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emeritus · 28th Oct 2016, 8:09 pm

I had the opposite experience with a (cheap HK) 1970's screwdriver torch: the screwdriver blades disintegrated under mild force, but I kept the handle in the car for use as a torch: no hot-spot like a conventional torch with a prefocussed bulb, so better for map reading.

28th Oct 2016, 8:09 pm	#32
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,345	Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them? I had the opposite experience with a (cheap HK) 1970's screwdriver torch: the screwdriver blades disintegrated under mild force, but I kept the handle in the car for use as a torch: no hot-spot like a conventional torch with a prefocussed bulb, so better for map reading.