Solid wick lighter

In a two-piece lighter,

• a. a solid, one-piece, refractory, fire-resistant receptacle, and
• b. a fire-resistant, one-piece solid porous wick freely downwardly received in the receptacle and seated thereon below the wick to adsorb liquid fuel poured into the receptacle and over the wick, the wick defining at least one longitudinally extending carburetion channel which has open ends and also opens upwardly, and a plurality of vertical through openings located directly below said channel and being spaced lengthwise thereof to receive said liquid fuel and to support combustion in said channel, the width of the channel exceeding the widths of said openings,
• c. whereby controlled combustion of said fuel takes place on and over said wick.