The Sound when the lighter is opened should be a pleasant lasting sound, in my experience the Ping sound dulls with use.This is a short guide on how to quickly determine if your S.T.Dupont Linge (Line) 2 Lighter is authentic.
There are also counterfeit Gatsby lighters I have seen on Ebay as well. Usually persons selling have little to no feedback, 100 points or less. A lot are from China, but it isnt hard to setup an account to make it look like your somewhere your not. Also the selling party might not even realize that the lighter is a fake, the Line 2 counterfeit lighters look exactly like real ones, depending on modeldesign being counterfeited. If it looks the the numbers are lined up perfectly, if they are engraved, its fake. ST Dupont stamps their lighters with numbers not aligned in a straight line, some numbers looking higher or lower then others. Counterfeited line 2 have serials engraved in a straight line. Even if your lighter doesnt look like one of the lighters pictured below it still could be fake. Fakes change on a regular basis to try to keep up with ST Dupont. Top gold lighter is Authentic, bottom silver color is FAKE Serial should never start with 4FK as fakes many do. Some new Fake ST Duponts now have a Chinese lacquer leaf on the bottom. If you compare to a leaf from an authentic ST Dupont, it differs. Sampt Dupont Lighters S Manuals Are DifferentThe Instruction manuals are different in color then the Genuine instructions. The insert in the gift boxes have sharply raised angled edges, genuine boxes have only very slightly raised edges, almost hard to notice in most pictures. Also you can notice the color difference, though my camera isnt perfect when representing true color. All pictures the box to the left is genuine Counterfeit Line 2 lighters are heavier then real ones. Genuine) (Fake) If there is no paint underneath the Cap for the refill valve, its almost definitely fake, though its possible to be a replacement with no color dot. All Line 2 Lighters have a yellow paint dot underneath the cap of the refill valve representing to use the gold Dupont Butane refill can (see picture below). If it comes with a brass butane adapter (unless it screws in) its probably Counterfeit. You should need to screw in the butane canister refill, and we (as well as ST Dupont) recommend to only use Dupont Butane gas in ALL ST Dupont Lighters. If your LINE 2 cap doesnt look like the one to the RIGHT, ITS FAKE. Its also possible for the paint to have chipped off inside the cap, but if that has happened, you should be able to find some pieces of the paint in the cap. Real S.T. Line 2 lighters now retail for over 700, most 900 retail. If selling party calls it anything but ST Dupont then its probably a fake lighter.
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