Description: American Safety Razor (A.S.R.) produced lighters in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1945-1954. They made the tall and short Ascot pocket lighters and several table lighters. For reasons unknown to myself A.S.R. moved from Brooklyn and discontinued manufacturing lighters in 1954. I'm offering a rare 1st Design A.S.R. Ascot. These lighters were made in 3 designs ihe original design was created in Dec 1945 and patent applied for on Dec 19th 1945. In February 1946 a design flaw became evident and a second design was created and a patent amendment application was submitted. The original design flaw was the location of the snuffer and ignition release button. Located on the sleeve in the original design and moved to the lighter on the second and third design. Few of these 1st Design lighters were produced and far fewer were retained because of their malfunction (failure to open and ignite). The first and second designs had 3 slots cut on both sides near the wick. The 3rd 1948 design did not. I revised this listing because I have found several others available on eBay and they are apparently not quite as rare as I originally thought. However, to date I have not seen any Second Edition models available. Mechanically: This one actually works, for how long I don't know. Cosmetics, see pics. I'm a old man and I buy, refurbish and sell lighters on eBay as a hobby. Something to occupy my time. I don't knowingly make false representations. Please complete all purchases on a Saturday or Sunday before 3PM CST. All of my packages are picked up on Sunday afternoons. Combined shipping is based on weight. Multiple purchases, please keep in cart and request a combined shipping invoice. I am disabled and my Son does all my postage for me. He picks up packages on Sundays and mails them the following week, rarely later than Thursday. Printing lables doesn't mean actual receipt by USPS. I DO NOT DO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!
Price: 125 USD
Location: Red Oak, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-02T20:11:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: A.S.R.
Type: Petrol
Color: Silver
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
