flic my bic (right in the garbage)

I jetisoned my Zippo years ago and carry a Bic. I'm also a pipe smoker and when I want to light my pipe, I'm not fooling around. I wear a bucket hat a lot, and I just hold the Bic in my hat and light my pipe.

Works like a charm.

I think dawsonbob is right; your Bic-foo is weak. Practice!
 
Why do you want to light a cigar with a bic anyway? Especially a cuban :P

A Zippo is even worst.



Get a Ronson, Canadian Tire carry them.
 
cybrok said:
Why do you want to light a cigar with a bic anyway? Especially a cuban :P

A Zippo is even worst.



Get a Ronson, Canadian Tire carry them.
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The char cloth worked well...come to think of it, I sort of regret making that charcloth from my old cotton underwear :rolleyes:

Next time I'll try putting my pants over my head.
 
I remember watching my uncle light up his pipes and cigars many a day with flint and steel and charcloth..

With cigars, he'd dig out just enough tobacco to stuff a patch of charcloth in the catch a spark on it and stuff it in the cigar..
With his pipes, he'd fill his pipe like always and then jam a piece of charcloth ontop and give it a spark, and start to puff.. I awlays thought that was the coolest magic trick ever ....

Good memories !!:)
 
defaultuser said:
Lighting a fine Cuban cigar with a bic??? Sacrilege! You need a Butane lighter, or a piece of dry cedar!

:D
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You certainly don't want to use a Zippo. Back when I smoked I started out with a Zippo. Never liked the taste it left in the cigarette. When I discovered Bic I canned the Zippo.
 
I thought that true connoisseurs used wooden matches to light a cigar. Not bein a smart-a$$, sincerely askin. Anyone else heard that?
 
Mentor said:
Mike's inclement weather cigar-starting method:

(1) Discard Bic.
(2) On a flat surface, use a small file or hacksaw blade to shave a little pile of magnesium filings.
(3) Dip tip of fine Cuban cigar in pile of magnesium filings. Ensure that filings partially coat tip.
(4) Use fire steel to introduce spark to magnesium-dusted Cuban cigar tip.
(5) ignition
(6) enjoyment

Works in the wind, too!

Best,

- Mike
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You da man Mike. :thumbup: I like that method.
 
Tuxdad said:
I remember watching my uncle light up his pipes and cigars many a day with flint and steel and charcloth..

With cigars, he'd dig out just enough tobacco to stuff a patch of charcloth in the catch a spark on it and stuff it in the cigar..
With his pipes, he'd fill his pipe like always and then jam a piece of charcloth ontop and give it a spark, and start to puff.. I awlays thought that was the coolest magic trick ever ....

Good memories !!:)
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Thats a cool story Tuxdad, better than my lame OP :D :D
 
Back in the the day when I used to a) smoke cigars and b) work as an HVAC tech I used to like to use the oxy-acetylene torch to light the cigar. The customers got a kick out of it.
 
First of all, my heart is weeping for all the unloved Zippos. I know I can't help most, but those of you in this forum that no longer hold your Zippo in sacred trust, should do the right thing. My address is available upon request.

Doc

By the way, kgd, the answer you seek is within.
 
yea i'm with Doc, i love Zippos......sadly mine seem to wander off with the ladies.......
 
KuRUpTD said:
How does that rope lighter work Doc ? any good ?
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Hey KuRUpTD,

I haven't tried that specific one, but when I was a kid, sometime around the end of the last ice age, my dad and uncle both had them to light their cigarettes. They were promoted as windproof lighters, for the reasons mentioned earlier. They worked very well.

I'm actually thinking about getting one.

Doc
 
Bushman5 said:
yea i'm with Doc, i love Zippos......sadly mine seem to wander off with the ladies.......
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Then maybe you better rig one out this way.

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Doc
 
they work EXTREMELY well, the windier the better. BUT!!!! you need to keep the cotton cord DRY, very dry......

(the rope lighters)
 
Mentor said:
Mike's inclement weather cigar-starting method:

(1) Discard Bic.
(2) On a flat surface, use a small file or hacksaw blade to shave a little pile of magnesium filings.
(3) Dip tip of fine Cuban cigar in pile of magnesium filings. Ensure that filings partially coat tip.
(4) Use fire steel to introduce spark to magnesium-dusted Cuban cigar tip.
(5) ignition
(6) enjoyment

Works in the wind, too!

Best,

- Mike
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Not to sure you want to be huffing on magnesium shavings
 
DOC-CANADA said:
First of all, my heart is weeping for all the unloved Zippos.
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I agree Doc.....if you never set foot of a trail for more than a day... a zippo is as fine as any novelty item.

You crack me up with your sarcastic humour ..... sometimes I can't tell when you're joking..... zippo..... good one.

Rick
 
Magnussen said:
I agree Doc.....if you never set foot of a trail for more than a day... a zippo is as fine as any novelty item.

You crack me up with your sarcastic humour ..... sometimes I can't tell when you're joking..... zippo..... good one.

Rick
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Humour? Me? The hell you say.

In truth, m'lad, I do love the Zippo.

Doc
 
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