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Machined Aluminum Block Lighters

Lighters: #-A Ac Ami B Bowers Br Camel, etc. C Ch Cl Co Com Cor D Dunhill E F Evans G H I-J K Ke L M Maj Mas Mete N Negbaur O MIOJ P Pak Pe Po-Q R-Ri Ro-Rv Ronson S Se Str Sup T Thorens U-We Wh-Z Unbranded Ashtrays Collections Misc Items PLEASE NOTE: Some enlargements may require scrolling to see the whole image.

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These lighters were most commonly made after World War 2 when aluminum was easy to get and brass was still in extremely short supply. There are other lighters that are very similar, but they were arbitrarily left out of this collection as these are simpler and obviously machined from aluminum blocks while others are more complex.

Aero-Lite Aluminum Block Lighter

c. late 1940s - early 1950s

IJL-00I
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BCL-00H
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KAK-0AE 'Junior'
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AirLite Aluminum Block Lighter w/ Perspex

Interesting aluminum block lighter with a piece of Perspex inserted between the base and lighter body.
CWL-0BA

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AirLite Aluminum Block Lighter w/ Perspex

American Everliter Aluminum Block Lighter

late 1940s - American Scientific Instrument Co.
KVK-0BG

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American Everliter Aluminum Block Lighter

Ames Aluminum Block Lighter

c. 1945

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GZL-0AC
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Astral Aluminum Block Lighter

c. late 1940s
FLL-0BC

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Automet Aluminum Block Lighter

c. 1945

Patent

IIL-0AE
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BBL-0AI
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Barlow B29 Aluminum Block Table Lighter

1950s
LSK-0AE

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Benlow Roller Lighter

An aluminum block lighter - c. 1940
HbK-0AI

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Blazon Hex-O-Lite Aluminum Block Lighter

Unusual in that this is an aluminum block body and cap with a 'standard' brass lighter insert.
CGM-0A0

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Brummell Aluminum Block Lighter

c. Late 1940s

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Firefly Flick Aluminum Lighter - Buchmann-Strauss Corp.

This is an aluminum block lighter - c. 1946.Where the flint is inserted from the bottom there are 4 holes for spare flints. This lighter opens and strikes the flint with a single motion using the striker wheel.

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General Research Firefly Flick Lighter
DOL-0AG Very unusual with light green paint in a 'crinkle' type coating that makes it appear irridescent. Another View Another View Another View

JDK-00H
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JBK-0AD
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Charm Aluminum Block Lighter

CGM-00H

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Chi Chi Aluminum Block Lighter

Irwin Schuman's Chi Chi Club (opened 1936 as the Desert Grill by Jack Freeman and in 1941 became the Chi Chi under Schuman) was the number one hangout in it's day.... Elvis, Liberace, Sinatra, Merv Griffin, Dean Martin, and so many more (they all played this gem of a club)! If you were in Palm Springs, California, simply put "everyone went to the Chi Chi". With brother Mark Schuman, Irwin build and operated the Riveria Hotel in 1952. c. late 1940s - early 1950s. Two other identical lighters a shown with the Unbranded lighters and one is blank and the other has the USMC emblem on it - undoubtedly produced by the same company that produced this lighter.
KOK-0AF

The lighter was almost surely made by Atlas Industries of Los Angeles, CA between 1942-1947 as it seems it likely had an "O.P.A. Retail Ceiling Price $3.50" and the Office of Price Administration was was active during the dates above. NOTE that ther OPA price was not for the customized "Chi Chi" lighter.

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