tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475406891215884280.post8868637984017883816..comments2023-11-11T10:14:32.543-05:00Comments on Contemporary Makers: Tinder LighterContemporary Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15244828145296087442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475406891215884280.post-59261531915272473432010-09-08T12:49:06.138-04:002010-09-08T12:49:06.138-04:00Hello. I've just been reading your blog entry ...Hello. I've just been reading your blog entry on flintlock tiner lighters. As a collector of,and dealer in, early guns, I have come across a fair number of flintlock tinder lighters. I think they were made in most European countries, although most ones of the type you illusstrate, i.e. a form of sidelock flintlock, were made in England or Germany. One of the most commonly encountered English makers is John Savage, who appears to have been working from the mid eighteenth century onwards. Most of the French ones I have examined are of the boxlock flintlock type, and are usually well made, but plain. I have seen one or two miquelet lock ones, with locks of the Spanish kind (patilla lock). And I know of two wheellock tinder lighters, and I believe a third one went through the auction rooms a year of so ago. I also came across a musket lock in Denmark which had been blacksmith adapted to form a tinder lighter. It's a subject which deserves more research than has been done so far.<br />Kind regards, Mike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475406891215884280.post-88582812533261904432010-09-08T12:48:45.434-04:002010-09-08T12:48:45.434-04:00Hello. I've just been reading your blog entry ...Hello. I've just been reading your blog entry on flintlock tiner lighters. As a collector of,and dealer in, early guns, I have come across a fair number of flintlock tinder lighters. I think they were made in most European countries, although most ones of the type you illusstrate, i.e. a form of sidelock flintlock, were made in England or Germany. One of the most commonly encountered English makers is John Savage, who appears to have been working from the mid eighteenth century onwards. Most of the French ones I have examined are of the boxlock flintlock type, and are usually well made, but plain. I have seen one or two miquelet lock ones, with locks of the Spanish kind (patilla lock). And I know of two wheellock tinder lighters, and I believe a third one went through the auction rooms a year of so ago. I also came across a musket lock in Denmark which had been blacksmith adapted to form a tinder lighter. It's a subject which deserves more research than has been done so far.<br />Kind regards, Mike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475406891215884280.post-40677410424674278112009-10-29T01:07:10.257-04:002009-10-29T01:07:10.257-04:00My personal thoughts are that charred cloth was no...My personal thoughts are that charred cloth was not used as much as plant tinders were, especially in the early period.<br />Fomes Fomentarius was a bracket fungus used in the northern hemisphere, England, Europe and the New World. From this fungus Amadou was extracted to be used as tinder.<br />As you rightly say, spunks were used to create fire from smouldering tinder, though having used them I doubt they were made as short as you think they were.<br />Recently I came across an 18th century alarm clock which worked similar to the tinderlighter but utilised gunpowder to light a candle. This got me wondering if this method was ever used with a tinderlighter?<br />I have a couple so I will experiment.<br />It is possible to blow on the tinder to create heat enough to melt wax/grease from a candle and the resulting drips on the tinder cause it to make flame. This does tend to use a lot of tinder though.<br />Great pictures, thanks for sharing.<br />Regards, Le Loup.<br />http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.comKeithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.com