Fire Starter, Butane

Fire Starter, Butane is a guide book for collectors that contains information, diagrams and photos about the two "fire starter, butane" survival lighters (OV-1 and SRU-21/P) that were issued to U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force air crews during and after the Vietnam War. The "fire starter, butane" information in this book covers: nomenclature - including measurements, operation, comparison photos, survival kits and vests these survival lighters were issued in, common miss-conceptions and fairy tales, refueling and re-flinting the OV-1 and SRU-21/P survival lighters. This book contains over 35 color photos and the Patent drawing and the Patent description, filed by Kenneth R. White and John P. Hancock of K-Whit Tools Incorporated, for the SRU-21/P Fire starter, butane.Also included in this book are photos of the "Hot Wet Environment" Survival Kit butane lighter made by Gene W. Gobles and Associates of Escondido CA - that many vets think was a predecessor of the US Air Force SRU-21/P "Fire Starter, Butane" lighter. First Printing May 2017