Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Lighters

Masonlite

Masonlite Lighter

1949

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See the article: Homer Mason & The Masonlite

MasterCraft

Mastercraft Vu Lighter

c. early 1960s knock off of the Scripto Vu-Lighter.
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Mastercraft Lifetime Match Master De Luxe Lighter

Billed as the world's thinnest lighter at the time (1950s), it is an inexpensive, chrome plated lighter that really is very thin (just over 1/4" at 0.278).
JBK-00H

Mastercraft Pipe Lighter

c. 1961 Squeezing this lighter together from the ends causes the little chrome door to open while turning the spark wheel to produce a spark and flame in the opening. Identical lighter in gold tone marketed by Supreme as a "Lip Stick" lighter and by Pacton as "Sports" lighter, and the Prince Coronet Pestle Lighter.
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MasterCraft State Lighter

Interestingly, while the designs among a couple of brands making these lighters, they are slightly different in details. The MasterCraft Pennsylvania lighter places Youngstown, OH into PA - while the Continental version does not. These lighters are of a series made in the mid-1950s.    Mastercraft Guarantee

Mastercraft Spit Fire Lighter

1955. A knockoff of the Beattie Jet lighter and other similar lighters produced by Champ Jet Stream (1950), Lord Oxford Jet (1955), and Rogers Rocket Flame (1958).
LKK-0AG

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MasterLite Manufacturing Co.

110 East 23rd St., New York, NY

Master Lite Pocket Lighter

Self-starting catalytic lighter. Typically the lighters have no brand name on them. Chrome over brass and brass finishes. c. 1910 through late 1920s. MasterLite did produce many other products (bottle openers, 'Sticktite' coat hangers, Radio gas lighters [for stoves], Mushroom light bulb, etc.) which were sold direct, just as the lighters were, after the lighters were apparently no longer being sold. In the late 1920s MasterLite was also selling Lift Arm style lighters.

See: Making Catalytic Lighters Work

Master Lite DeLuxe Wonder Lighter

c. mid-1920s Fancy design and also includes a birthstone in the top.

Matawan Lighter Co.

N.Y. / Matawan, NJ

'The Windy' Lighter

Aluminum lighter - c. 1942 On some the chimney is marked "The WIND" and on others "The WINDY".

Match King - Also See: Galter Mfg.

Chicago, IL

Everlasting Match

Some designs were by Jack Galter (e.g. Army circa 1941) and some even manufactured by Galter.

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See the article: Match King Bakelite Striker Lighters

Mayfair

England

Mayfair Lift Arm Lighter

McMurdo

McMurdo operated from the late 1930s through the end of the 1940s. McMurdo was an ex-designer for Dunhill and the lighters were made in Kingston-upon-Thames, England. Operated from late 1930s through the end of the 1940s.

McMurdo Lift Arm Lighter

Late 1940s. This example is the smallest 'Bijou' size at about 45mm high; also made in 'Standard' (about 55mm) and 'Banker' (about 65mm) sizes as well as short and tall table models (about 75mm and 100mm).

British Patent

Mechanical Match

Mechanical Match Striker Lighter

c. 1933

Patent

Mercury

Kalamazoo, MI

Mercury Aluminum Block Lighter

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Metal Match

Metal Match Bakelite Striker Lighter

c. 1933

Patent

Metalfield

New York, NY

Metalfield Aladdin Lighter & Case

Open the case to get a cigarette and when the case is closed, the lighter is automatically triggered for a light. c.1947
KQK-0AF

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Metal Lite / MetaLite

Metal Lite FlinTop Lighter

MetalMatch Corp.

Warsaw, IL

MetlMach Striker Lighter

c. 1939. This aluminum tube lighter had the striker by the wick, which was like an ordinary lighter wick, inside the case and it was struck on a flint strip on the cap.
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