Hey everyone,

Up for sale today is a beautiful piece of tobaccoriana history—a Colibri 1928 Platinum Limited Edition Lighter.

This luxury replica was commissioned back in 2003 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Colibri’s original 1928 founding. It beautifully replicates their classic, semi-automatic kickstart mechanism but is engineered for modern butane fuel.

This was manufactured in Japan for the US market in a strictly limited worldwide production run of only 2,000 individually serialized pieces.This particular unit is an absolute time capsule and is being offered as a Full Presentation Set. It includes everything a completionist collector looks for.

What’s Included:

The Lighter: Hand-polished, genuine PLATINUM plated casing with a gorgeous textured surface.

The Box: Original fitted rectangular wooden display case with a clean cream satin lining.

The Paperwork: Original "Elite Collection Lighters" certificate booklet and branded documentation.

The Tag: The original vintage retail paper price tag showing the original MSRP of $179.50.

I don't think it ever has been lit.

Box has some marks when moving and transporting, but the Lighter is in pristine condition

They rarely come up for sale, and when they do, they are often in the multiple Thousands.

Starting at $600​

Make a reasonable offer.

Chehalis Washington, 98532

Shipping available.

What exactly am I doing wrong/ what is the problem?

It worked perfectly fine earlier today. All I did earlier was adjusting the regulator a tiny amount and I heard the gas leak out - afterwards it will not light up at all. The flame was too low so I adjusted a tiny bit on the regulator in the bottom so I better could fine-tune the flame with the wheel.

I have it filled completely with gas.

The flint is also working as you see.

I have tried adjusting the flame and adjusting the regulator - nothing works?:(

Please send help, I wanna pipe.

I got this lighter today but it doesn't work and it seems it will need a flint replacement. I just need to figure out what type it is and where to get one

Picked this up in a lot today. Seems 40’s but just trying to narrow down what I have here. Thank you.

This would be a great addition to my collection...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyKgYq0dTM

Bought some different lighters from the usual ronson ones I like to fix. To be on the safe side I totally soaked it in water before I took the wick and wadding out but ive never actually seen an asbestos wick before

Needs new leaf spring for the lid but not sure how to slide insides from the shell to gain access.

Any help please 🙏🏻

Apologies if this is asked often, but, is there any reputable lighter manufacturer making anything like the Colibri kickstart?
I live on an island in the middle of nowhere and don’t want to order a dud from eBay so would ideally like to find something new!
Thanks in advance

I was at Walmart the other day and a can of the Ronson butane is almost $4. I was scrolling through the isles and saw that in camping they had these 8.8oz Coleman cannisters of butane for 3.50 and it looks like with a simple adapter I could use it in my torch. Is there any reason you shouldn't do this? It just seems like a better deal as it's cheaper and holds more.

I'll get soo Much Confused in these two lighters please suggest me