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haiii !!! made these for u rq :3 i def wanna make more for u, but wanted to get these to u first :3 if u wanna drop another req, and we can get to those another time, that'd be peak :3

~* The Vintage Santa Mug *~ 

👉 prints

👉 t-shirts

Two from my collection of rope/wick lighters are particularly old. Both have French 1911 brass stamps. That makes them antiques at more than 100 years old, but I digress …

In France during that time period, all lighters exported had tax stamps applied. This particular stamp with “1911” was used until about 1916 when the style was changed to more of a dog bone shape. I have some of those, which I’ll share in a future post.

One of these lighters is a traditional rope lighter, also called a sailor lighter. Sometimes they are referred to as “trench lighters” or “foxhole lighters” but I don’t think those names are appropriate for this style. (We can debate that later.) The lighter works by striking the flint like normal but the spark starts the wick smoldering. There is no true flame.

The other one has the rope mechanism but also a fuel reservoir as shown in one of the photos. So it can be used to smolder or to produce a flame.

I have a decent collection of rope lighters acquired from a friend in The Netherlands who bought them as part of a collection. The previous owner lived in a fishing village and my storytelling brain likes to think he traded for them with sailors coming into port. I have no proof of this but it entertains me to consider.

(I need some advice and twitter was no help so im turning to you guys)

I'm making a Pony picker on Picrew

And i want to add this Native American festival horse outfit and a Tissa Horse festival outfit to the ponies. I did my best to stay as true to the real life outfits.

The problem is that i'm not sure if it's appropriate to place these outfits next to other more costume-like outfits such as: cowboy, viking. fairy and a circus? :s

But could I think it could work out, if i added some more normal outfits like a simple horse-blanket and regular saddles? so that it seems more down to earth and authentic?

I don't wanna offend either cultures but it seemed fitting to my picker, since the outfits were made to appreciate horses!