A classic Dunhill lighter, just like Daddy used to use

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“My dad used to take me, in the ’70s, to the store when I used to visit London with him,” recalls Zaim Kamal, Dunhill’s design director for gifts and hard luxury. “He would always say, ‘Let’s go to Dunhill and see what we can find.’ There was always something: a pen, a lighter, cufflinks.” There was still an atmosphere of refinement around smoking in…