Avon "Clint" Coleman Lantern Cologne.

If you know Avon, you know that back through the 70's - 80's they put their Cologne in every conceivable bottle shape known to man. Jeeps, pipes, trains, just Ebay it, its incredible the shapes! They are cheap collectibles now ranging between $5 and $20 I would say for the high end ones. I have been collecting Coleman stoves and lanterns for over a decade, and when I was at a seniors center garage sale I stumbled on my first bottle of "Clint" in a Coleman Decanter. It set me back $0.50.  The Cologne was/is horrible, almost like you are wearing naphtha mixed with splash of Brut, with a swish of sewer water. Well needless to say it became the true "Man" smell among friends. On one occasion of three dudes in a parking lot applying some "Clint", one of my buds refused as it smells so bad. So what did Friend #2 do? He poured it in his hand and slapped Friend #1 in the face when he wasn't looking. Years later I found a unopened bottle with the box at another sale. Thank God, I would hate to run out of my favorite man smell. And look at that graphic, those men are so happy. Happy to be burning their kness standing so close to the fire? The one guy on the left kind of looks like Clint Eastwood, though I think even his coolness couldn't pull this off.  Any other dreaded "man" smells you know aside from the obvious.

Coleman - The Pink Year(s)

 

 

 

 Sometime is in the 50's Coleman had a great idea to come out with a core camping set in pink to market to fashion conscious women who like to camp.  It consisted of the above cooler, stove, lantern, and jug.  What is interesting about this set is that the stove and lantern are some of the only Coleman items that used their LP gas in canisters.  Just in case you don't know, almost all Coleman items of this time period used naphtha, or white gas.  I think that they might have did this so that the women using them could easily refill the stove or lantern just by putting in a cartridge, as apposed to poring fuel, dealing with the tanks pressure, and the initial starting flare up.  Needless to say this set wasn't produced that long, and are some what collectable now...even though you can't find the gas anywhere to use you stove or lantern.   The Lantern is model number 5104, and if anyone has one or the jug, I would love to take these useless things off your hands.

EBAY TIME!!!

Hey Folks, I just threw a Auction up on eBay for a Coleman 321C lantern, it is a Factory refurb, It was made in 1984, and has never been used since the refurb. It come with original box, instructions, and mantles. Even the Globe is the older "Made in USA".

Check it out......Auction Link!