Napoleon 24k gold - Giant table lighter - Restoration

Here is a new video !!
This is a vintage giant table lighter showing Napoleon III on a coin.
It was in bad shape, very oxidized, white vinegar was very helpful on copper !
It's the first time I do 24k gold plating, it wasn't easy but I'm happy with the outcome...
Please watch till the end to see this vintage giant lighter in action !
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[@spencerwarren8302]

Very satisfying watching the plating take place, not every day I see someone painting and electroplating successfully, most attempts I've seen haven't gone well, super impressed it came out looking so nice!

[@christophermason6739]

4!Aaron

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👌👍🙏

[@Jon-O.]

Yeah copper not gold

[@Jon-O.]

@@James-to7pi exactly the color that was before he gold plated it, gold plating regardless of the karat rating of the solution is gold plating that don't Make that lighter 24 karate gold. Whatever the metal is behind the plating is what your going to get the value of that's what is solid metal not the gold plating, whether it be nickle or copper. Gold plating has no value because there so little of the plated metal actually their. The solution has a karate rating the second you plate it the karate rating is gone oops.

[@tonytony6945]

Wtf is everyone saying it is so satisfying!?! When did everyone get a mass program to say this? It's so weird

[@nobuckle40]

If the person or company that made this lighter was still around, they would love the restoration that you have done. Bravo! Bravo!

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍👌🙏

[@fandoria09]

It's a Zippo. The company still exists

[@nobuckle40]

@@fandoria09 Coolest Zippo I've ever seen! Thanks.

[@fandoria09]

@Doug Commons my mother's father had one that he kept on a shelf that was the 1976 - 1986 bicentennial. He never used it.

[@joearnold6881]

@@fandoria09 zippo was founded in the 1930s Napoleon III was thrown out of France in 1870. In disgrace. For several decades after you’d still have imperialists owning lighters like that, hoping for their incompetent version of the OG Empreur to return. It’s not a zippo. They didn’t invent that style of lighter. They copied an already common design.

[@BigToeJohnDoe]

Love the fact there’s no weird music.. great job

[@Aparecida1289]

Me too...

[@samanthadean1083]

I’m going to guess that this was more of a status symbol than an everyday use item… Fantastic job on the restoration!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot Samantha !! 😌🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👌🙏👍

[@svengieszler3317]

@@TheFabrik ,, Osmium '' Rarest precious metal on Earth

[@CalTxDude]

That is one of the most remarkable restoration transformations I've ever seen!!! Beautiful job!

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you ! 🙌

[@georgebrown8312]

Amazing job restoring that giant lighter. The cleaning and plating with nickel and gold are fantastic, and it works like new as well. Great work.

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you !! 🙌

[@lalitmjoshi3407]

Out of the world restoration. Must say even the original maker would have been proud to have seen this. Many many congratulations.

[@TheFabrik]

Wow, glad to hear that ! thank you very much😊🙌

[@stefanschneider3681]

I have written before how much I appreciate your work, both the skills of restoration as well as the filming / editing is always perfect. But here I would like to give a HUGE round of applause to the company or the person that created the original! What a beautiful piece of art!

[@TheFabrik]

Many thanks Stefan 😌🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏👍👌

[@jlivewell]

Wow. If you gave me a million years…I would not have dreamt of a table lighter. And even if I did…it would not have been this big. Great restoration.

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you !!! 😌👍

[@reuben9213]

You never cease to amaze me with your patience , skill and the ability to see what your items can be . I'm very impressed . Thank you 👍

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you !!! 🙌

[@Aven-Sharma1991]

These old antiques need to be brought back, archived and indexed to remember history and recreate it when we want

[@lysgauty1]

Bravo je ne connaissais pas ce grand modèle de briquet napoléon 3

[@hightechzone1938]

you are Genius, very rare person you are , tooo good your work , ✌🏻👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@hafeth6093]

The old industries are priceless artifacts and they are a great scientific and engineering product. And this maintenance I have done is a great genius thought that restores the glories of the ancestors who served humanity with these wonderful innovations. Greetings and respect to you...

[@Survivalguy]

Looks 99% better. I was a jeweler apprentice and if I handed that over to my teacher he would have made me do it again without all the micro scratches. Some are very noticeable. You seem to repeat that in your other videos. I made my first gold band and thought it was perfect and handed to my teacher waiting to hear Great JOB! instead he said start over, you are not actually looking into it. I put the loop back on and saw what he was saying. I see everything now. God Bless You Douglas Glenn! Sadly he passed. Best jeweler I have ever seen.

[@timmermansj1300]

Those scratches where bothering me as well

[@Survivalguy]

@@timmermansj1300 I'm a perfectionist..If I was paying for that Restoration I would want a refund.

[@gregmiller9710]

i can appreciate this..i've restored several table lighters along with pocket lighters...the smaller they are the harder they are to do...

[@TheFabrik]

Glad you enjoyed it mate 😉

[@amanekabbaj]

Thé way we see the gold literally come shining through is amazing!

[@NoisieBastrdd]

this is so satisfying to watch

[@dormindont1]

Очень красивая зажигалка! Хорошая работа!

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👌👌🙏👍

[@josephroccasalvo7656]

I take great joy in your consummate rehabilitation. It is akin to my editing my prose and poetry to their gleaming essence. You are the forerunner. I would watch you any time of day. More of the same, please.

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot Joseph 🙌

[@alanharney5278]

Sweet! Break out the Gauloises! Thanks Mr. Fabrik.

[@TheFabrik]

🚬😛 thank you!

[@CoolAgainRestoration]

Napoleon would be proud of you 😅

[@TheFabrik]

Haha thanks a lot mate 😌🙏

[@zepzepzep4503]

Napoleon the 3rd (and not the first) would be proud... In 1870, Napoleon the first died 50 years ago... Very good job though 😊👏

[@KP-oe8sk]

Great job on the Cigar Lighter. Nice you saved it from being lost forever.

[@clarkkent2047]

Youre way too underrated, great job as usual!

[@TheFabrik]

Oh thanks a lot !!😌🙌

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

No worries, I called Jesus(Susan) and he’s adjusting his “rating”.

[@quietquitter6103]

Underrated how?

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍👍🙏👌

[@kamelkhamari29]

الأشياء القديمة باهظة الثمن عمل ممتاز👍👍

[@mohamedlsani4907]

May God bless you dear brother and grant you success in your work and life

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you ! 🙏

[@bulletproofair]

Would love to light a cigar from that big flame! Great work!

[@TapscottJ]

You can watch this video while listening to “you light up my life”. Lol. Great job! I do prefer the trains, but always super awesome to see such meticulous work! Thank you!

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot Mathew !! 🙌

[@denised8489]

So satisfying seeing something so beautiful brought back to life! Absolutely beautiful!

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👌👌👍🙏

[@Nefertiti0403]

You find the neatest objects ❤🎉

[@elcunto7623]

Wow you must find that extremely satisfying! Incredible painstaking work and craftsmanship in action. Really enjoyed this!

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍🙏🙏👌

[@timescalante4410]

I think this is my most favorite restoration so far great job

[@paulorth2251]

At first glance I thought it was a carnival prize of some sort but your restoration proved me wrong. Many kudos for your skills. Thanks for sharing. 😁👍🇺🇸

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot Paul 😃🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏👍👌👌🙏

[@boarbot7829]

Your house is lovely.

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you ! 😌🙏

[@ghaznavi1951]

JUST FANTASTIC AND PROFESSIONAL JOB DONE.

[@swiatowidciesslak6249]

Wow! That thing is huge.

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you 🙌

[@swiatowidciesslak6249]

@@TheFabrik You're very welcome.

[@johnkelley9877]

What a transformation! Your work is simply outstanding. Thanks for sharing this.

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks again John 😉🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏🙏👍👌

[@traceyhill4929]

what a transformation.....very impressed...beautiful..bravo bravo

[@MRB1157]

If only the Second Empaire was really that golden. Great job.

[@larryfreestone6135]

That gold plating put me in ASMR heaven!

[@user-zl3ee8vp4q]

너무 멋지고 아름다워요!

[@arturoaaguilarperez1200]

WELL DONE. THANKS.

[@glengreen362]

I wonder how many after dinner cigars and cigarettes had been lit by this marvelous piece of kitsch art in its day. It could easily adorn a movie set for a movie like "The Great Gatsby" or something similar to that. Millionaire tycoons with a brandy or port in one hand and a cigar in the other. It just inspires dreams of opulence.

[@Lentuttle]

Spot-on! Weird, though, I've never known Napolean to have a mustache and goatee...?

[@TheZombieman87]

Napoleon III did.

[@achtamarachtamar7382]

Это было волнительно. Опять не угадала, что вы реставрируете. Потом переживала, что у вас не получится, но, когда я увидела,что вам удалось сохранить функциональность и это тоже зажигалка, я поняла, что у вас уже две зажигалки. Рождается новая коллекция зажигалок! Это прекрасно! Как говорится, с Богом, в добрый час! Спасибо.

[@constitution_8939]

I Love watching the detailed process and the simple drilling out of the seized flint with the right size drill bit that has to be smaller than the interior hollow of the spring tube inside diameter but if that small bit wasn't on hand you could have clipped 1/8th to 1/4 of the threaded tube off as a last resort but the right tool for the job is Always ideal. I initially thought the whole casing was solid 24k gold until I started the video and knew there was No gold there but was only nickel but was perfect for you to plate with gold and another Fantastic restoration. I'm thankful that you identify the different solvents including the baking soda that has many other uses than for just baking bread and other foods, it has industrial uses to.

[@twycross3]

I have a chemistry question about cleaning the sponge with baking soda + white vinegar. Baking soda is a mild base and white vinegar is a mild acid. When the 2 components come together you get a new compound that isn't basic or acid (if added in the correct proportions). Sodium acetate. So my question is, does sodium acetate remove old oil deposits or did TheFabrik want the solution slightly acid to clean the sponge without destroying it? A base reacts with oils well but I thought I saw rust deposits in the sponge as well. If your trying to remove the rust deposits then the acid is a good choice. Was he cleaning both or was this a completely neutralized solution of sodium acetate to react with old deposits in the sponge?

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍🙏👌👍👍

[@Asubuhi]

Great Job. You saved a wonderful antique Tablelighther.👍😎🥰🥰❤️

[@arunreddy9123]

Hats off to the creater & re-creacter

[@arunreddy9123]

Amazing work

[@iracisouzacastro1545]

Que peça belíssima ! Trabalho perfeito ! Parabéns !

[@gertcoetzee7778]

Yikes!,is that the jolly green giant's great-great granpa's zippo/candle?😂😁

[@matthewhahn1132]

Wow gold

[@LVA_1_1_1]

Какие красивые вещи. И ваш труд- это волшебство. Спасибо за возвращение красоты.

[@joelex7966]

Very nice! What surprises me is that so much detail survived the process

[@boarbot7829]

The plating is so insanely thin.

[@gianluigimarino8264]

Wooowwwww! Beautifull Giant lighter! A grreat Restoration!

[@cdd4248]

You are so skilled and talented which makes me think you love your work! The lighter is beautiful!

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you very much 😌👍🏻

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👌🙏👍👌

[@RingMasterRay]

Nice restoration

[@2degucitas]

What a transformation! The gold doesn't look very bright on top of the nickel, but it's gorgeous!

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot !!! It was my first try 😉🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍👍👌🙏

[@bigsparky65]

Beautiful restoration

[@shawnharris5682]

Very well done. If I could have a lighter like that, I might even consider taking up smoking.

[@TheFabrik]

Haha same here ! 😃🙌

[@turdferguson4124]

I’m really surprised the tank doesn’t leak when the lighter is closed and the tank is turned 90 degrees to horizontal. I guess the wicking material is supposed to hold the fluid and prevent it from weeping out. The key must be to not fill it with too much fluid. It’s an amazing and beautiful piece. The gold plating makes it look spectacular.

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

Super cool! I didn't realize that gold plating isn't really gold it's a color it changes into

[@mohamedsamisami7334]

Good,Job,Lighter

[@albertmartinez6621]

WOW ITS SUCH AMAZING GOOD JOB

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you !!!

[@s88m88h]

Gold doesn't petina or oxidize like that. Great restoration.

[@billiehydrick6417]

This is going to be fantastic 👌, you are amazing talented my friend thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you Billie !! 😃🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏👌🙏

[@Mad9977]

wow very impressive the plating, great result 👍

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍👍🙏👌🙏

[@alexandremeunier2066]

hay quá Phúc ơi, nổi cả da gà luôn nè, thấm vào từng mạch máu

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

I'd love to have that, even though I don't smoke. I could use it to light candles and for decoration, because its so pretty!😁

[@TheFabrik]

😃

[@gabriellehughes3175]

Amazing.

[@kayvee101]

Gorgeous

[@Austeration]

Nice plating 👍 you did an extremely amazing job on that. Considering the state of the out side of the unit at the start I thought the rest was in pretty reasonable condition. Great work 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you !! 😌🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍👍🙏👌

[@mishamurzik]

Perfect work.......

[@نجيببنالتهامي]

تحفة تسلم ايدك يا معلم

[@RJ-nh9hw]

I like the lamp in the background...

[@TheFabrik]

I like it too ;) 70’s era. I don’t remember the brand tho...

[@patrickstoquert1637]

Tout simplement magnifique superbe très beau travail de restauration

[@TheFabrik]

Merci beaucoup Patrick 😌🙌

[@sonianazario1125]

Transformação estupenda

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏👌👍👌

[@tonyloechte9994]

Looks awesome 😎

[@micheleexplorer1161]

Fantastic lightfire e wonderful restoration...! 👏 WOOW

[@1515walker]

Amazing ! A true craftsman. Thank you for sharing.

[@claudineipadia6736]

Really good job, I have a exactly same lighter, but smaller. The problem, is find material similar you had used there. Well Done!

[@kim63delrosario40]

What a beautiful work of art a collectors item! You've done a restoration well.MAGNIFICO! ! !.watching here from tokyo,japan. BANZAI! ! ! .

[@sulai6i]

Great job , thanx for the video .. Welcome all QATAR2022

[@maruja8751]

Quelle belle restauration ! On voit que vous avez eu beaucoup de plaisir à la faire. Bravo, le résultat est magnifique !!!

[@TheFabrik]

Merci beaucoup ! 😉👍🏻

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👍🙏👌👍

[@gellrb56]

Nice job.

[@nftacitzakyeart1698]

Wow amazing rare 😲✌️😎😊😁

[@dirtyhairy8884]

Beautiful work & restoration, looks amazing!!!🔥😍🤩💯👊

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot !! 😃👍🏻

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

👌👌👍👍🙏

[@IrishAnnie]

I don’t smoke, but I can certainly appreciate a great lighter. I remember my grandfather filling his lighter with fluid. I can even remember the smell.

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏👍👌👌

[@janetflint2817]

Woow …well done 👍

[@alfaalfa9764]

That is the most amazing restoration of an item I have ever seen Congratulations

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you ! 🙌

[@duddyadriyanto6722]

Wooowww.....awesome....we don"t have like that in Indonesia...

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot ! We don't have many in France either !!

[@grzegorzlewy4083]

Doskonała, profesjonalna renowacja.

[@davidgreen2379]

It's always something I've never seen before, but now want.....

[@MUSTI_MOROCCO]

Juste magnifique 😍😇🙏🏻

[@sp4bl]

Super cool lighter and restoration. Thanks for the video.

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you ! 😃🙌

[@shaneross3319]

Outstanding

[@mlfp1010]

Congratulaciones!!!

[@ALCE52]

Remarkable and Outstanding Quality workmanship.Tip of the Hat my friend. You are Top Shelf indeed.

[@propheticswordnita3603]

Really nice work

[@TheFabrik]

Thanks a lot !

[@user-nm3jh4ow3y]

So enjoyable and relaxing to watch and listen during this procedure. Thank for filming it. 💯

[@TheFabrik]

Thank you !! 🙌

[@jewellerydesignerartists9353]

🙏👍🙏👌