RARE RUGER LIGHTER

[T.A. WORKMAN]

NDIH,
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[44Squatch]

Mr Workman sir, if this is worth a buck fitty, what's the "Robbed from …" lighter worth, roughly?
And how many offered?
And was it a Zippo or different manufacture?

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

"ROBBED FROM BILL RUGER" - 300 made - $400.00-$500.00 - off brand not marked. Radical Rod owns the lighter from Bill Ruger's desk !
That gold wreath lighter that just sold was a steal IMHO, I value mine at $250.00
Terry

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

I don't know if there was another one in Bill Ruger's desk, but I bought a bunch of the stuff that was, and this was the lighter that he had in his desk:

Jack Knode was an exec at Savage and a good friend of Bill Ruger. One of them certainly inspired the other.

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

Bob,
Rod showed me the lighter and a couple of pens that as I understood it came from WBR's desk.
I might be wrong, I'll check with Rod, seeing as he is still not on the forum.

Thanks for sharing the info on Jack Knode, another bit of Ruger collector info.
Terry

 

[44Squatch]

Excellent info TAW and WMG … thank you for your time.
Love these kinda pics and stories

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

I know Rod bought at least one of the lots, including the tooth! He's probably trying to work out how to clone WBR from the internal DNA