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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY, HISTORICAL TREKKING, AND PERIOD WILDERNESS LIVING.
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015
An Update On Tinder Tubes.
It seems that I may be right about tinder tubes being pipe lighters. I found this image with explanation.
Rural French pipe-smoker’s outfit – late 19th Century.
I think that the block on the tube is a steel, & you can see the end cap & retrieving hook is attached to a piece of flint.
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