thanks guys for the posts. i did a bit more google searching after i looked at the lighter on the ruby site.

i noticed my lighter bears incredibly similar features to the IMCO "Triplex" Lighter. that lighter made since 1918 in austria, and apparently, is still made today.. so maybe that's why you recognized it.

here's a pic.



so i guess the fox is either a special edition of the imco, or an imco lookalike. sadly, it doesn't give me much hope of how old it is, if it's still potentially being made :-/.