook, perhaps a little to eagerly. But from what I've read the Corona Old Boy seem to suffer from the same defects as it's cheaper cousin.
I really don't care for Zippos, they look too carny and do not attract me at all. What else is there? Those cheapo plastic jet-engine lighters? No thank you sir. I want that old look which I think goes well together with pipe smoking. Don't even mention BIC lighters, please.
So what I am looking for is a reliable lighter both indoors and outdoors. That produce a flame with one strike. And it need to have a classic old style look.
So far I've come up with the Corona Magie, Corona Pipemaster and Tsubota Bolbo. The latter I read somewhere by, I believe it was Kashmir at this forum, that he had to retire his Bolob after only a year in service. That's not a very long life span for a lighter that cost $100. But otherwise it promise it will produce a flame in windy weather and it looks good.
What is the verdict on Magie and Pipemaster?
And does anyone have an alternative lighter which fit the bill? Classic looking, reliable and windproof?
I do like the looks of the lighter and I actually ordered a Old Boy at first but the retailer were just out of stock in these and offered me the Xikar instead. So I took the hook, perhaps a little to eagerly. But from what I've read the Corona Old Boy seem to suffer from the same defects as it's cheaper cousin.
I really don't care for Zippos, they look too carny and do not attract me at all. What else is there? Those cheapo plastic jet-engine lighters? No thank you sir. I want that old look which I think goes well together with pipe smoking. Don't even mention BIC lighters, please.
So what I am looking for is a reliable lighter both indoors and outdoors. That produce a flame with one strike. And it need to have a classic old style look.
So far I've come up with the Corona Magie, Corona Pipemaster and Tsubota Bolbo. The latter I read somewhere by, I believe it was Kashmir at this forum, that he had to retire his Bolob after only a year in service. That's not a very long life span for a lighter that cost $100. But otherwise it promise it will produce a flame in windy weather and it looks good.
What is the verdict on Magie and Pipemaster?
And does anyone have an alternative lighter which fit the bill? Classic looking, reliable and windproof?