I remember my grandfather using this in the early 1950’s to check his chickens.
I have an old 2D Mag that I bought some time in the mid-80’s.
I noticed that old lights unlike old guns or old cars do NOT get better with age! LOL! Could you imagine going to a store and buying one of those old bastards today? If someone tried to sell me a giant tin incandescent light that put out 8 lumins, I believe I would punch them right in the mouth.
That being said, there is a bit of a clown fun factor to these old dinosaurs. They are kind of funny like one of those 1980s huge car phones.
Haha if someone tried to sell them to me, I’d decorate my house with it! You’d have to punch ME in the mouth to get me not to buy it :bigsmile:
The flashlight I have is a small hand held (well, small for the days back then)…today it is sitting proudly on my shelf with my newer lights. There is a story to be told for each old 10 lumen light out there. I agree that some old dinosoars are quite fun looking but that is what gives them character today.
I use to have one of those old green angled 2D military flashlights back when I was a kid (late 60's). It even had a red colored lens. It got lost during one of our many moves. 
I have purchased old-fashioned (but new) incan 2D metal flashlight about $0.50 from a dollar store.
Just because it was the same with my grandfathers light about 30 years ago.
What Exactly constitutes a flashlight? Would an oil lantern count?
I used to have one of those and lost it during one of my moves. It was a hand-me-down from my dad who was in the Air-Force toward the end of the Vietnam conflict. It had the red lens, a solid white 'lens' and a diffuser type lens that was clear with facets molded into it. I wish I still had that light... 
My personal oldest light would be a pretty close tie between:
An old incan light with an adjustable angled head and a molded orange rubber overgrip; it's very large, but still a 2x AA light. This light is packed away in a box and hasn't been used in years...
A late-80s/early-90s Maglite that's been modded into my aspheric thrower.
I’m leaning towards yes on this one.
me too, show some pics 
I still have a pair of 1920’s carbide gas lamps in the cellar. Nickel plated, no chrome!
Next would be a paraffin lamp, probably from the 1940’s, tin layer completely gone; but not rusted through. Thinking about an XM-L lighting up a mirrored cone; powered by 2x 18650 in parallel, with a rheostat)
Then comes a German Army torch, dated 1964 (2D box-type lamp - soon to be modded)
and then, an 1980s era FULTON US-Army torch (would love to mod it to 4x XR-E-R2, with CARCLO TIR lenses and 8xAA NiMH)
Lot of interesting old lights out there! Mine’s a Maglite 6D, bought as a youth around 97-98. It now has a LED bulb, delivers maybe 100 lumens for 165 h.
Well, they’re my grandmothers. I have no idea how old they are. They look old. But I bet they were made after the invent of flashlights.
It would have to be one of the 6D Maglites I got around the time I got my drivers license back in 1984.
I was issued one of those right angle, olive drab lights, complete with a red lens when I was in the Air Force in the early 80s. They also gave us Vietnam era C-rations (second gen MRIs but not the MREs) when we were in the field.
I have a mag from the early 90’s. I did have a light my grandmother owned but tossed it years ago. Makes me cry when I think about it.
The flashlight older I have at home is a Bright Star 2618, (about 1980) works well but do not use it.
It’s amazing how popular the mags were back then, they were considered the untouchables at the time.