Topic: James Bond's lighter
I need to get something off my chest. Feel free to set me straight. Bond used a Ronson lighter. Some web sites identify the Varaflame (introduced in 1957) as the model of lighter he used. But Bond's lighter is first identified in FRWT (1957) and Casino Royale was written before that, so the likelyhood of the Varaflame's being Bond's lighter is zero. "Oxidized" is not a color but a sign of wear, I never thought otherwise.
Don't make reference to "other threads" on this subject, there are no helpful ones. To my mind, the most helpful information would be knowing what Ian Fleming used, since I just saw a short documentary in the Blu-Ray version of Casino Royale that highlights convincingly that Fleming modeled Bond on himself, in the manner of "wishful thinking".