Embarking on the restoration journey of a 1921 Clayton and Lambert torch was like stepping into a portal to the past. The torch, weathered and worn, whispered stories of a bygone era. Intrigued by its history, I meticulously dismantled every piece, unveiling its inner workings like a treasure hunter uncovering ancient relics. With tender care, I polished away the decades of grime, revealing the lustrous metal beneath. Clayton and Lambert, a company founded in 1840, pioneered the manufacturing of torches and soldering irons, becoming synonymous with quality craftsmanship. As I pieced the torch back together, I felt a profound connection to the artisans of yesteryears, honoring their legacy by resurrecting this piece of history to its former glory.
As much as I would love to say this was the point of picking up this tourch for the collection, but to be honest, I have been looking for the little hook on top to replace the missing on on my Otto Bernz torch I restored recently. So I picked this up cheap to take the hook, but it did not fit my Bernz torch for as I came to learn this was not a BErnz, it was a C&L! So that meant I just had to restore this one to fit my soldering iron ha! Follow along on my journy through the restoration.
Here are some before shots of how I picked it up.
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Next step was to get it alll appart and into the blaster, to get down to bare metal.
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Now to spend many hours on the wire wheel and buffer, to get everything to polish up to a shine again!
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While blasting it, I found the C&L logo on the bottom of the metal pre heat tray, so this lead me to learing the make of it! I set out to find a logo online, vectorize it, and cut some vinyl to make replacement logos.
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Made from 2 colors cut, and layered to make the logo. NOTE: This is their new logo, and too modern for this torch, the old one looks more like a crown. But I like the look of this one more for this style body.
Here is a video of it complete.
And some finished shots!
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