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Howdy Again,
Recently I started making cigar-band covered disposable lighters to give away as little presents. (It's sort of a therapy for me and sure as hell beats making model ships in glass bottles) I've found that there's been a much greater interest in them than I ever thought there'd be, so I've decided to offer them to any BOTL who might be interested. There's a link in my SIG_FILE to some pictures of my work.
Here's how the deal works: I am not selling these or offering them for trade. Instead I'm giving them away. Anybody who receives lighters is free to send me whatever they think they're worth in cigars. If one were to feel the lighters worthless, feel free to not send me anything at all. If anybody would like a sample before sending me their cigar bands, just let me know and I'll send a few off to you.
One little difficulty is that I most likely do not have a stock of cigar bands of the brands you'd like to have made up, so you'd need to send me the bands before I can make the lighters. So far I've had two people who want a few dozen made up, and one guy who wants fifty.
I've done refillable lighters also; currently have a Zippo 6" torch covered with HdM Excalibur 1066 bands. Naturally I couldn't afford to just give those away though.
It doesn't take a real long time to create them but there's periods of drying time between steps in the process that does take some time. I make two basic styles: an all-band covered lighter which is coated with plastic and a cedar covered lighter which is far more delicate. The "varnished" model can go in the pocket with car keys without getting damaged while the cedar model probably wouldn't survive too much of that without getting destroyed.
So if anybody has any interest in this please let me know; either here or by email. And I do apologize in advance if anybody feels this shouldn't have been posted here.
Thanks
Recently I started making cigar-band covered disposable lighters to give away as little presents. (It's sort of a therapy for me and sure as hell beats making model ships in glass bottles) I've found that there's been a much greater interest in them than I ever thought there'd be, so I've decided to offer them to any BOTL who might be interested. There's a link in my SIG_FILE to some pictures of my work.
Here's how the deal works: I am not selling these or offering them for trade. Instead I'm giving them away. Anybody who receives lighters is free to send me whatever they think they're worth in cigars. If one were to feel the lighters worthless, feel free to not send me anything at all. If anybody would like a sample before sending me their cigar bands, just let me know and I'll send a few off to you.
One little difficulty is that I most likely do not have a stock of cigar bands of the brands you'd like to have made up, so you'd need to send me the bands before I can make the lighters. So far I've had two people who want a few dozen made up, and one guy who wants fifty.
I've done refillable lighters also; currently have a Zippo 6" torch covered with HdM Excalibur 1066 bands. Naturally I couldn't afford to just give those away though.
It doesn't take a real long time to create them but there's periods of drying time between steps in the process that does take some time. I make two basic styles: an all-band covered lighter which is coated with plastic and a cedar covered lighter which is far more delicate. The "varnished" model can go in the pocket with car keys without getting damaged while the cedar model probably wouldn't survive too much of that without getting destroyed.
So if anybody has any interest in this please let me know; either here or by email. And I do apologize in advance if anybody feels this shouldn't have been posted here.
Thanks
