S.T. Dupont Windproof Lighter — Chrome

The S.T. Dupont Windproof in chrome is a soft-flame lighter built to do the one thing a soft flame usually cannot: stay lit in moving air. The maison's phrase is "a flame resistant to drafts". The body is zamac, brushed chrome, with black bumpers at each corner cut in the diamond head guilloché and a graduated fuel window down one side. It is the lighter for counsel who prefer the manners of a soft flame and smoke on a porch.

It is not a torch. The flame is yellow and it toasts a cigar the traditional way; it simply declines to go out on a terrace. The maison does not publish how — the burner sits recessed behind three vents in the photographs, and the maison's own line is that the lighter is "designed to adapt efficiently and easily to all winds". That is the maker's claim; we pass it on with its quotation marks, having not yet tested it in a gale.

At 2.6 by 1.8 inches and 2.6 ounces it is a pocket lighter, sized for a cigar or a cigarette. It takes the maison's black butane refill and ships empty.

Specifications

• Maker: S.T. Dupont
• Model: Windproof
• Flame: Soft (yellow) flame, draught-resistant — not a torch
• Material: Zamac
• Finish: Chrome body; black bumpers with diamond head guilloché
• Fuel window: Graduated window on the side
• Dimensions: 2.6 × 1.8 in (67 × 45 mm)
• Weight: 2.6 oz (75 g)
• Fuel: Butane; S.T. Dupont black refill (ref. 000430); ships unfueled
• Warranty: Two years from S.T. Dupont, plus our Thirty-Day Assurance

Questions we are asked

Is it a torch? No. It is a soft flame engineered to resist wind. If you want the blue jet, the Maxijet is the maison's torch in this register.

Cigar or cigarette? The maison lists it for both. A soft flame toasts a cigar slowly and evenly; on a very wide foot it takes patience, as any soft flame does.

What fuel does it take? Any triple-refined butane will light it; the maison specifies its own black refill (ref. 000430) for the torch models. It ships empty, as every lighter we sell does.

What is the window for? Fuel level. The graduations show how much butane is left, which is the difference between a lighter that fails on the ninth fairway and one that was filled the night before.

Deciding between cutters, lighters, humidors, and ashtrays? Read A Cigar, Counselor?.

Built for the porch with a soft flame. For a true torch, see the Maxijet; for the same lighter in black, the Windproof in black; for the soft flame in lacquer and brass for the study, the Ligne 2.

Barrister & Bespoke Curated Collection — hand-selected from S.T. Dupont, the Paris maison that has made leather cases since 1872 and lighters since 1941, for its craftsmanship and fit within our world. Curated pieces carry their maker's own identity rather than ours; our house collection, designed and branded exclusively for Barrister & Bespoke, is marked separately throughout the shop.

Why we carry it. S.T. Dupont began where we did. Simon Tissot-Dupont opened a Paris workshop in 1872 making document cases, briefcases, and travel trunks for diplomats and businessmen — objects whose quality lived in hinges, locks, frames, and fittings. The lighter, four decades on, was the same discipline applied to a smaller object. The workshop has been at Faverges in the Haute-Savoie since 1924, took in its first master lacquerer in 1935, and holds the French state's Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant designation for living heritage craft. We sell leather cases for a living. So did they, first.

Warranty. This Product carries S.T. Dupont's two-year warranty against manufacturing defects, and Barrister & Bespoke's own Thirty-Day Assurance for the first thirty days after delivery. Lighters ship unfueled. Full terms, including how to make a claim, are stated in our Warranty Policy.

Returns. A lighter may be returned within thirty days if it is unused and in its original packaging. Every lighter ships unfueled; once butane has been added it is Final Sale and cannot be returned or exchanged, except where it arrives damaged, defective, or materially different from its description. Full terms are in our Returns & Exchanges Policy.