The new XIKAR Tactical 1 lighter aims to be both fire and rest for your cigar. XIKAR’s newest model is a single-flame torch lighter that uses a 10mm jet element, one that the company says should be 25-50 percent wider than a standard single jet flame.

But that’s not all.

The Tactical 1 also uses a crenelated cap, rounded to serve as a cigar rest. A red fuel window runs across the side of the lighter and the entire bottom of the lighter serves as an adjustment for the flame. Like the Tactical Triple lighter the company launched earlier this year, the Tactical 1 features a removable pocket clip.

It is priced at $69.99 and available in black lacquer, gunmetal, FDE tan/black and gunmetal/black. Quality Importers says the XIKAR Tactical 1 will ship this fall after a debut at the 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.

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