It's also because it's before the disposable era. None of these lighters were disposable and would cost a significant amount, they're well made, Hardy objects built to last. Not like the .50c lighters today you throw away.
@@redwoodclimber Nah man he's referring to everywhere at the end of time by the caretaker. That's the song in the vid that you posted but I'm pretty sure the commenter was asking what the reference the above guy made
It was mostly because early strike-matches contained toxic ingredients like phosphorus. Try to light up off of them and smoking itself will kill a whole lot faster than cancer. "Matches" as small twigs that burn for a while once lit by something else have exsisted for millenia but strike-matches were an invention of the 18 and 19th centuries.
Agreed and they’re also more eco friendlier than the more cheaper and disposable lighters again, a lighter was something akin to a man’s prize much like a man is with their car and so people would take great care of them as well as constantly reusing them since a piece of flint and steel and lighter fluid is far cheaper than having to buy a new lighter every week.
Craftsmanship and creativity still mean something, just not for lighters. Lighters are no longer a symbol for status in the common day to day, and smoking was, and still is, the leading reason to use a lighter. You didn't take fancy lighters camping, for example.
@@reylynn6641 you’re gonna sit there and tell me that things aren’t more cookie cutter than ever. We’re 3d printing houses now and you can drive through entire neighborhoods where each house is literally the same thing. Go look at that era architecture as well. Huge difference. Not just lighters
I've heard so many covers of this song. The Marcels also had a good one, and some animatronic band in the 80s did a cover of the cover and they are both great honestly! The song makes its way through the decades and is still a classic!
@@Purplethylacinez Burning memory samples it. Most of that album is just riffing on existing famous tunes, as it is supposed to give a feeling of fading cognitive ability. Now guess what the real alzheimers patients of the time the album was written in listened to when they were young? That's right. Heartaches by Al Bowlly.
The level of engineering that went into those old things mixed with the fashion and design at the time is amazing! has always been one of my favorite finds at flea markets/yard sales
@@amandamuscle6408 it's called "Heartaches" by Al Bowlly. personally i love both of the songs because i like the sound of old-timey music from the 1920s-1940s/50s
@@stoke101 I'm referring to their uses. The only thing some mf from 1940's gonna be lighting is his chain smoker that let's you smoke 10 cigarettes at a time.
Older things always seem to be so much more ornate and unique. The way they thought to make things work back then was incredible, and stuff lasted forever
I think that might just be survivorship bias. Im sure there was cheap lighters too back in the day, that you just dont see anymore because they are in a landfill now.
@@Yipper64 no it’s not, things were usually higher quality back then. And there’s many examples. Like household appliances. They used to last forever and now it seems like they don’t really last as long when you buy them.
@@JakeyBro69it was also a super big investment to buy things back then because money was worth alot more and people didn't get paid as much a lighter like this would be more popular with the upper class lower class would still be using matches
@@Yipper64 Well, the cheap and common option was to buy matches. Until the turn of the century, people used fire strikers, pieces of steel that produced sparks when struck, to make fire. With the advent of matches, everyone lit their cigars with that instead. Lighters were only used in windy situations where a match wouldn't stay lit, so they became more common in the military. Having one just to light your cigarettes was already a statement of wealth, so most lighters reflected that in their style and design. Having a cheap lighter would be like buying a fake rolex - pretending to be wealthy. So, yes, cheap lighters existed, but there is a good reason why so many of them were fancy and long-lasting designs.
NOT just lighters. Old toasters, tvs, fans, fridges, and toys. I've got a collection of things from the 50s-70s and soooo much of it is built so well. Most of it works perfectly. My beer fridge is from the 60s, in my garage, and works great. Yes, it costs more to run, yes it's smaller, but dang of it isn't nice, and will outlive my new fridge in the house I'm sure. It's only had some wiring replaced
@@gg-gamers most of the things america had at the time were made outside the states actually, and even then, people were looking at the "all-exotic" theme. The only thing that the US did build till late 60's were Fords, Electronics, Industrial machinery and suits. The rest was imported from all over the world. Then the US started moving it's own factories abroad, including... guess where? CHINA, yes, most of the things that "come" from China, are only "manifactured" in China. The actual factories and machinery manifacturing those products are american, then shipped to the states and finally assembled. For example, a good share of fords now are ONLY assembled in the US. The pieces are manifactured by american industries in China. Much like how Apple phones are made with Samsung components (with the twist that those pieces are actually from Samsung). It's not about who makes it or when, but why. Apparently the US won the game of capitalism, making its people buy stuff they don't need, or buying cheap stuff at an insane price with them being unable to tell the difference between authentic and replica or being unable to dictate the price. Take jewelries for example,; 80% of the products yearly sold by jewelries, is not what the customer is paying for. When a customer walks in and looks at the pieces on display, he is not looking at legitimate stuff, but mere bs made to look like it's worth a penny. When a customer wants a 18k gold ring, the owner gives him a 16k one. When a customer is looking for a diamond ring and looks at the display, he is looking at zircon. The issue being, how can the customer check the authenticity and fairness of the trade and product? It's not like every customer is an expert in geology, gems, jewelry. What is he gonna do for the gold ring to check if it's actually 18k? Melt it, dissolve it in acid and then recast it into a ring as if it didn't take years of practice to make a perfectly regular ring? No. Sorry for the long essay, but the point being, things made to last by who and when... its all irrelevant, the US could've stopped making Fords 40 years ago and we wouldn't know it because the country that bought the brand makes Fords exactly identical. Maybe Sacher sold its name to the Danish in the 60's and that's why today's Sacher Torte in inland germany actually suck. When there's a rush for expansion and success, quality isn't really at the top of ones mind. When craftmanship expands through mass producing, it stops being craftmanship, america or not america.
Standardization is a result of technological advancement being abused to stifle skilled workers. Unique versions of products and even high quality versions of them aren't rare because of a lack of desire or ability to make them. It is because the automated manufacturing processes are all that matters when making things now. Any type of clothing that requires skilled stitching? Machine struggles with it so you'll never see it unless you are willing to pay the 1 company on earth that still employs skilled tailors 25,000 for it.
@@Outwardpd Automation and machines did not stiffle anything. Skilled workers still exist and they produce their goods to this day. What's more, those kinds of lighters exist everywhere, they cost around 50 bucks. Nobody is interested in them enough to buy them lmao.
@@OutwardpdMore people than ever before in human history can afford the shoes on their feet, because now it doesn’t take a cobbler a week to make one pair of shoes. A machine makes it in 10 minutes. I would rather clothe the poor than have a cool lighter.
Grew up around folks born in 1910-1925 plus when I was a kid, I remember my grandparents putting out these gorgeous glass ash trays on their deck, and a group would go outside and smoke, maybe early 90s when they were all old. Very quiet but loving generation (parents of WWII vets)
@@Liusila Back then there was not much else to spend money on. And before mass production with plastics people could find work doing creative things like this.
@nymetsman321 just because it's listed for $3k doesn't mean that's what they're going for/what they're worth. Looks like one's that have actually sold are going for $600-1300 depending on condition.
Those flames seem very strong. Makes me wonder what kind of fuel they used and how long it lasted. In fact, they might not really be for lighting cigarettes but survival (starting a fire for cooking), home utility (lighting gas lamps/cooking stoves), or in industrial settings where a pilot light needs to be lit (a locomotive) Fun stuff to think about and those lighters sure are pretty.
Because those lighters were engineered and built by actual ingenious people. Modern lighters are mainly mass produced junk thousands of units rolling off chinese factory lines all the time
Not really. Creativity is at an all-time high now. We are just looking for it in the wrong places. Back then, smoking was considered a high-class activity for the rich. Hence watchmakers were involved in the creation of such fancy lighters. The advent of plastics, cheap mass production, and the realization that smoking can give you cancer made it unprofitable for watchmakers to keep making lighters.
@bigol9223 Indie devs, but the difference is that back then, there was no big distinction to overshadow or bury good games under the spotlight hogging AAA titles from the big companies. In fact the problem nowadays is that we are seeing more games released than ever but the majority don't try anything new. Taking a look at the original playstation library there was so much genre definin games and wacky experimental stuff that it makes the current trend chasing stuff look a little pathetic.
@@Wildfox1177 a LOT less so now, compared to ten, twenty years ago, and MOST CERTAINLY less than in the 1930's-1950's, they'd have commercials EVERYWHERE. even in kid's cartoons for cigarettes. We've come a long way since then. (:
@@codaxthevulture4129 I can't say for certain, but I'd like to say they were both equally bad for different reasons. Probably just changes in ingredients that could very easily be equally as bad.
@@codaxthevulture4129 How could you possibly come to that conclusion? "Since 1950, the makeup of cigarettes and the composition of cigarette smoke have gradually changed. In the United States, the sales-weighted average "tar" and nicotine yields have declined from a high of 38 mg "tar" and 2.7 mg nicotine in 1954 to 12 mg and 0.95 mg in 1992, respectively." That was the very first study I found. Come on now. They were worse in every possible way.
I used to have that 2nd one. Found it at a garage sale. Lost it years later on a night of bar/club crawling. May whoever found it enjoy that really nice gear.
Profit incentives ruin everything. We're rewarded more for producing the cheapest low quality things than we are if producing high quality creative ones.
@@Djanck000Yeah, because of people like me and you. I know for sure you wouldn’t go out and buy a brand new tv or lighter when the cheaper one can do the job for half the cost.
@@supergamergrill7734 Nah, you don't sh*t. "Brand new" is not the opposite of "cheaper" just for starters. There's brand new soulless stuff made by the thousands to be as cheap as possible. Plus, i used to smoke and used to have very nice lighters i used in different occasions. And i used to work (from 2011 to 2020) doing custom leather crafts. I 100% am the guy that would spend a little more to buy something handcrafted and durable. Sure, i'm not rich so there's a point where the cheapest thing IS the one i can buy, but being poor and being cheap are two separate issues.
I think the reason I like these old ones so much more than the new ones (the intricate ones) is because each lighter just exudes cute human engenuity. They created the lighter and then just kept expanding on it, each lighter feels like the specific inventors creativity and passion. It's just the charm of human made, hand crafted time and effort, for humans sake. Like each lighter was made with the buyer in mind. So much personality.
@@Sublime_1Not everything by any means, you had to be of a certain class. Those lighters were expensive even in the time, basic ones would usually be similar to "trench lighters" essentially a reused metal casing, cotton, a wick and a flint wheel. They did their job fine, but weren't extravagant.
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Damn they used to really build things unique back in the day. Love all of these
Men used to compete to see who could build the best
Hmmmm I wonder what changed 😂
back when 3 corporations didn’t make everything and innovation was encouraged
Wish this market creativeness was still around
Built to last, too
*No wonder* everyone had smoking addictions back then, I woulda too just to get an excuse to use those 🔥
You realise lighter aren't just for cigarettes right?
@@ChamberlainCody Proof that its a joke?
@@oreknihs😂
Surely you aren't serious, right...?
@@ChamberlainCodyhe didn’t miss the joke he’s just being a little dork
@@ChamberlainCody jokes are usually funny and this being the internet there's plenty of people like you that would laugh at a mirror...
Old lighters or really just old inventions hold a special place in my heart
on god
For a sec i thought you replied to your own comment lol
@@achmadalibonga2232
sometimes the realest person in the room is yourself
Chilling eagles 🦅
Also the music is so chill.
@@woksquare the one from the bacakrooms is by "The CareTaker" its called "Its Just A burning Memory" from the line in the song
@@woksquare
the backrooms 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
I can't listen to the original without slowly thinking about the caretakers version and going crazy
you could say its unforgettable
wait so is the album by the caretakers just a remixed cover of older songs?
Smoking was so prominent that lighters were fashion accessories! Fascinating!
Couldn’t have said it better. Agreed!
get a luxury swiss lighter like swiss made watches
A bit like phones today
It's also because it's before the disposable era. None of these lighters were disposable and would cost a significant amount, they're well made, Hardy objects built to last. Not like the .50c lighters today you throw away.
Okay!!
Its just a "burning" memory 🔥
😂😂 nice
The songs called heartaches by Sid Phillips and his melodians. It was sung by Al Bowlly
@@The_ShadowtakerThank you sir, I was just looking for that information
@@The_ShadowtakerThanks, so what song is the heartaches?
I see you fellow caretaker.
I love the kickstarter, it’s beautiful and interesting ❤
The best thing about vintage is the charm and long-lasting ingenuity ❤
Music sounds... Unforgettable
Bruh
Whats that song called again?
@@andylopez6145 Heartaches by Al Bowlly. Banger and a half
@@redwoodclimber Nah man he's referring to everywhere at the end of time by the caretaker. That's the song in the vid that you posted but I'm pretty sure the commenter was asking what the reference the above guy made
@@DEATHsong100 Idk what you’re talking about I don’t remember commenting
Fun fact: Lighters were invented before matches were! The former always seemed more complex but that's how it is!
probably cause it was easier to make a spark than a compound design to light on friction
But also..." Lighter" is really far fetched
The early one were more like oil lamps
It was mostly because early strike-matches contained toxic ingredients like phosphorus. Try to light up off of them and smoking itself will kill a whole lot faster than cancer. "Matches" as small twigs that burn for a while once lit by something else have exsisted for millenia but strike-matches were an invention of the 18 and 19th centuries.
@@AlexW- yes, however, the later ones were still invented earlier than the match
Three years of separation
Wow these were amazing. My favorite was the one from 1912 with the pull out spring looking piece.
Mine as well 💯🤙🏽
The “Fackel” yeah that one was cool AF
@@TheCaliRhino Thanks for the name. I didn’t catch that in the video 👍🏻✌🏻
@@brettlott570fackel means flare in german (it’s spelled fakkel in dutch, so that’s why I know since the languages are pretty similar.)
Mine was "Herz"
It’s like I’m time traveling every time he lights one up.
I couldn't agree more. Old lighters are pieces of art
I keep watching it again
I feel like old variants of everything were more like pieces of art!
Everything back then was a piece of art.
My grandpa has one that’s modeled after a stack of quarters, they’re so cool
British do the best lighters
I love the jet lighter, the way it so gently pushes forward the fire
yeah id definitely gently burn the shit outta my hand trying to use that tho 😂
Youre definetly the person who only understands gentle things
@@arnoldj.samson5795what?
That would be so useful to light candles on a cake, though. 🤩
Probably have to refill it after one use lol
Definitely going to keep my eyes open at yard sales for these now😁
As men we love old mechanical things and fire put them together
Old lighters are just pure class.
incendio bish
Period volde
Marvolo, you're right 😂
Lots of respect for not using this short to sell us garbage. These lighters look pretty neat!
Nah bro just wanted to casually flex that he has Sanji's lighter
Agreed and they’re also more eco friendlier than the more cheaper and disposable lighters again, a lighter was something akin to a man’s prize much like a man is with their car and so people would take great care of them as well as constantly reusing them since a piece of flint and steel and lighter fluid is far cheaper than having to buy a new lighter every week.
@@hadesdogs4366 they're literally just accessories used by propaganda machines to get you to smoke more. The f*** are you talking about?
@@nategrey3058that wasn’t sanji’s lighter. It’s functionally the same, but sanji’s is visually a lot more complex
I wish he did sell them...
Right to my "Nostalgia" folder. I love the old technology
Old is gold always.
Back when craftsmanship and creativity meant something
What did they mean? Lung cancer?
@@yoaiou what? You can use a lighter for a lot more than cigarettes lol.
And worked with passion
Craftsmanship and creativity still mean something, just not for lighters. Lighters are no longer a symbol for status in the common day to day, and smoking was, and still is, the leading reason to use a lighter. You didn't take fancy lighters camping, for example.
@@reylynn6641 you’re gonna sit there and tell me that things aren’t more cookie cutter than ever. We’re 3d printing houses now and you can drive through entire neighborhoods where each house is literally the same thing. Go look at that era architecture as well. Huge difference. Not just lighters
This brought me back to a time I didnt exist yet.
to the end of time
death
japan 1945 right?
I know. That music is wonderful
anemoia
Thank you for showing your lighters so unique and beautiful.
Tbh I really like cool lighters and this is definitely cool!!
Just a burning memory...
We don't have many days....
It's al bowlly
Great musician, my favorite has to be 'midnight the stars and you'
I've heard so many covers of this song. The Marcels also had a good one, and some animatronic band in the 80s did a cover of the cover and they are both great honestly! The song makes its way through the decades and is still a classic!
@@wdgaminganddisneyhistory6024I believe there's a cover of this song on this one dementia album. Very strange
@@dandiegidio7729 The Caretaker I believe, but that's moreso art.
Burning Memory in the background gives me goosebumps
I think...I've heard this song somewhere before...I just...you know I really, I...I can't put my, finger on it.....
? its heartaches by Al Bowlly
@@user-ng2lk5wv4p well yes, but the Burning Memories is a Dreamcore song with the same sample, search it
Its not Burning Memory?
@@Purplethylacinez Burning memory samples it. Most of that album is just riffing on existing famous tunes, as it is supposed to give a feeling of fading cognitive ability. Now guess what the real alzheimers patients of the time the album was written in listened to when they were young?
That's right.
Heartaches by Al Bowlly.
I watched the whole video just for the song. Heartaches is such a good song
The level of engineering that went into those old things mixed with the fashion and design at the time is amazing! has always been one of my favorite finds at flea markets/yard sales
They've outlived thier original makers and owners. Such lovely pieces.
Is this song a case oh cover of it’s just a burning memory 💀💀
@@amandamuscle6408 nah but i think and og music
@@amandamuscle6408 it's called "Heartaches" by Al Bowlly. personally i love both of the songs because i like the sound of old-timey music from the 1920s-1940s/50s
@@jeef12379 yeah it's the original song that it's just a burning memory was made from
The sounds and the music are very comforting
simpler times... music sounds so chill.
I forgor 💀
These guys don't even remember that time
You should listen to the caretaker! Just a burning memory
look up eateot its a remix of this song thats replayed with other songs too to represent dementia
Old lighters were steeped in style. A fashion statement all on their own
The kickstart is so cool
What a fabulous collection. From a time when things were made to last.
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Except for maybe the people? Straight up lung cancer premium
@@_THEMADMAN_ from collecting lighters?
@@stoke101 I'm referring to their uses. The only thing some mf from 1940's gonna be lighting is his chain smoker that let's you smoke 10 cigarettes at a time.
@@_THEMADMAN_ I’d be more inclined to be concerned with the pharmaceutical and food industry.
WE ARE GONNA **BURN MEMORIES** WITH THOSE LIGHTERS 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bro said it
👉👈☺🗿🗿🗿🍷🍷
I was about to say something but I forgot
we gonna have heart aches with these lighters
Remember, it’s just a burning memory.
never thought i'd see lighter ASMR today...
Kickstart has got to be my favorite one 💯🔥
Kickstart is amazing. Just elegant.
Yeah that things wicked cool
@@jaredrace4599 one of the cheaper ones as well, I had a look and some of these lighters are $5k+
Reminds me of a flintlock mechanism, awesome!
british style
@@innocentmantv9268yeah me too!!
The vaping crew have been real quiet since this dropped.
Vaping and gaping rhyme for a reason.
#TheMoreYouKnow
The vaping ‘crew’? Nicotine is just a good drug. It reduces the risk of Parkinson’s and it treats my Tourette’s. Also, smokers don’t get canker sores
The have their own toys.
i love all of these...sooo coool.
now i want to start collecting lighters.
I absolutely love this collection
Older things always seem to be so much more ornate and unique. The way they thought to make things work back then was incredible, and stuff lasted forever
I think that might just be survivorship bias. Im sure there was cheap lighters too back in the day, that you just dont see anymore because they are in a landfill now.
@@Yipper64 no it’s not, things were usually higher quality back then. And there’s many examples. Like household appliances. They used to last forever and now it seems like they don’t really last as long when you buy them.
@@JakeyBro69it was also a super big investment to buy things back then because money was worth alot more and people didn't get paid as much a lighter like this would be more popular with the upper class lower class would still be using matches
@@Yipper64 Well, the cheap and common option was to buy matches. Until the turn of the century, people used fire strikers, pieces of steel that produced sparks when struck, to make fire. With the advent of matches, everyone lit their cigars with that instead. Lighters were only used in windy situations where a match wouldn't stay lit, so they became more common in the military. Having one just to light your cigarettes was already a statement of wealth, so most lighters reflected that in their style and design. Having a cheap lighter would be like buying a fake rolex - pretending to be wealthy. So, yes, cheap lighters existed, but there is a good reason why so many of them were fancy and long-lasting designs.
@@lukasbuzz Also true, but my point still stands
These ain’t just lighters, these are works of art.
Except lungs
@@henrybauze2932you Wrong son
@@henrybauze2932lighters used fr many things not only for cigarettes
the jet lighter looks weaponous
These are all incredible.
I never smoked a day in my life, but these old lighters always fascinated me.
Don't need to smoke to appreciate something cool🤷🏽♂️
fire has multiple uses
Ive been clean from cigarettes for a year now if i owned any of these i would have to pick up smoking again😂
Man it's great that these lighters are still in great condition. You must be a great *caretaker*
You son of a-
Lol nice one! That album is something.
Nice lol
@@nightvid3607my friend listened to the entire thing and legitimately went insane
lmaooo nice
The old days when craftsmanship was an art and a trade to be respected. So many interesting things were made way back when.
Awesome video I love old lighters such cool inventions
Classic lighters were an art form. Thanks for sharing!
NOT just lighters. Old toasters, tvs, fans, fridges, and toys. I've got a collection of things from the 50s-70s and soooo much of it is built so well. Most of it works perfectly. My beer fridge is from the 60s, in my garage, and works great. Yes, it costs more to run, yes it's smaller, but dang of it isn't nice, and will outlive my new fridge in the house I'm sure. It's only had some wiring replaced
When everything was made in America:
Yes and it also last longer. They were very creative.
@@gg-gamers most of the things america had at the time were made outside the states actually, and even then, people were looking at the "all-exotic" theme. The only thing that the US did build till late 60's were Fords, Electronics, Industrial machinery and suits. The rest was imported from all over the world. Then the US started moving it's own factories abroad, including... guess where? CHINA, yes, most of the things that "come" from China, are only "manifactured" in China. The actual factories and machinery manifacturing those products are american, then shipped to the states and finally assembled. For example, a good share of fords now are ONLY assembled in the US. The pieces are manifactured by american industries in China.
Much like how Apple phones are made with Samsung components (with the twist that those pieces are actually from Samsung). It's not about who makes it or when, but why. Apparently the US won the game of capitalism, making its people buy stuff they don't need, or buying cheap stuff at an insane price with them being unable to tell the difference between authentic and replica or being unable to dictate the price.
Take jewelries for example,; 80% of the products yearly sold by jewelries, is not what the customer is paying for. When a customer walks in and looks at the pieces on display, he is not looking at legitimate stuff, but mere bs made to look like it's worth a penny. When a customer wants a 18k gold ring, the owner gives him a 16k one. When a customer is looking for a diamond ring and looks at the display, he is looking at zircon. The issue being, how can the customer check the authenticity and fairness of the trade and product? It's not like every customer is an expert in geology, gems, jewelry. What is he gonna do for the gold ring to check if it's actually 18k? Melt it, dissolve it in acid and then recast it into a ring as if it didn't take years of practice to make a perfectly regular ring? No.
Sorry for the long essay, but the point being, things made to last by who and when... its all irrelevant, the US could've stopped making Fords 40 years ago and we wouldn't know it because the country that bought the brand makes Fords exactly identical. Maybe Sacher sold its name to the Danish in the 60's and that's why today's Sacher Torte in inland germany actually suck.
When there's a rush for expansion and success, quality isn't really at the top of ones mind. When craftmanship expands through mass producing, it stops being craftmanship, america or not america.
Standardization is good in many instances, but in other cases, it stifles creativity. Those are cool!
Standardization is a result of technological advancement being abused to stifle skilled workers. Unique versions of products and even high quality versions of them aren't rare because of a lack of desire or ability to make them. It is because the automated manufacturing processes are all that matters when making things now. Any type of clothing that requires skilled stitching? Machine struggles with it so you'll never see it unless you are willing to pay the 1 company on earth that still employs skilled tailors 25,000 for it.
half of these would start a fire in your pocket if you sat on them wrong
@@Outwardpd Automation and machines did not stiffle anything. Skilled workers still exist and they produce their goods to this day.
What's more, those kinds of lighters exist everywhere, they cost around 50 bucks. Nobody is interested in them enough to buy them lmao.
@@OutwardpdMore people than ever before in human history can afford the shoes on their feet, because now it doesn’t take a cobbler a week to make one pair of shoes. A machine makes it in 10 minutes. I would rather clothe the poor than have a cool lighter.
@@AnitaMeitner All of these are harder to start than any regular lighter. Also, who has a lighter in their back pockets?
Grew up around folks born in 1910-1925 plus when I was a kid, I remember my grandparents putting out these gorgeous glass ash trays on their deck, and a group would go outside and smoke, maybe early 90s when they were all old. Very quiet but loving generation (parents of WWII vets)
Def an amazing collection you have
The 1920 was just an all around extremely creative and fashionable period of time.
For those who had money! These are all luxury items just for the very rich of course.
@@Liusila Back then there was not much else to spend money on. And before mass production with plastics people could find work doing creative things like this.
Also extremely horrible for pretty much all minorities, and women 😂
I remember the 20s. I was only 10. Now I'm 110
And lots of cigarettes/cigars!
The amount of value in this short is insane
Yea man.. just googled the watch lighter by eterna on here.. one is going on eBay right now for around $3,000 😅
@nymetsman321 just because it's listed for $3k doesn't mean that's what they're going for/what they're worth. Looks like one's that have actually sold are going for $600-1300 depending on condition.
This song is such a throw back to 2020
That jet lighter is just beautiful.
The Compact is so lovely!
My favorite for sure❤
I swear I’ve seen that one in a movie.
It's actually to see where to light the end of the cigarillo iirc?
The 1001 is so simple, love it
Yeah and it's about $2k now...
also probably super prone to accidental lighting in your pocket
It also can very easily light you on fire just from sitting down wrong
Shame they don't make it anymore and the cheapest you can find is 2 grand
looks like something from fallout ngl
What a beautiful collection.
What a beautiful collection ❤
those lighters' designs are so well-thought and crafted, it's amazing!
What the song name
Just reinforces the fact that humans are getting dumber and lazier. Screens will destroy mankind.
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We need to bring this trend of amazing lighters back. I need it. I need it to survive.
Сейчас актуальнее газовые с сильным пламенем, чтобы удобней было поджигать бонг)
Those flames seem very strong. Makes me wonder what kind of fuel they used and how long it lasted. In fact, they might not really be for lighting cigarettes but survival (starting a fire for cooking), home utility (lighting gas lamps/cooking stoves), or in industrial settings where a pilot light needs to be lit (a locomotive)
Fun stuff to think about and those lighters sure are pretty.
Because those lighters were engineered and built by actual ingenious people. Modern lighters are mainly mass produced junk thousands of units rolling off chinese factory lines all the time
I don't even want to own one but I want you to be able to and for many to do the same. Mechanical beauties.
I would like them to come back, but without all the smoking
Wow these are beautiful 😊
Awww, the beautiful artwork that was! I'm living in the wrong time, thankyou for sharing the gems of the old days.
That song….it brings up thoughts
quite the opposite
It's just a burning memory
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I forgot my thoughts
Dementia 🔥 dementia 🔥 dementia 🔥 dementia 🔥
I know we are going through the future, but the way things were designed back then, especially from 20-70, it was amazing. Creativity was at its peak
Not really. Creativity is at an all-time high now. We are just looking for it in the wrong places. Back then, smoking was considered a high-class activity for the rich. Hence watchmakers were involved in the creation of such fancy lighters. The advent of plastics, cheap mass production, and the realization that smoking can give you cancer made it unprofitable for watchmakers to keep making lighters.
@@alexisrivera200xablethis is the comment I was looking for
@@alexisrivera200xable where do we look to find creativity at an "all time high" right now?
@bigol9223 Indie devs, but the difference is that back then, there was no big distinction to overshadow or bury good games under the spotlight hogging AAA titles from the big companies. In fact the problem nowadays is that we are seeing more games released than ever but the majority don't try anything new. Taking a look at the original playstation library there was so much genre definin games and wacky experimental stuff that it makes the current trend chasing stuff look a little pathetic.
@@alexisrivera200xable so the one example you give is still overshadowed by a time gone by. Sounds about right.
The new ones can't compete fr fr
You are correct. Thanks you for sharing your passion.
Smoking used to be a personality during the atomic age, so it makes sense everyone got creative with lighters. Super cool piece of history.
For some young people it (sadly) still is.
@@Wildfox1177 a LOT less so now, compared to ten, twenty years ago, and MOST CERTAINLY less than in the 1930's-1950's, they'd have commercials EVERYWHERE. even in kid's cartoons for cigarettes.
We've come a long way since then. (:
@@afresshighwindvt I am certain that old cigs from 30-80s were less harmful than modern stuff (including vapes)
@@codaxthevulture4129 I can't say for certain, but I'd like to say they were both equally bad for different reasons. Probably just changes in ingredients that could very easily be equally as bad.
@@codaxthevulture4129 How could you possibly come to that conclusion?
"Since 1950, the makeup of cigarettes and the composition of cigarette
smoke have gradually changed. In the United States, the sales-weighted
average "tar" and nicotine yields have declined from a high of 38 mg
"tar" and 2.7 mg nicotine in 1954 to 12 mg and 0.95 mg in 1992,
respectively."
That was the very first study I found. Come on now. They were worse in every possible way.
I used to have that 2nd one. Found it at a garage sale. Lost it years later on a night of bar/club crawling. May whoever found it enjoy that really nice gear.
maybe that one on the video is the one you lost.. 😆
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I love old lighters. I don’t even smoke but I have a few of them.
You have a fabulous collection.
Found the original burning memories
Yeah
It’s called Heartaches by Al Bowlly
Very cool
back when creativity was king
Profit incentives ruin everything.
We're rewarded more for producing the cheapest low quality things than we are if producing high quality creative ones.
You couldn’t find this quality now if you tried.
@@Djanck000Yeah, because of people like me and you. I know for sure you wouldn’t go out and buy a brand new tv or lighter when the cheaper one can do the job for half the cost.
@@supergamergrill7734 Nah, you don't sh*t.
"Brand new" is not the opposite of "cheaper" just for starters. There's brand new soulless stuff made by the thousands to be as cheap as possible.
Plus, i used to smoke and used to have very nice lighters i used in different occasions.
And i used to work (from 2011 to 2020) doing custom leather crafts. I 100% am the guy that would spend a little more to buy something handcrafted and durable. Sure, i'm not rich so there's a point where the cheapest thing IS the one i can buy, but being poor and being cheap are two separate issues.
Yes indeed. You have a ridiculous display of the most intriguing flames I've never imagined.
beautiful, thanks for preserving this bit of history, score is top notch as well!
WERE FORGETTING OUR MEMORIES WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
WE GIVING PEOPLE AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
what it is heartaches by Al bowley
@@whatisthatinmyhouse everywhere at the end of time
WE GETTING OUT OF THE VAULTS WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@whatisthatinmyhouseIts the same melody as that one famous dementia song off the dementia concept album
I think the reason I like these old ones so much more than the new ones (the intricate ones) is because each lighter just exudes cute human engenuity. They created the lighter and then just kept expanding on it, each lighter feels like the specific inventors creativity and passion. It's just the charm of human made, hand crafted time and effort, for humans sake. Like each lighter was made with the buyer in mind. So much personality.
Yeah it really feels like a make your own lighter contest in how they feel so different yet the exact same
having a lighter collection is really cool, you’ve always got something handy for birthday cakes and it’s candles!
These lighters are so good even as someone who has never smoked you'd want one ~
Though the only thing I could think of is lighting candles now!
All of that lighters is a work of art
that´s fucking correct
The Fackel is my favorite. I love the "infinite match" lighter design so much.
Same, such a unique design.
Agreed, I've never seen a lighter like that. Very unique.
Agreed!
Think McLovin created it..
my belt buckle can be taken off since its actually a lighter. try to grasp that
The first one looked amazing
I love these kinds of Zippo lighters/old lighters.
I absolutely love everything vintage! The music is just precious, and I love the showcase! Keep collecting
The politics 😔
Just a... burning... memory
@MmntoMorrisson are you implying politics of today are preferable? Hmm...
Cool
@@Chris-es3wf he means that he misses how they used to be. Hence the sad face
Such unique and creative things back then. Nowadays things are common and cheap.
Quality and hella Expensive vs Cheap and Decent
because chy-na
Okay boomer
@@Dannymart_88445 Find a modern portable CD player that's durable and will last a lot longer than a Sony Sports CD Walkman from 2000.
No, you’re just old and braindead. We still do these types of “creative” things today. 😂 it’s not more special because it’s old
LOVE old lighters
These lighter are very old but still working
It's very amazing 😍
The jet lighter and 1001 are just SO GODDAMN COOL!!
The 1001 was my favorite out of all of these
@@TheSilverstonedwolfwhere can you buy these things
@@Gamma_Labs I dunno. Somewhere.
@@TheSilverstonedwolf 1001 one is a nazi lighter (1938, it's a nazi Germany)
Everyone who says 1001 lighter is cool is a nazi
Jet lighter would actually be mad useful for lighting candles and stuff
Everyone smoked so having a cool lighter was the ultimate flex.
I 💜💜💜 the fact that you keep them all in working condition!
They are more than lighters. They're literal pieces of art
Yeah that’s how much western society has deteriorated.
Can we build a better future?
@@dudeman6593 not with millions of soulless dependents here and coming
@@dudeman6593 it's hard to say, especially with Gen Alpha being a worse nuisance than Gen Z. In other words: we're stuck in purgatory
I am not smoker, but these are really nice valuable lighters collectables,...
I love unique lighters sm
The background song is giving me dementia
1950s Stoners really lovin that Jet Lighter I bet lmao
You can recognize them by their collective burnt bangs and ponchos.
I'm sure the William Burroughs crowd appreciated them the most
Nah that was clearly built for the meth and crackhead crowd.
Keep the modern references out of this very nostalgic piece.
The smaller the flame the better. Otherwise you're just wasting your weed burning it up with a forest fire lighter
I love old things. People use to put so much thought and consideration into things they made. They were truly master craftsmen.
Malheureusement tout ce savoir artisanal va un jour être perdu... Maudite époque dans laquelle nous sommes.
they still do you just cant afford it.
@@Catatonic419 craftsmanship like back in the day is rare. Even if you spend money. Everything use to have higher quality.
@@Catatonic419 BTW 1 40 hr check pays all my bills with a little left over. And can work as much ot as I want. So, I can afford what I want.
@@Sublime_1Not everything by any means, you had to be of a certain class. Those lighters were expensive even in the time, basic ones would usually be similar to "trench lighters" essentially a reused metal casing, cotton, a wick and a flint wheel. They did their job fine, but weren't extravagant.
I dig this whole vibe.
So many cool designs