Lighters can be a cool (and somewhat practical) accessory too. Anyone carry anything beyond a standard Bic?Pic related, it’s my “going out” lighter
>>18730209Nobody gives a shit about what lighter you have, you might get a comment if you’re lucky “cool lighter dude” but that’s about it. Same with cigarette cases. Trying to start a conversation about any of those immediately comes off as try hard and desperate.
>>18730209I still have a small collection of old Dunhill and S.T. Dupont lighters but I don't actually cary them anymore.As cool as they are, I don't smoke and I don't even know anyone who smokes. The smoking rate in the US is below ten percent and it's under four percent among young people. Even those younger people who do smoke live in comparatively rural and/or poor areas.Plenty of people vape or use Zyns, of course, but no one smokes anymore.
>>18730224That’s how I use it.>light someone’s cigarette>”cool lighter”>haha thanks (puts it away)Or sometimes they take it and look at it, then give it back. Not much else to it, it’s just an accent>>18730225 Where I live a lot of people still smoke, girls included
I have this
>>18730209that engraving suckslooks like someone dug into it with a rusty nail
>>18730209I bought this for $60 and loved it and then lost it on a trip. I'm pretty sure I left it in the motel room, but they claim it wasn't found. I guess I'm going to buy another. Though it makes me sick to have lost the other one. I don't want to go through it again. I also have a couple metal Clippers, which are pretty great for about $17. But I don't consider them fashionable or accessories. Just durable versions of something I already need. I don't like disposable things made of plastic. I'm quite upset that I can't get strike anywhere matches anymore. Those were my favorite.
I saw these posted in the last lighter thread and bought one. Supposedly it runs on kerosene or gasoline or anything which is super cool. But I’ve yet to try it out. I used to collect Zippos in high school but never liked the bad taste they imparted to the cigarettes and I’d never light a bong with one. I prefer cleaner, odorless, flavorless butane.
>>18730239>Where I live a lot of people still smoke, girls includedEastern Europe?
>>18730209Yes. Buy it for yourself, not for conversation. The idea that you can send your 60 year old lighter back to the manufacturer and they'll do their best to get it back you in the best shape possible because they are proud of what they do appeals to me.
>oh. anon do you smoke?>no>why do you have a lighter then?>[nervous explanation because even you know its cringe]>oh, thats cool (placating)
>>18730300I've had this interaction b4. I just said they look cool lmao.
>>18730259France still smokes a ton, one of the few places Marlboro plans to keep selling tobacco for the next decades
>>18730209They can look cool in a bubble, but if you don't smoke regularly, it just comes off as performative to the point where it's less cringe to just keep it at home as part of a collection.
>heh better fill my lighter with fluid and replace the flintsorry but anything but a BIC is performative beyond belief and I hate the term "performative" but this is it
>>18730483Exactly, it's like carrying a pocket watch or a quill pen.
>>18730519Pocket watches and luxury pens are infinitely more useful on a daily basis and not contingent on enabling a nasty habit.
>>18730523They're also just as performative as luxury lighters. If you're going to reach into your pocket to tell the time, look at your phone.All these twee little accessories and trinkets are an effort to start conversations because the person doesn't know how to just talk to people.>I hope people notice my fountain pen and ask me about it.>I hope they don't notice my handwriting sucks or that the pen is leaking all over the place
>>18730483>>18730539>YOU CANT HAVE NICE THINGS, IT’S PERFORMATIVE!Why are you even on a fashion board?
>>18730548It's not nice things. It's attention-whoring behavior.Wearing nice clothes and a fashionable hairstyle is fine and good. Carrying some silly anachronism for no other reason than to beg people to notice you is not good. Being thirsty for attention is never fashionable. Being so insecure in your ability to talk to people that you need to constantly carry a "conversation piece" is not fashionable.
>>18730551>if you smoke you are only allowed to use Bics>if you’re into writing you are only allowed to use Bics>if you’re into horology you’re only allowed to use your phone Welp, that’s a shame.
>>18730558>more bad faith argumentsCool. What other sweeping generalizations can you pull out of your ass?
>>18730558If you smoke, you smell like shit and are not fashionable, so you shouldn't be on /fa/.If you're carrying around a fountain pen to impress people, you're a capering nerd and are not fashionable, so you shouldn't be on /fa/.If you're into """horology""" you're one of the pests on the watch threads that makes this board intolerable. Those posters are all fat, old, and poor, which is not fashionable and so they shouldn't be on /fa/.
>>18730564He's got a point. If you believe that the human existence is to be limited to utility, you're in the wrong neighborhood.
>>18730483I know you're not big on reading, so you must have skipped this huge post >>18730249 but I clearly explained that I have nice, metal lighters because they're more DURABLE. Also, I smoke. It's not like people are carrying around fancy gold lighters to light other people's cigarettes. There's nothing performative about not wanting to contribute to pointless, disposable plastic waste. You stupid fucking pile of shit.
>>18730539You're projecting. YOU buy silly trinkets hoping people will ask about them. We buy quality, lasting tools so we don't have to replace them.
>>18730551Stop posting. You're a fucking retard.
>>18730567But no one has imposed that limitation. The crux of this entire thread is that fancy lighters are interesting objects in and of themselves, but carrying one around goes beyond mere quirkiness and into the real of affectationThen someone who clearly has decided to make a fancy lighter his whole personality took offense and here we are.Sometimes being fashionable means knowing when NOT to stand out.
>>18730565lol, this is another clothing faggot upset that every thread isn't about "fits" and all that homosexual nonsense.Pay him no mind. He doesn't understand anything. Oh, and if you smoke you can't use the board now. LOLThis guy watches runway shows and says "Fierce!" when he's impressed by something.
>>18730572>Then someone who clearly has decided to make a fancy lighter his whole personality took offense and here we are.Yeah, this thread is not turning out like he hoped it would.
>>18730572No one has made any lighter any part of their personality. No one is trying to draw any attention by using them. You have no idea what you're talking about, zero evidence to support what you're claiming people do, and seem to just be here to troll an interest that you don't care about. Because it somehow threatens your "old money fashion" faggotry regarding clothing. Cunt.
>>18730574>clothes are badOh, I get it. You're fat and mad you have to dress like shit. Got it. Carry on, chubbsy.
>>18730577And now you seem aware that you've lost the argument. Back to your vertical videos of dudes in Europe walking around preening for the phone recording for social media.
>>18730576Hey, if you get to set up strawmen then everyone else does too. But whatever, you've become boring. Enjoy your yellow teeth and bad breath. Your "cool" lighter will make up for all of that.
>>18730579I guess you missed my whitening thread. And I have "frags" to cover the smell. This is all a bias against smokers. At last that is revealed. Did gramps die early? Something struck a nerve. Smoke if ya got 'em I say.
>>18730582>And I have "frags" to cover the smell.You don't. You just create an unholy mix.
>>18730572>fancy lighters are fine>but don’t CARRY one, that’s cringeA nice lighter is arguably not equivalent to a fountain pen or pocket watch. It’s carrying around a nicer pen because you like writing/wearing a nice watch because it’s a nice accessory and tells time. God forbid someone goes beyond utility in a fashion board. Let me guess, watches are also affectation
leather wrapped clipper for my anti consumerist daily driver. i replace the flints with discarded bic's i find on the ground (just need to file them down a bit usually)the leather wrap's mostly just so people don't bic me.
and here are my wallet lighters. becker on the left, colibri on the right, both made in japan in the 70s or 80s.
>>18730483>>18730519>>18730523>>18730565i don't like disposable products. i think its very environmentally irresponsible to throw a whole plastic lighter away when it only needs a flint or a butane charge. i don't smoke cigs but i do smoke weed and i like having a lighter on me when people ask.
>>18730209Nice lighter, OP.
>>18730572>Sometimes being fashionable means knowing when NOT to stand out.>Reeee just be normal, don't be different it's cringe Why do you browse this website? Go back to r/mensfashionadvice or whatever shithole you came from
>>18730611>but i do smoke weedBased on your grammar, I never would’ve guessed.
>>18730736Men’s fashion advice is genuinely better than /fa/ though. Some anon here made a meme about it with pics from both and men’s fashion advice users were logging fa users so fucking hard it was hilarious. Even if they weren’t they win by default because they don’t have 20 watch threads.
>>18730786its peak esl to mistake the informal and conversational way native english speakers write on message boards and chatrooms with grammatical errors. we get it, you're still learning the rules and don't yet know when its appropriate to break them. there are no grammatical errors in my post except that i type in all lowercase, which is just an oldfag thing.
>>18730786starting sentences with conjunctions is grammatically correct and you learned english wrong BTW dumb jeet
>>18730796And then there’s Australians which is it’s own separate thing kek
>>18730788This really hasn’t been a fashion board for a long, long time. It’s just a social board now. It seems like I’m in a tiny minority on this board in that I actually leave the house regularly. Most of the other anons who claim to work work remotely.
>>18730810What does working have to do with fashion?
>>18730814Well, you generally need a job to be able to pay for your clothes and accessories.But more pertinent is that having a non-remote job means you leave the house more and socialize with people. Fashion is an incredibly social pursuit. During the coof my office went totally remote and for about two years the only person I saw or spoke to on any regular basis was my wife.Being back in the office means you’re more accustomed to leaving the house to meet people, even under non-work circumstances.There’s studies out there that people who work from home full-time are less likely to leave the house to meet their friends, since they’re just more comfortable online. Those people can’t speak to what fashion is because they’re just reading about it, not experiencing it in the real world.
>>18730788MFA is nothing more than a millennial',s "help me get dressed" board for 9-5'ers that weren't taught by their dad's. The only advice being to wear slim fit everything- especially chinos with a button down.At least this board has occasionally interesting topics once you get past the watches, Asian tiktok hate and gorillamaxxing.
the only thing more performative than a reusable lighter is pretending to care about plastic waste, lmao. get fucking real.
>>18730826True, but the people you talk to aren't racist pol neets who will call you slurs at random so I'd rather go on MFA and sift through the non radioactive takes instead of the elephant's foot that /fa/ has become.>>18730810>social boardyeah idk about that, it's still somehow less crabby and aggressive than /ic/ so there's that I guess?
>>18730209Use case for carrying a lighter?>inb4 to smokeSmoking is gay.
>>18730858Have you seen the oceans recently? Do you know about the microplastics problem? I know you're trying to be all edgy and shit, but I don't believe that you don't care. You'd have to be ignorant or just stupid to honestly think it's okay to just produce endless plastic junk that won't biodegrade for thousands of years and just dump it wherever for future generations to deal with. We're dealing with it already. >>18730868You're a fucking moron. The only reason to carry a lighter is to smoke. Unless you're camping you'd never regularly keep a nice lighter on you if you don't smoke.
>>18730826This board absolutely does not have interesting topics. But more to the point, it seems almost anti-fashion. Expressing any interest in fashion apart from dressing exactly like Alain Delon will get you accused of being gay or Indian.Sure, plenty of threads on MFA are trying to help guys with the basics, who are starting from scratch. This board seems to actively sabotage others.
>>18730868>Use case for carrying a lighter?If the power grid is not great in your area and you need to be constantly lighting candles.
>>18730788To be fair, they have entire watch BOARDS on other sites where we have to coexist in here with people talking about puffy shirts and purses.
>>18730880>This board seems to actively sabotage others.Bingo. Just do the opposite of what /fa/ recommends and you’ll look pretty sharp.
>>18730888so, how about you guys petition for a /wt/ board instead of creating 50 generals here maybe?
>>18730923Have you actually been in any of those threads? They are collection of schizos like you would believe. They make the frag posters look reasonable.Among the heavy hitters are a guy who has been posting the same picture of coffee every day for literal years, or the guy who posts a picture of his shit in the toilet every single day.If you have any interest in watches, they will kill it for you in minutes.
Should I buy the left or the right?
>>18730931DuPonts are highly overrated. They are not as well-made as you think. Avoid unless you’re a dedicated collector.
>>18730209fashion is so retarded i swear. it's an antique lighter. you buy it if you like old things and craftsmanship
>>18730879>cringe, the post
>>18730879Have you tried not throwing your trash into the ocean like a fagget?
>>18730858>performativei've had that clipper in my pocket longer than you've been alive, ipad baby.
>>18730954>faggetlol, you're even dumber than I'd previously assumed.
>>18730483>I hate the term "performative"I used to say "affectatious/affectation" but people didn't seem to understand the meaning. Plus I like the way "performative" seems to trigger everybody and I relish the chaos.
>>18731150>thinks he's still talking to me>doesn't realize multiple anons are replying to himlol. you're're a fuckinge retard
>>18731163You're dumb. You can't spell. Why do you think anyone thinks they've had an ongoing conversation with you?The 'previously assumed' was based on the fact that you think I'M throwing my OWN garbage into the ocean. Then you spelled faggot incorrectly and proved yourself even dumber. Also, there's no "talking" on a forum. It's typed words, not voices.Are we all caught up now?
>>18731227you're are braindead
>>18731227pure brainrotplease don't reproduce
>>18730253>IMCO>Chinese letters Uh, it’s made in Austria and quite cheap to start with, why would you buy a fake…Oh, company does t exist anymore since over 10 years. Fuck. I’m old. Gotta search for mine when I visits my parents, maybe it’ll become a collectors item. They run with gasoline and thus suffer from the same issue as zippos. But it’s a neat objet. I’ve got a few other nice ligjters( some used to be quite expensive), they got handed out as presents, back in the 80s, when smoking was common and anything smaller than wads of cash wasn’t corruption, when you where in a high enough position, so I got quite a few from my grandfather.
>>18730209I have the coolest little gold lighter in storage. It's 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 5mm. Obviously a ladies lighter, but almost an engineering miracle considering how old it must be. Tiniest little strike wheel and wick. It must hold like 2mL of fluid. I can't even find anything remotely close online to compare it to.
>>18730935What's better and what is not good about them?
>>18730881Just don't live in a shithole?
>>18730879>The only reason to carry a lighter is to smoke.What part of "inb4 to smoke" did you not understand?
>>18731553What part of crafting a working argument do you not understand? Why else would people carry lighters?>Why would you carry a lighter? But you CAN'T say for smoking because I think that's gay.Fuck off.
Not anymore. People stopped smoking. Tobacco sales are lower, and for good reason. The whole smoking with a whiskey vibe is dated and out of touch anyways.
>>18731877This thread is for people who carry lighters. We happen to smoke. Maybe you should find a thread filled with people who carry durable lighters and don't smoke. I'm not sure where you'll find that though because only people who smoke carry lighters. You don't have your finger on the pulse of society. People still smoke and drink all the time. In fact, nicotine ads used to be outlawed but I've been seeing them for lozenges. I bet Joe Camel will be back before the end of the decade. You're out of touch.
>>18731950The 80s aren’t coming back, my dude. Heroin chic is also dead.
For my incense and candles.And smoking mass marijuana cigarettes.
>>18731968>Big tobacco is marketing smoking through actors and influencersSo, astroturfed, fake and gay shit that isn’t real life. Wow! I guess I better go buy a pack of camels since Hollyjew actors are smoking!
>>18731978You're a total schizo. Nothing is "astroturfed". No such thing. Go watch Alex Jones more.
>>18731983Look at this faggot and laugh, everyone!
>>18731984Did you read a 'how24chins for newfags' before you started posting or something? Jesus.
Do you guys like that guys lighter collection videos with the comfy old music on youtube : 3
solid silver so ay fancy
fanciful
scrummy
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>The first commercially successful disposable plastic lighters hit the market in 1961 with the launch of the Cricket brand in France. The iconic, affordable BIC disposable lighter was later released in 1973.p crazy to think about
The iconic Bic lighter appears unchanged since it’s launch
>>18730931i was watching a video on Dupont lighters last night
Are you smoking yet, got?
>>18730209Thats a nice one.I had this Zippo engraved for me after my first tour.I lately swapped the internals out for butane jet lighter because I got tired of refilling it all the time.
>>18732332other side
>>18732332i had a real zippo in my teens they’re just kind of bulky and bland and as you mentioned need infinity refilling i wonder if there are electric inserts i am deeply pro humanity switching to electric lights think just how much waste and toxins enter our environment due to disposable lighters alone
>>18732338i just learned they can’t make built for life electric lighters ***shrugs merp gib vintage built for life lighter
check out the more narrow one in this old advertisement much more appealing
they’re called “slim” Zippo Slims i just think they’re crusty bc of the exposed hinge, and i remember having one and the lid did not have such a sturdy hold on the fluid other lighter makes appear to have tried harder to retain fuel. but that is just from internet observation and not first hand experience
>>18732338I was thinking that too but the butane insert is pretty good. I've had the same fuel in it for about a year now. I bought my son one of the amazon purpose built electric lighters and it works pretty well for him so far for basic field tasks like lighting tinder. Its a bit harder than using a real open flame though. >>18730483>>18730868Thats kind of dumb and shows a lack of taste/knowledge.I actually don't smoke but to me having a lighter is just basic kit for being a man. It was always drilled into us as young Soldiers to always have at the minimum:WatchLightLighterPocket knife/multi toolNotepad and pen/pencil.
>>18732348One I use as a "field lighter" is the Exotac Titanlight. It has an O ring seal so that the fuel doesnt leak out.
Oh dang. Check this out. Maybe mine was fake, or old style it didn’t have this to keep the fluid running away. My insert had an exposed like cotton pad in the bottom. idk shit about lighters desu, but i saw these twitters of vintage lighter restorations, so comfy, and i hate modern disposable society
>>18732352That looks like the zippo butane insert.The original inserts all had that cotton pad in the bottom.
electric insert from Zippo
>>18732352>>18732355I just checked my lighter. I'm wrong, I've never seen that kind before.
sexo
i like the smaller ones for practical reasons
look how comfy the pattern is and in a heavy silver i bet the texture and weight in your hand is deeply satisfying
a 1942 Dupont
British ww2
1940’s Dunhill in silver
1950’s Dunhill solid silver
1950’s Austria
>>18732439p cool and gib
1950’s Japan
1950’s USA
1940’s France
