The Lighter Gazette

The Journal

Short notes on the lighters we handle: where they came from, how they work and how to tell one version from another.

• A field guide

  The S.T. Dupont Ligne 1, explained

  Grand or Petit, BS or BR, diamond point or lacquer: how to read the lighter that made the house.

• A short history

  The Dunhill Rollagas

  A London name, a Geneva workshop and a roller wheel that has hardly changed since the 1950s.