Weston Ball-O-Flint 

• 1942 
• Petroleum lighter 
• Weston 
• United States of America 

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Lighters

Weston Ball-O-Flint

1942

Dia14,9mm-H64,2mm

There were several styles of the 'Ball-O' lighters, such as 'Ball-O-Flint'. The ball at the top of the lighters may be removed to open an area enclosed with a cork where extra flints may be stored. Unlike most of these tiny tube lighters with a wick for the flame, these have a "pocket" and the sparks fall into the pocket to ignite it - this pocket is the same as used on catalytic lighters such as the New Method and Ray-O-Lite. Weston describes it as, "Made with a special wick to create a torchlike arch of flame...". c. early through mid-1940s