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Posted: 1/21/2011 12:22:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/21/2011 12:23:46 PM EDT
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That's gorgeous.
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Posted: 1/21/2011 12:31:29 PM EDT
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Great lighters.
While there's a possibility that it could be solid, I'd be very surprised if it were. You will have rollmarks indicating a solid gold lighter. They should be on the bottom. Might say "solid gold 9k/14k". Might say "England 750". It seems that even the real old ones will have a rollmark indicating that it's solid gold. |
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Posted: 1/21/2011 12:42:59 PM EDT
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Yeah, from looking at what's out there I'm starting to think that it's just plated. If that's the case I will certainly hang onto as it has more sentimental value that monetary. My dad was tight on money a few years ago, he usually gives me a few hundred for my birthday, but gave me this instead telling me I could sell it if I wanted.
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Posted: 1/21/2011 12:53:12 PM EDT
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Yeah, from looking at what's out there I'm starting to think that it's just plated. If that's the case I will certainly hang onto as it has more sentimental value that monetary. My dad was tight on money a few years ago, he usually gives me a few hundred for my birthday, but gave me this instead telling me I could sell it if I wanted. I really don't think it's solid. In fact, I'm damn near 100% positive (might be missing something in the pic). I got to hear about the rollmarks from a jewelry store owner in Memphis. My brother and I were looking to purchase a high-end lighter for my dad. I asked a few questions and the store owner gave me a Dunhill history rundown, including why one gold-colored Rollagas was priced at $2k+ and the other was several hundred. It is an outstanding lighter. Even the base vintage model was out of our reach for purchase (~$300). Some will say that Dunhill is close to if not the equal of a St. Dupont. I wouldn't sell it...even if it didn't have sentimental value. |
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Posted: 1/21/2011 1:32:53 PM EDT
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I have an old Dunhill Rollagas lighter that my father gave me a few years ago as a present. He told me he thought it was solid gold though similar models are being sold as plated. It certainly doesn't appear to be plated. Are there any good resources to find out what I have? I have a ST DuPont, so in the same 'quality' ballpark. Mine is silver plate. They're not made out of solid precious metals due to the fact that the tanks are brass, or some other 'stronger' metal. Most probably yours is a gold plating job and a decent job at that. Chris |
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Posted: 1/22/2011 5:30:06 AM EDT
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I was thinking more along the lines of the case being solid but I understand what you mean.
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Posted: 1/22/2011 5:36:44 AM EDT
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That is a ridiculously cool lighter. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, cause I'm off to buy one.
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Posted: 1/22/2011 6:26:06 AM EDT
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Your welcome! From what I can tell it's a 1950 model.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 6:02:20 AM EDT
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Your welcome! From what I can tell it's a 1950 model. Thanks for the link to the thread. TRG |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 9:58:37 AM EDT
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I am partial I must admit to my Dupont lighter, there is something incomparably beautiful about the richness of the lacquer and the contrast with the metal, and the utterly perfect proportions, lines, heft and craftsmanship. And of course the clear, satisfying 'ping' and thunk it makes when you open and close it.
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Posted: 1/31/2011 10:03:45 AM EDT
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I am partial I must admit to my Dupont lighter, there is something incomparably beautiful about the richness of the lacquer and the contrast with the metal, and the utterly perfect proportions, lines, heft and craftsmanship. And of course the clear, satisfying 'ping' and thunk it makes when you open and close it. http://i56.tinypic.com/mt9wkz.jpg http://i52.tinypic.com/2vxnhnt.jpg Oddly enough, I like the sounds my lungs make as a result of never using this lighter. Seems like something that would need to be sold to pay for chemotherapy one day. TRG |
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Posted: 1/31/2011 11:50:48 AM EDT
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Dunhill lighters are really nice in their own right, but there's just something about the duponts, they're like the black monolith thing from 2001 a space odyssey. They are a testament to the idea of solidity, and of squared offedness and three dimensional rectangularity.
I am not a habitual smoker, but I do smoke from time to time. Also the occaisional cigar, and I have a Dunhill smoking pipe which is enjoyable especially in these winter months. Besides, it's stress that kills people. |
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