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WW1 Shrapnel Shell Lighter Restoration

ReXtorer
2023 ж. 29 Жел.
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WW1 lighter restoration. This is an old World War I trench lighter in the shape of a shrapnel shell. I like these lighters and decided to restore this old lighter. I removed the rust and polished the lighter. I hope you liked my restoration.
#Restoration #Lighter #restore #rextorer

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  • I started getting into tinkering and restorations a few yrs ago, after starting metal detecting and finding alotta cool stuff. Restorations have been a learning experience. I'm a 22 yr retired combat vet, and having found several items I can imagine have been on an another vet during some heavy operations, in various regions, there's alotta history in them. Every dent, deep scratch, patina, has a story behind it, and it's previous owner, which to over sand and polish to me, does feel like I'm grinding away that history. With a piece like a WW1 trench lighter, which most were handmade by soldiers, keeping busy in the trenches, the most I'd feel comfortable with doing, is a simple surface dirt and grime clean up, and try to use authentic, time period wick and packing material. Maybe everybody has their own ideas of what restoring is. I don't have a problem with making something that's not really of historical significance like brand new. Some things though, restoring is just the process of making it a functional item again, but preserving it's history.

    @jphillips2471@jphillips24714 ай бұрын

    • Agreed!

      @meowjakx3@meowjakx33 ай бұрын

  • Great job. As a collector of vintage lighters I love these videos.

    @duaneho555@duaneho5554 ай бұрын

  • Perfection! Nice touch using the original bandage & a clever repair for the flint striker wheel mounting arms! Love it! 👍😎👍

    @knife_knut@knife_knut4 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for sharing your skills to refurbish that lighter. Smoking in combat is a dangerous habit…it is an actual case where second hand smoke can kill you if you’re too close to the smoker!!! Great job though… When I was in the military I was given 12 cigarettes a day with C rations. I didn’t smoke so I sold them. I made enough money to buy a car when I returned which I still have today! I served in 1971! Cigarettes helped me!! Another terrific job even with the people who feel the need to disparage your work. Thanks again sir!!

    @davedoughty1213@davedoughty12134 ай бұрын

    • I remember seeing those! Also in the mci's. You'd think they were candy cigarettes by the box,I think you'd get 5 in a box.

      @DGillyy@DGillyy4 ай бұрын

  • Very cool lighter. You did a fantastic job on the restoration

    @bigboy9706@bigboy97064 ай бұрын

  • Excellent job. I'm glad you used the original bandage.

    @condar419@condar4194 ай бұрын

    • thanks!

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • Nice piece... Another great restoration!

    @michaelkeller5008@michaelkeller50084 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful!

    @johnkeviljr9625@johnkeviljr96254 ай бұрын

  • A beautiful piece and a fantastic restoration. Great work buddy

    @shedmanx3640@shedmanx36404 ай бұрын

  • Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

    @raziel3726@raziel37264 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful lighter!

    @rudybriskar5267@rudybriskar52674 ай бұрын

  • Interesting Keep up the good work❤️

    @vedranmilivojevik8311@vedranmilivojevik83114 ай бұрын

  • Awesome! Great job!

    @AndreaMerchak@AndreaMerchak4 ай бұрын

  • These are awesome!

    @GT_Racer347@GT_Racer3474 ай бұрын

  • First and foremost, outstanding job on that restoration! I am always at odds with how far to take a restoration. I may have done something different with this myself but I am in no way saying you did it wrong. At the end of the day it does look amazing and reusing that bandage put a smile on my face.

    @AandB1998@AandB19984 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful restoration mister good job well done

    @vinceianni4026@vinceianni40264 ай бұрын

  • have you tried using brass wire brushes on the softer metals? itd probably be better for the original surface texturing than steel brushes/wire wheels

    @mulepowerforge@mulepowerforge4 ай бұрын

    • And as a bonus the brass brush will leave tiny particles of brass on the object, adding to the shine/lustre.

      @Simonsimon-fy3hq@Simonsimon-fy3hqАй бұрын

  • Great job and beautiful item!

    @ccbphoto@ccbphoto4 ай бұрын

  • Cool beautiful lighter!

    @saltynlit@saltynlit4 ай бұрын

  • Very very nice job !! It looks amazing !! 👍👍

    @robertmanley7556@robertmanley75564 ай бұрын

    • thank you!

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic restoration!

    @razorboyXVII@razorboyXVII4 ай бұрын

    • thanks!

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • Як завжди Чудова робота!

    @user-rx6ky9is1d@user-rx6ky9is1d4 ай бұрын

  • 👍🙋 Супер! Самая красивая зажигалка в уходящем году. С наступающим новым годом!

    @max.m.8873@max.m.88734 ай бұрын

  • Un buon restauro, peccato che con questi accorgimenti abbia perso tutto il suo fascino, la sua storia, i segni del tempo 😢

    @Altrove155@Altrove1554 ай бұрын

  • It looks real good after renovation ☺☺

    @MASI_forging@MASI_forging4 ай бұрын

  • Гарна робота 👍

    @luckyks3223@luckyks32234 ай бұрын

  • Wonderful ❤

    @shaikrahemathbee325@shaikrahemathbee3254 ай бұрын

  • It looks like it's new again and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

    @oneshotme@oneshotme4 ай бұрын

  • Убойная реставрация снаряда зажигалки. Спасибо лайк и с Новым годом.

    @user-dz8dg6ey8g@user-dz8dg6ey8g4 ай бұрын

  • Bhut sunder 👌😊

    @kusumbehura53@kusumbehura534 ай бұрын

  • 1. под нижнюю пробку просится уплотнительное резиновое кольцо, чтобы бензин не подтекал. 2. отполированная латунь, конечно, выглядит отлично. Но она быстро потемнеет и окислится. Неплохо бы какое-нибудь защитное покрытие. а так, отличная работа!

    @ShortCircuitRu@ShortCircuitRu4 ай бұрын

  • WOW!! ‼

    @kylettamiller6769@kylettamiller67694 ай бұрын

  • 👌

    @fighter3120@fighter31204 ай бұрын

  • 👍

    @user-dc8do7fo4u@user-dc8do7fo4u4 ай бұрын

  • Чудово!

    @Andy-Anthony@Andy-Anthony4 ай бұрын

  • Very nice restoration as always! Do you ever sell your restored items?

    @jakekay5588@jakekay55884 ай бұрын

  • Let us do a little critical thinking here... This lighter has 2 perfect sets of threads. Can you explain that? No, it wasn't made in a trench. No it wasn't made 'at home', either. That is a post war item, made in a machine shop. Yes, somebody probably went to a battle ground & collected the shells to make lighters to sell to the public.

    @j.l.emerson592@j.l.emerson5924 ай бұрын

    • Well most of his restorations he's found with a metal detector. So I'll go with what he says not you sherlock 😂😂😂

      @stevenbrown8857@stevenbrown88574 ай бұрын

    • @@stevenbrown8857. I’m an historian and I have studied these. “Trench lighters” with threads, even if found in trenches, does not mean they were actually made in the trenches. The few I have seen that were actually “trench art” are simply shell casings packed with a wick and some sort of fabric. The strikers were brazed on the side and usually some sort of cap was shaped to fit over the neck of the casing. However, this does not mean this is not an authentic trench lighter. They were issued in some cases and built in civilian machine shops in others. What most people think of when it comes to trench lighters were IMCO manufactured in Austria in 1923. Then, a decade later Bowers started manufacturing them. These led to Zippo in 1933. But the trench style were widely used in WWII as Zippos were still a bit pricey. WWI trench lighters actually made in the trenches were kind of amazing given the utter lack of tooling. But they did certainly inspire the more complicated versions with threads. And those did find their ways into WWI trenches.

      @user-hq6ou2je6n@user-hq6ou2je6n4 ай бұрын

  • Foarte frumoasă restaurare.Imi place cum lucrezi. Recunoștință pentru cei ce luptă pentru libertate!Slava Ukraina! Kozakam Slava!🇺🇦🇹🇩🇺🇦🇹🇩🇺🇦👍🐎👍

    @calnebun2867@calnebun28674 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for your support! This is very important for us!

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • Where do you find so many old lighters? They're all different and this one didn't seem to come from the ground. I think you bought a lot from a collection?

    @timtaylor8406@timtaylor84064 ай бұрын

  • A minha mãe tinha um esqueiro desse

    @neidabatista4245@neidabatista42454 ай бұрын

  • Happy New Year @all! 🍀🎆

    @JollyRoger2408@JollyRoger24084 ай бұрын

  • Its bolter round?))

    @mihailaguzarov9918@mihailaguzarov99184 ай бұрын

  • Добре проведена праця! Окопна творчість? Та з Новим роком!

    @user-gf1uq5eg8z@user-gf1uq5eg8z4 ай бұрын

    • Дякую! Не зовсім траншейна)

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • Чудова запальничка,як ви гадаєте вона саморобна ,чи ні?

    @user-qc8du6vy2q@user-qc8du6vy2q4 ай бұрын

    • Дякую! Це не заводська запальничка, але зроблена на станку

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • Why did you go so excessive on the wire wheel there was no need to use it at all. You lost all of the original fine detail that was embossed on the out side of the lighter. As it's brass you could have simply polished it or lightly sanded with a 1500 or 2000 grit and then polished it keeping the original detail. I do like your fix for the striker wheel.

    @davepomerleau7250@davepomerleau72504 ай бұрын

    • The brass lay underground for 100 years and small details disappeared with corrosion. I would lose the fine details either way.

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • надо бы поставить уплотнительную шайбу на гайку резервуара куда наливается топливо

    @user-pi7ic9ge2w@user-pi7ic9ge2w4 ай бұрын

  • Congratulations you turned a beautifully detailed military shell into a sanded smooth Suppository. Yours to do as you please with but shiny does not always mean restored.

    @user-kl9mp8gk6y@user-kl9mp8gk6y4 ай бұрын

    • Your re-use of the bandage might put a wry smile on the face of the soldier's ghost! 😊

      @marklammas2465@marklammas24654 ай бұрын

    • Wasn't working...now works... your comment is a bit on the negative side, really lol I would still say it is restored

      @jmg-sw5xr@jmg-sw5xr4 ай бұрын

    • ​@@jmg-sw5xrSoldiers have limited time to worry about aesthetics. He probably just wanted a working lighter. Making his own gave him a much needed boost.

      @marklammas2465@marklammas24654 ай бұрын

    • I think it’s right to bring back the shine. The soldier who first made this would be happy to see it this way. I keep wondering if and how they did the threading. That puzzles me.

      @kurthansen570@kurthansen5704 ай бұрын

    • ​@@kurthansen570In WW1, and doubtless in WW2 as well, equipment items such ss binoculars, which feature extensive threading, were often repaired in field repair shops (probably just a tent with appropriate tools and benches). The soldier likely just went there during a slack moment and borrowed the appropriate threading equipment, or someone there did it for him as a favour.

      @marklammas2465@marklammas24654 ай бұрын

  • Where do you find the WW1 trench lighters?

    @andersfalt@andersfalt4 ай бұрын

    • Probably dug up in the forest

      @night_sity_@night_sity_4 ай бұрын

    • I'm seaching with a metal detector youtube.com/@ArtifactDigger

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • можна було зробити накатку (насічки) для того щоб легше відкручувати, звісно для цього потрібно мати відповідний інструмент

    @altbeetle1998@altbeetle19984 ай бұрын

    • Насічка була, її з'їв наждачний папір.

      @zlyj@zlyj4 ай бұрын

    • @@zlyj я помітив

      @altbeetle1998@altbeetle19984 ай бұрын

    • насічки "зʼілись" ще до шліфувального паперу корозією)

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

    • на жаль немає станка, щоб зробити накатку( можливо в майбутньому

      @ReXtorer@ReXtorer4 ай бұрын

  • shame the details on the cap got lost

    @lit_for_20@lit_for_204 ай бұрын

  • Шо за мідне золото

    @night_sity_@night_sity_4 ай бұрын

  • It’s too shiny and the designs were lost. Now it could easily be mistaken for a pocket rocket. 😂

    @meowjakx3@meowjakx33 ай бұрын

  • Шлифовкой сняли все насечки типа от нарезов. И канавки на колпачке имитирующие взрыватель. Лучше бы в патине оставили. Вещь только испортили. Теперь она выглядит как новодел.

    @user-so6zv6ew2d@user-so6zv6ew2d4 ай бұрын

  • Graben Kunst 🤔

    @bittedanke4990@bittedanke49904 ай бұрын

  • Go ahead and sand off the knurling, sure...

    @danjensen386@danjensen3864 ай бұрын

  • Оууу ютуб ввів переклад на українську в коментарях

    @night_sity_@night_sity_4 ай бұрын

  • На колпаке были насечки для открывания, Вы их стёрли..

    @user-dq4dv3rw2w@user-dq4dv3rw2w4 ай бұрын
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