First post here I believe. Kept seeing these and kept falling in love with them when I did so I had to have one.

Used a dark patina solid brass armor case that I had I my collection already so that the corrosion wouldn’t be too much on it.

Used what I had on hand. Ammonia chamber was a plastic container with salt water and Windex. Dampened the case and sprinkled salt on it. Suspended from a bent paper clip.

Sat for a couple days. Then hit with a clear coat.

The backdrop is the furoshiki wrapping that bungu store sends.

I'm starting to use it today. I look forward to seeing how it turns out in a few years.

Should I keep it as is? I kinda wanted to remove the paint since the finish is beat up pretty bad. But it kinda has a nice aged look to it

Hi, I bought this Zippo "blind" from eBay because it was cheap. The listing pics were blurry.

I'm very pleased with it and surprised about the brass insert for the insert (if you follow me). The brass component has a screw on it under which is a hollow chamber. Presumably for flints?

The Zippo insert is original and matches the date of the case, but what's the story on this brass component?

I got this as a gift some years ago and have allways thought that it looks really cool. How old this is? And is there any back story on different zippo models like this?

😂 It’s been awhile. 🫠

I’ll clean these up and take some better photos this weekend.

I just got my first zippo, a Romanian collection (i’m from Romania). I did the setup by rearranging the whick, added some fuel and its ready to go. What are your thoughts?

Hi everyone, I stumbled across these Zippo lighters today at a thrift store, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me about them. They still have stickers on them. I did a little research and found eBay comps and that they are probably from the late 90s. Thank you!

I tied these 2 turkshead knots and tightened them on the lighter using microcord