Vintage Lieberman-style Cigarette Roller

[deluxestogie]

I own one of these. It's somewhere, but I have not seen it for years. The photo above is from an expired antique sales listing.

This Brown and Williamson cigarette roller cost about $6, back in 1971, when I was smoking cigarettes. Replacement, coated canvas mats were available for $1 each. Mine never required replacement. It was intended for use with rectangular, gummed cigarette papers. It always worked easily and quickly. Back then, home-rolled cigarettes simply didn't have filters, and "tubes" were still a twinkle in some engineer's eye.

My purpose for posting the photo is that the geometry and concept are the same as for a blunt, cigarillo or cigar roller. And notice that the mat is replaced by sliding out the long pins at either end of the base. The only downside of this design is that you can't stuff it in your pocket.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I own one of these. It's somewhere, but I have not seen it for years. The photo above is from an expired antique sales listing.

This Brown and Williamson cigarette roller cost about $6, back in 1971, when I was smoking cigarettes. Replacement, coated canvas mats were available for $1 each. Mine never required replacement. It was intended for use with rectangular, gummed cigarette papers. It always worked easily and quickly. Back then, home-rolled cigarettes simply didn't have filters, and "tubes" were still a twinkle in some engineer's eye.

My purpose for posting the photo is that the geometry and concept are the same as for a blunt, cigarillo or cigar roller. And notice that the mat is replaced by sliding out the long pins at either end of the base. The only downside of this design is that you can't stuff it in your pocket.

Bob

Years ago, I saw a cigarette roller in an antique store that took 12" papers. There was an old pack of these 12" papers included. You then cut the cigarette into shorter sticks.

 

[Yultanman]

With your advice that i didnt require as much leverage i morphed my design into this. I

 

[deluxestogie]

Very nice.

Bob

EDIT: The circular panels on the lever arm of the antique one serve to prevent shred from falling out the sides.