Very rare gun lighter restoration from World War 2. This time I do a full repair and restore a special old war relic that was built of brass and old copper cartridges by a soldier during WW II.
ABOUT THE RARE GUN LIGHTER
This is a spectacular looking and very special war relic from the World War 2. It’s found in the area where the Battle of Bulge took place in 1944-1945. I have bought the Gun Lighter from a family who lives near Bastogne. I got this old lighter and many other cool relics with me home including a medicine bag, a helmet and some other lighters and the famous whiskey hip flask that I already have restored – see the video here:
This relic was found in the late 60’s early 70’s and brought to a barn where it has been contained together with a lot of other WW2 metal garbage, uniforms, helmets, and other rusted materials. I was lucky to be able to buy a whole lot of relics from this family and therefore have more videos about this in the future.
The lighter is made of brass and old copper cartridges dated 1939. I am not sure who used this ammunition during WW2, but the cartridges had these numbers stamped in: P315 Iva1 – 7 -39. In my opinion it could be German Mauser ammunition – but I’m not 100% sure. So if you have any info about this, please leave a comment below.
THE RESTORATION PROCESS
I started by doing a quick cleaning of the lighter to get an overview of the restoration. Then I removed the flint wheel and the wick holder and both was in good restorable condition which was fantastic after all these years. I continued by detaching all the parts which was soldered on the lighter frame: the trigger, the trigger guard and finally the copper cartridges.
I cleaned all the small parts in my vibrating tumbler using aluminum oxide as my media. And I cleaned the gun frame and the copper cartridges in my sandblaster using very fine glass beads together with low air pressure. Just to preserve as much as possible.
All the parts were in fantastic condition of course there were a lot of scratches, dents, and tiny cracks on the lighter parts after all these years. After the sandblasting I gave the parts a very gentle hand grinding with some high grit sandpaper. I also polished all the parts but I managed to get a good compromise between looking good and still preserve some of the wear and tear on the lighter.
I soldered it all together and added lighter fluid cotton, a new wick, flint and flint spring to the project. And finished it all by making a new wick lid on my lathe.
I really think this restoration video turned out to be very good. Please subscribe if you want to see more cool upcoming projects 🙂 And DON’T FORGET TO SEE my F-4 PHANTOM II Aircraft Restoration –
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Best wishes and stay safe ❤ Martin.
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In this video I restore a very special lighter probably from the World War 2 – Please let me know what you think! ALSO SEE my Mechanical Toy Restoration 👉https://youtu.be/6MdXtkvExfY&list=UULFsCCifMby57qV_UmrYGladQ 👈Best wishes and stay safe ❤ Martin
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I fricken love your channel, it's actually calming for me, watching the restoration of some pretty cool stuff 🌴🌴
Could you tell me what the name of the machine for cleaning small parts is? Thank you!
Could you tell me what the name of the machine for cleaning small parts is? Thank you!
Wow❤
mantap… bos ku…..
My grandfathers last name was Hall.
Você é um verdadeiro artista.
ترميم احترافي اتمنى لو امتلك مثل مهارتك😊❤
Здорово, но обращайте пожалуйста внимание на ребра при полировке плоскостей, и на рукояти была, кажется, кожа
BUT! Does the corrosion and “rust” from the beginning feel realistic to you?!
Que desgraça foi aquela a boneca piscou!???????
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Too cool 😎✌️🇺🇸
Wow this guy knows a lot. Ma Sha Allah bro
How can he remove the stain of years with sandblasting..whats this sandblasting
There may have been leather on the handle.
Soak it first? To get off the rust.
Здравствуй, дорогой. По прежнему не устаю восхищаться твоим мастерством, волшебными,умелыми руками,которыми ты творишь магию возрождения. Как всегда всё по высшему классу,ты на высоте,мой друг. Я сам сейчас в госпитале, второй раз ранен. Под Донецком. Рад был увидеть тебя. Всех благ,и новых находок,и новых решений!!!
Ну в керосин на сутки надо начинать! А тут большой риск сломать!!! Вы сделали шедевр из старины! Но при этом убили эту старину. Любители пескоструя и наждачной бумаги, не возвращают стиль. Проще сделать копию и отшлифовать до блеска, было бы красивее, но так же не было бы старины. Красиво, но испорчено, не обижайтесь, это мое мнение, вы молодец, но это не шедевр! В любом случае вам лайк от меня за видео!
오, 가지고 싶다
Sometimes the Germans would use real human skin In their Trench art.
Твои руки, определённо, растут не из жопы!!! Так держать!
Have you seen the machine guns,etc frozen in time in the trees of the Ardennes? Makes you wonder..could they work again? Dude, all of this makes me think of the Gun Shop back at RAF Alconbury…we worked on the GAU -8A Avenger Cannon…during Desert Shield we were tasked taking down old M-16s…cool stuff here!
Молодец,просто золотые руки.
Rakkasan?
Austria, they skiff the elbe river for Lithuanian junk.
Amazing
Wicked!
"Dude"..that finished product..is a far cry..from that debilitative state..you brought it from.."magnificent"!!
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So amaaaaazing! LoL your video is asmr for me
I wonder, did they still call it"trench art"after WW1? "Guard shack art"don't quite make it.
Beautiful and remarkable restoration of a really ugly item
Impecable trabajo como siempre caballero
Огромная и качественная работа, спасибо!❤
@Awesome Restorations you are The KING of restoration Thanks !!
It’s where the barrel hit the primer
the video quality is incredible , the blinking doll was a great touch, you are amazing
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Soothing to watch the work being done… Thanks for sharing… Gave you a 👍 …
Amazing,,, 👍👍👍
I’m loving this playlist! I hopped in on the eighth video, and I’ve already seen some of the other ones, but your work is amazing.
Ain't no one see that mf doll blink at 8:28