Very Rare. ASR Ascot Lighter. 1945 Design. Must Read Description. for Sale

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Very Rare. ASR Ascot Lighter. 1945 Design. Must Read Description. For Sale

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Very Rare. ASR Ascot Lighter. 1945 Design. Must Read Description.:
$5000.00

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.

Offering a very rare 1st Design A.S.R. Ascot. These lighters were made in 3 designs ihe original design was created in 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 design. Very few of these 1st Design lighters were produced and far fewer were retained because of their malfunction.

The last picture is of a 3rd design model (not included) with the button on the lighter and the omission of the 3 slots cut into both sides on the 1st two designs.

Mechanically: New cotton waddling and wick. Lights good outside the sleeve, doesn\'t work when inside the sleeve. Reason for the re-design.

Cosmetics, see pics. Unfortunately it has been scribed Anderson Steel Treating, it does take away from cosmetics; but, doesn\'t take away from the history or rarity; in fact, makes it even rarer.

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.

Because of the rarity. I WILL CONSIDER INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!!