Tsubota Pearl - Quest Smooth Black Leather Petrol Lighter
A pocket-sized classic from Tokyo. The Quest is a refillable petrol lighter made from start to finish by Tsubota Pearl, a family workshop founded by Hiroshi Tsubota in 1952 whose parts are still produced by small specialist makers around Asakusa in the city's old Shitamachi quarter. This version is wrapped in smooth black leather over a metal body, with a flip-top lid and a traditional flint wheel. The leather is cut and fitted by hand, so no two lighters look exactly alike, and it softens and darkens nicely with use. Refillable petrol (benzine) lighter Smooth black leather wrap, flip-top lid,...
A pocket-sized classic from Tokyo. The Quest is a refillable petrol lighter made from start to finish by Tsubota Pearl, a family workshop founded by Hiroshi Tsubota in 1952 whose parts are still produced by small specialist makers around Asakusa in the city's old Shitamachi quarter.
This version is wrapped in smooth black leather over a metal body, with a flip-top lid and a traditional flint wheel. The leather is cut and fitted by hand, so no two lighters look exactly alike, and it softens and darkens nicely with use.
- Refillable petrol (benzine) lighter
- Smooth black leather wrap, flip-top lid, flint wheel
- Handmade in Tokyo, Japan
- Supplied empty: lighter fluid not included
To use, lift out the inner case and soak the cotton with lighter petrol, then flip the lid and roll the wheel. Top it up every week or two and change the flint when the spark weakens. See here for Tsubota Pearl's maintenance tutorials.