A casual collector of vintage pocket knives and lighters picked up what I thought was an odd lighter today, bonus is that it is gun related. Well, much to my surprise when I got back to the shack and looked through my yardsale loot it is not a lighter at all. Rather a Carbide Site Blackener. My goodness, in my limited shooting experience never seen quite such a varmint. The original price tag indicates that it sold for $8.50 in the day, there is no date on the packaging or instruction sheet, but the cartoon man looks maybe '60's? In the 60's that seems a notable amount for a shooting doo-dad. I searched Google, but put in Gunsmoke and you get lots of Festus. The Gun house is long gone. Any help on dating / possible value would be very much appreciated.
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