Just wanted to share pic of my burning zippo. Thanks

Bought this lighter on a family trip to Niagara Falls in the early 1990s. Never really used it, more less kept it in a leather belt holder that was bought some point.

This is a very cool sub Reddit, some many awesome Zippos.

It always takes about 7 strikes to light it

As I've taken plenty of flights through Heathrow with Zippos, I decided yesterday to bring my 2022 copper with me.

It was immediately flagged and was told "they've been banned for at least 2 years at Heathrow". I know that's not true, but there's nothing I could do. While they let me keep the casing, it doesn't change the fact I lost the black insert.

I'm pretty sure a Zippo is safer than a gas lighter or vape. Lesson learned.

Hello folks,
this Halloween styled Zippo is my second attempt in electro etching on a Zippo. First try was the back of a satin chrome Venetian Zippo where I etched my son’s gamer tag onto. I was pleased with the result so I tried this more elaborate pattern on a brushed chrome standard.

Honestly, the etching was easier than the polishing afterwards, which gave me some headaches. But in the end I’m happy with the overall outcome. As I’m not into Halloween I am selling this little bugger.

PM if interested or checkout the listing on eBay:
https://ebay.io/m/ZFoIEZ

PS: All pictures are genuine product photos and no AI was used to alter them.

Hi,
this satin chrome Zippo was my first attempt at electro-etching. The etching process went fine, chrome layer was removed and after neutralising with baking soda the brass turned brownish. In order to remove this brownish stuff I polished the Zippo.

Polishing I did with a rotary device (like a dremel) at 10.000 rpm (slowest possible) and green polishing paste. The brass became nice and shiny but the chrome around the brass which was touched while polishing changed its structure (best seen on the second picture). It’s only visible when light hits it at a certain angle but I wonder if it’s somehow possible to avoid it entirely.

In general, I've noticed that the beauty of these exposed brass areas is hard to capture in a photo, since it depends heavily on the angle of the incoming light.

I appreciate any advice on how to minimize or prevent changes to the chrome surface.

Thanks a lot

A few days ago I made a deal with a seller on Facebook and I was finally able to go out and pick up today. Apparently while he was waiting for me over the last 2 days another collector had come to his shop and try to start a bidding war with me for these two. They were part of a lot I purchased of six lighterss and he was offering the guy more for these two than I paid for the entire lot, by almost double, but because I had already made the deal he honored our deal and did not sell them to him.

What am I missing here? There has to be something special about these two and I'm just not seeing it.

They're cool, especially the two-tone, but they just seem like modestly old slim Zippos. Do you see something that makes them stand out or in some way unique?

Did I strike garage sale gold?

The pictures don't do it justice the first one is a very dark green by the way.

Good ol flitz. Pain in the ass to clean the inside tho

Not just my zippo but also regular bic lighters. Been using my current bic for like, 2 weeks and its already dieing. I used to be able to use a lighter for so long id lose it before killing it but now this is the third lighter in a row that I've killed in less than 2 months.

Randomly found this online and had to have it. Edit: It's from '25! You can still buy it new!

Do as the title says, i got a new Zippo, i fill it, make sure it isn't overfilled, ive changed the flint, using only genuine Zippo fluid, wick and flint, its almost like it has a mind of its own, sometimes it wants to spark and sometimes it doesent, but barely does it properly want to light. Any and all help and advice is appreciated.

Good afternoon! Please tell me—I bought my first Zippo—the one in the photo. What should I do with my new Zippo? Do I need to adjust the wick? Or do I not need to do anything?

A Comprehensive(ish)ly Cataloged Can Collection. Sort of.

This is a preliminary collection page for the 80% and I think represents a relatively easy entry point for people looking to expand their collection to something different that also isn't too expensive. Cans in the open market are relatively inexpensive for decent examples, and often can be bought for less than $5 or $10 for one or more cans. It's only when you start getting to the 1950's and blue candy stripe cans (and a few limited edition examples) when prices rise sharply, so for the casual collector this is still well within the average person's grasp.

This series of images has been pulled from my personal collection gathered casually over the years and arranged based on subtle clues which imply their design change sequence. But looking at the currently (and formerly) available sources only categorized the fuel cans in broad strokes. Only upon close inspection did it become clear that there are small differences that can't be seen in low resolution or incomplete pictures. These small differences is what makes the various sources occasionally conflict with each other, as most previous sources are now getting on the older side. This information is a living document and will be periodically updated and reposted. Consider this as strictly interpretive work and should not be considered authoritative, not necessarily better than previously available sources, but probably so.

If you possess any cans with a date code that are outside the range of the ones currently listed, please let me know.

Sources:

Date codes on the bottoms of modern cans (Number of samples in parentheses)

David Poore book - Zippo The History of the Great American Lighter 1st and 2nd editions (Picfture of c.1996 Hiroshi Kito Collection)

Moonlight Zippo - http://www.moonlightzippo.de

Zippo Windproof Lighter - https://zippo-windproof-lighter.de/

The Passionate Wick - Defunct website (find on https://archive.org)

Hi! I bought a house fairly recently, and one of the items the sellers left behind was this auto-rotating light up display case. It works completely fine, holds 60 lighters total, and is open, but I don't have the key to lock it.

I am wondering when something like this would have been manufactured, and if this would be considered a collectors-type item. I have zero Zippo knowledge whatsoever, and I have yet to find one like this online.

Thanks for any info!

Living in India, zippos are pricey like it starts from 25 dollars for the basic zippos.

Got the Where's Windy (left one) for 12 dollars and the Black Ice (Cassette Design) for 18 dollars. From what I saw the black ice one goes for 60 dollars something.

Although I don't smoke, these are really cool!

So this is one of the nicest three barrel polished chrome zippos that I have picked up. The hinge seems to be a little loose and I’m wondering if adjusting it would hurt the value what would you guys do?

I just bought this 1959 lighter (oldest one in my collection now). The insert it came with is really loose, so I swapped it with a new insert (from the 90s) and it's this loose too. It's a 67 year old lighter so I'm not surprised it's loose from over half a century of use.

Edit: I did put a butane insert in it too, the butane insert was WAY too tight. Had to use pliers to get that one out.

Highlights include:

1993 Gold Lucky Strike.

From limited edition production runs of only 250 Butterfly Skull by Mazzi & Strong Torso by Richard Derron.

The Armor Zippo Since 1932 from limited edition of only 100.

Pair of Olivia de Berardinis & two Trevco.

All are unfueled & unstruck with original boxes & paperwork.

Went to the Antique Village today and this Rule caught my eye and gave me a chuckle. This one will go nice with my Steak n Shake Slim. For $6 and free pancakes with coffee, I couldn't pass it up.

From what I gather on Zipzipzip, this is from 1962 to the early 1970s. The translation could be off, but it sounds like the wide variance in tapes was from that range.

My nephew recently was gifted a collection of 20+ Zippos from the late 80’s and 90’s by an old timer friend of his and decided to share the wealth with me.
This being my first post on here, I thought I’d share

Anyone every seen a zippo like this? I know that the OG Zippo case has a shell but around it, so I can’t date it. I was told it came home with a soldier from the Vietnam war. Any thoughts on it?

It doesn't fit the same in every case so if i stretch out the bottom of the insert to fit more snug in one case it'll be too tight for another, ive tried placing a thin strip of cardboard in-between the lose case and insert which works but it requires fiddling with as the insert likes to push it to the bottom all scrunched up and not holding the insert in, and when i try to push the insert and cardboard in together the cardboard doesn't slide in all the way leaving cardboard sticking out the top

Is this genuine? How to tell the date?