Storm aansteker – Windproof – Rope Lighter

Rope lighters (also known as Sheppard’s or Sailor’s lighter) are billed as windproof lighters. Sailors light their pipe or cigarette when the wind blows strong on the deck of the ship.

What makes it unique is that conventional fuel is not needed, and there is no flame. The method of operation is to strike the attached sparkwheel to create sparks, which are caught on a charred cotton rope, that has been partially withdrawn from a metal tube housing. Once an ember is generated, it is windproof, and is extinguished by retracting the cord back inside the tube and the attached bullit snuffs it out. It’s also an easy way to create a live ember and when combined with tinder, can be coaxed into a flame for starting campfires.