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Exhibit 10.a

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT
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     THIS AGREEMENT, dated July 7, 2004, is made between RONSON CORPORATION, a
New Jersey corporation, whose address is Corporate Park III, Campus Drive, P.O.
Box 6707, Somerset, New Jersey 08875, referred to as the "Company," and CARL W.
DINGER, III, whose address is P.O. Box 150, Green Village, New Jersey 07935,
referred to as the "Consultant."

     1. Consultation Services. In order to obtain for the Company the
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consultation services, advice and experience, and for other good and sufficient
consideration, the Company hereby engages the Consultant to serve as an advisor
for business matters as provided herein. For such purpose, the Consultant will,
consistent with his business schedule and availability, and at the specific
request of the Company's President and Chief Executive officer or his designee
from time to time, consult with and advise the Company with regard to affairs of
the Company.

     2. Term of Agreement. This agreement will begin on July 8, 2004, and will
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expire thirty-six (36) months thereafter (the "Designated Term"). The Company
may nonetheless cancel this agreement at any time on sending written notice to
the Consultant, but no such cancellation shall reduce or otherwise affect the
obligation of the Company to pay the Consultant the full amount of his
consulting fees for the full term thereof.

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     3. Services To Be Performed. Services to be performed by the Consultant
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hereunder shall be at the specific written request, from time to time, of the
Company's President and Chief Executive Officer or his designee in writing. The
services may include, among others, the services described on attached Exhibit
A.

     4. Place Where Services Will Be Rendered. The Consultant may perform
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services in accordance with this contract in person or by telephone and at such
location or locations as mutually agreed to by the Consultant and the Company's
President and Chief Executive Officer or at such locations as shall be
reasonably required to perform the required services.

     5. Payment to  Consultant. The Company will pay the Consultant for his
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services hereunder in thirty-six (36) equal monthly installments of $7,000 each,
beginning on July 8, 2004. The Company may, if it so desires, prepay any sums
due or to become due to the Consultant hereunder without discount for early
payment. The Consultant will also be paid for extraordinary travel, living and
other expenses if approved in advance by the Company.

     6. Independent Contractor. Both the Company and the Consultant agree that
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the Consultant will act as an independent contractor in the performance of
duties under this contract. Accordingly, the Consultant shall be responsible for
payment of all taxes including Federal, State and local taxes arising out of the
Consultant's activities in accordance with this contract, including by way of
illustration but not limitation, Federal and State income tax,

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Social Security tax, Unemployment Insurance taxes, and any other taxes or
business license fees as required.

     7. Covenants of Consultant. The Consultant covenants to the Company as
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follows:

        (a) Unless Consultant obtains the prior written consent of the Company,
Consultant will not, directly or indirectly, own, manage, be employed or engaged
by, operate or control any other business (i) competitive with the lighter,
flame products, surface protectants, penetrant sprays, cleaning products, or
aircraft sales, leasing or services business of the Company anywhere in the
world or (ii) using or claiming rights to the Ronson brand name and mark,
whether or not they then are owned or controlled by the Company.

        (b) Consultant will not directly or indirectly make known or divulge to
any person, firm, corporation or other entity the names, addresses and
information about any of the suppliers, customers, consultants or Directors and
Officers of the Company not otherwise in the public domain, having become in the
public domain by means other than disclosure by the Consultant. The parties
mutually agree not to disparage the other, their corporate affiliates or
employers or directors, officers or partners of any of them.

        (c) Any information not in the public domain learned or received by the
Consultant during any furtherance of the Consultant's obligations in accordance
with this contract, or otherwise known to or learned by Consultant, which
concerns the personal, financial, business, legal or other affairs of the
Company or its Directors and officers, will be treated by the Consultant in full
confidence and will

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not be revealed or confirmed to any other persons, firms or organizations unless
such matters have been made public other than by the Consultant.

        (d) These matters in paragraph 7(a)-7(c) are important and material to
this agreement and to the success of the Company. Any breach of any of the
provisions of these paragraphs is a material breach of this agreement, for which
Consultant may be enjoined and assessed damages in accordance with law. If the
consultant is held by final judicial order to have breached this agreement, the
Consultant shall pay reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the Company arising
out of the breach and in enforcing its rights hereunder. If Consultant shall
prevail by final judicial order in any such proceeding, the Company shall pay
the reasonable attorneys' fees therein of the Consultant.

     8. Consultant, for himself and his affiliates (as defined in the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933 as amended), associates, family and family-related
business entities, covenants and represents that, during the Designated Term, he
and they shall not trade or purchase or sell, or trade, beneficially or
otherwise, directly or indirectly, the stock of the Company, except as agreed to
by the Company in writing.

     9. Law. This agreement shall be construed and governed under the laws of
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the State of New Jersey without regard to the conflicts of law provisions
thereof.

     10. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by the Company of any term or the breach
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of any provision of this agreement by the Consultant shall not operate or be
construed as a waiver of any

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subsequent breach by the Consultant or the
subsequent enforcement of any such term which may not constitute a breach.

     11. Integration. This agreement expresses the entire agreement of the
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parties as to the subject matter hereof and any other or prior agreements with
regard thereto shall be, and are deemed, fully merged herein. No amendment to
this agreement shall be binding unless it is in writing and signed by each of
the parties hereto.

     12. Signatures. Both the Company and the Consultant agree to the above
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contract.

     13. Counterparts. This Agreement shall become effective when signed by each
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party or when counterpart signatures pages have been exchanged, by facsimile or
by hand, between the parties.

                                           RONSON CORPORATION

                                           By: Louis V. Aronron II
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                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                           Louis V. Aronron II

                                               /s/CARL W. DINGER, III
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                                              CARL W. DINGER, III

                                       8Exhibit 10.b

                                  STOCK OPTION
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     This option granted on July 7, 2004 is hereby given by Carl W. Dinger III,.
having a mailing address at P.O. Box 150, Green Village, New Jersey 07935
("CWD") to Ronson Corporation, a New Jersey corporation having an office at
Corporate Park III, Campus Drive, P.O. Box 6707, Somerset, NJ ("Ronson").

     1. DEFINITIONS. The following words shall have the following meanings, for
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the purpose of this Option:

        (a) "Optioned Stock" shall mean all of the shares of common stock of
Ronson or convertible preferred stock of Ronson now owned beneficially or of
record by CWD, constituting 480,167 shares, as listed on the attached Exhibit A
and all other shares of common stock of Ronson hereafter acquired by CWD until
the Expiration Date, as extended from time to time.

        (b) "Closing Date" shall mean the date upon which Ronson exercises the
option and pays the Purchase Price for the shares purchased hereunder.

     2. OPTION, TERM AND TIME OF EXERCISE. CWD, for and in consideration of the
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sum of $10 in hand paid to him by Ronson, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, and the other consideration to be paid to him as set forth herein,
hereby gives and grants to Ronson an irrevocable -option to purchase the
optioned Stock at the Purchase Price, on the terms and by the method of exercise
provided below. This Option may be exercised only in whole at any time, provided
that it

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must be exercised, if at all, on or before the Expiration Date, as defined
herein. For the purposes hereof, the Expiration Date shall be the date which is
the third anniversary date of the date hereof.

     3. OPTION PRICE. In order to maintain this Option in full force and effect,
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Ronson shall pay to CWD, on July 8, 2004 and on the same day of each month
hereafter during the term of this Option, until the Option has been exercised
and the Purchase Price paid, the sum of $4,000 per month until the Expiration
Date on July 7, 2007. If the option is exercised and the purchase price paid
during any month, the Option Price for such month shall be appropriately reduced
on a prorated basis. If Ronson fails to timely make any such option payment, and
such failure continues for a period of 15 business days, but only after the
receipt of written notice to such effect from CWD, this Option, together with
such other remedies, if any, as may be available, may be terminated by CWD by
sending written notice to such effect to Ronson, whereupon this Option shall
terminate and be of no further force or effect, and the shares shall be returned
to CWD in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 6 hereof.

     4. PURCHASE PRICE. The Purchase Price of the Optioned Stock shall be Six
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Dollars and Fifty Cents ($6.50) per share until the Expiration Date (i.e., July
7, 2007), adjusted for stock dividends, if any, issued during the Option Period.

     5. TIME, PLACE AND METHOD OF EXERCISING-OPTION. Ronson shall give CWD
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written notice of exercise of this option at least 15 business days before the
Closing Date, which date shall be designated in the notice of exercise. The
place of closing this Option shall be

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at the office of Falk & Jaffe, P.C., attorneys for Ronson, 843 Rahway Avenue,
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095, or such other mutually acceptable location of
Ronson set forth above. At the Closing, Ronson shall tender and pay to CWD the
entire .Purchase Price of the Optioned Stock which is the subject of the notice
of exercise.

     6. RESTRICTED ACCOUNT. Upon the execution of this agreement, and upon the
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acquisition by CWD of any additional shares of Ronson stock, CWD shall cause the
Optioned Stock to be transferred to a restricted account or accounts at a
brokerage firm or firms (the "Broker") reasonably satisfactory to Ronson, under
an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Ronson and CWD,
which provides that the shares are to be held by the Broker and transferred only
pursuant to the terms of this Option. CWD shall promptly notify Ronson in
writing of the identity of the Broker and supply Ronson with a copy of CWD's
proposed agreement with his Broker. In the event CWD has not established or
maintained such restricted accounts prior to the due date of any option payment,
Ronson shall be entitled to withhold such option payments until the restricted
accounts have been established or reestablished, during which time all of the
other provisions of this Option shall remain binding. At such time as Ronson
shall have exercised the Option and paid the purchase price for the purchased
shares, Ronson shall so notify the Broker, in writing, and shall forward a copy
of such notice to CWD, whereupon the shares shall be promptly delivered by the
Broker to Ronson's registrar and transfer company to be registered in the name
of Ronson or its assignee or otherwise in accordance with Ronson's written
instructions

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to the Broker set forth in such notice. In the event the optioned stock has not
been purchased by Ronson or its assignee as provided herein at the time of the
termination of this option, the Optioned Stock so unpurchased shall be released
from restrictions and returned to CWD.

     7. PROXY COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST. CWD hereby grants to Ronson or the
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designees of its Board of Directors an irrevocable proxy to vote the Optioned
Stock for a period of thirty-six (36) months from the date of this Agreement.
CWD shall also cause any record holder of all or any portion of the Optioned
stock to. grant an irrevocable proxy with respect thereto to the designees of
Ronson's Board of Directors. Such proxies will be irrevocable, given in
connection with this option agreement, and are and shall be deemed, for all
purposes, to be coupled with an interest. Notwithstanding the first two
sentences of this Paragraph 7, CWD shall remain free to vote his shares of
common stock which are entitled to be voted, against any offer to acquire
Ronson, even if Ronson's Board of Directors has recommended the approval of such
offer.

     8. PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES.
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        (a) CWD covenants and agrees that during the term. hereof neither he nor
his affiliates (as such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended and the regulations thereunder), nor his associates, family or family
related business entities will directly or beneficially sell, purchase or trade
in the stock of Ronson.

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        (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, CWD may acquire additional
shares of Ronson common stock, provided however, CWD shall not purchase
additional stock if his direct or beneficial holdings of Ronson common stock
would exceed 11.990 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of Ronson
common stock.

        (c) The Company shall not exercise the option in a manner which would
cause liability to be imposed on CWD under Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., for the first six months after a given purchase).

        (d) Any present or subsequent employer of CWD will not be active in the
shares of stock of Ronson except in those customer accounts where such shares
are transferred and subsequently sold in the normal course of such employer's
activities as an investment advisor or broker-dealer.

     9. NOTICES. All notices under this agreement shall be sent by registered or
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certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the
parties at their respective addresses set forth above or to such other addresses
as they may further designate by notice in writing, with a copy to Kenneth B.
Falk, Esq., Falk & Jaffe, P.C., 843 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095.

     10. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Option contains all of the undertakings made
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with respect hereto by CWD.

     11. ASSIGNMENT BY RONSON. This Option may be freely assigned by Ronson by a
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written assignment or conveyance signed by Ronson, provided, however, that no
assignment or conveyance

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by Ronson, other than by operation of law, shall create any liability against
CWD unless a duplicate original of the assignment or conveyance containing a
substitute address for sending notices to Ronson's assignee is delivered to CWD.

     12. GOVERNING LAW. This agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
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governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey.

     13. BINDING EFFECT. This agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
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benefit of CWD and Ronson and their respective legal representatives,
successors, and assigns.

     14. HEADINGS. Headings in this agreement are for convenience and reference
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only and are not deemed to be a part thereof.

     15. NON-WAIVER. No delay or failure by either party to exercise any right
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hereunder, and no partial or single exercise of such rights, shall constitute a
waiver of that or any other right, unless otherwise expressly provided herein.

     16. COUNTERPARTS. This option may be executed in one or more signed copies,
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each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

     17. TIME OF ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF CWD has set his hand this ____ day of _________,
2004.

                                                     CARL W. DINGER, III

ACCEPTED:

RONSON CORPORATION

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By:
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         President and Chief
         Executive Officer

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Option Holder:

Ronson Corporation
Louis V. Aronson II
President and Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Park III, Campus Drive
P.O. Box 6707 Somerset, New Jersey 08875

Option Grantor:

Carl W. Dinger III
P.O. Box 150
Green Village, New Jersey  07935

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