.: Art Deco Smokers Set by Ronson, c.1935 :.

Ronson cigarette box set with cedar lined double cigarette boxes in cream and tortoise shell enamel. An 'Octette' Touch-Tip-Lighter is placed in center.

The Ronson Touch-Tip Lighter Mechanism was patented in 1935 by Louis V. Aronson. The no. of the patent is 1,986,754. The graphics of the anatomy of the lighter are based on the Ronson Touch-Tip Oval which production started in 1937 in the US. The Urban Cummings book lists 83 Touch Tips, many in various finishes, and all beautiful works of art.

 

 

 

The most popular of the touch-tip range was though the Ronson Octette. The Octette was designed by Ronson`s chief designer at the time, Frederick Kaupman, and it was the first Touch Tip lighter. Made from 1935. Hight 3-5/8" or 92 mm.

This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson T-T series of lighters which pushed out the strike lighters from the market.

 During the years the 'Octette' model changed slightly: at the beginning it was manufactured with a rectangular cover over the flint wheel and a round-shaft wand. Since the 1942 the cover over the flint wheel was half circled and the wand had a square shaft and a tapered cone knob.

source: Table lighters collectors' guide