Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Lighter Pencil Week Part 3: The Penciliter (second generation)

After World War Two, Ronson resurrected the "Penciliter" name and introduced a radically streamlined version of the product, for which the company applied for a design patent on June 7, 1947 (granted to Frederick Kaufmann on November 16, 1948 as Design Patent 151,771) . . .

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6 comments:

  1. MoparmistyMarch 12, 2014 at 10:40 AM

    I see all of your posts deal only with Ronson in the USA & England. I have a Ronson Penciliter in its original case that is Made in Canada, Toronto, Canada, Can Patent 454882, March 1, 1949. US Pats 2,455,698-D151,771 . Other US & For Pats Pdg.

    I've never seen another that is made in Canada. Does this add to the value and if so about what would the value be. Case and penciliter are in excellent condition (Red case, with red velvet) Rhodium plated Penciliter.
    Thank you
    Mary-Anne

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  2. Jon VeleyMarch 12, 2014 at 11:29 AM

    Hello Mary Anne, thanks for the comment.

    I don't recall seeing Canadian examples offhand, but by the same token after I got done researching this article I wouldn't have thought to look at them.

    As far as values, you'll note that I don't quote values for anything here at the blog - my focus is on the history of these things. I would suspect that if there's a premium on Canadian-made examples, that would apply to the ones being sold up in Canada.

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  3. MoparmistyMarch 12, 2014 at 11:52 AM

    Thank you Jon. :)

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  4. UnknownJuly 3, 2017 at 1:37 AM

    I have one that is full body but I don't know how to fill it can someone please help me out

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  5. UnknownJuly 3, 2017 at 1:38 AM

    I have one that is full body but I don't know how to fill it can someone please help

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  6. OggypopAugust 10, 2017 at 7:20 PM

    What size lead do these take? Any preferred fluid for the lighter? Thanks.

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