In a message dated 4/10/04 9:05:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
toyman@digitex.net writes:
> The
> seller tells me that you soak
> the cotton with the alcohol,
> replace the bottom half cover.
> You then smartly (briskly)
> remove the cover off of the
> framework side of the tube,
> and it is "supposed" to light.
>
Brad:
I faintly remember a lighter like that, but it has flint in it. As I recall,
you pulled the cover and it automatically turned a steel wheel against some
internal flint, which created the spark and ignited the wick. Seems like it
was a cylinder in shape.
--DAvid C.
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