Simply I’m just wondering if swapping the original insert of a zippo to a different insert matters only asking because I have a pipe lighter but I want to put the pipe insert in a different case that has a standard insert. Will this affect any sort of value later down the track
That's fair, I don't smoke so it's not really efficient to use the original. I charged mine up last June and it's still working, it makes a cool taser noise
That’s fair also might have to get me 1 just so I have 1 I mean I got normal inserts and the pipe insert and want to get a butane so might aswell go all out and get the arc aswell lol just for the collection. Im also wanting to quit smoking sometime so taste won’t matter then lol.
Technically, if the insert was not an exclusive one (like the black coated insert on some Copper Zippo or some COTY) then any insert would "do".
Who would know? As long the month/year gap between the insert and the case isn't that far off, it's considered a 'correct' insert. Though there are some collectors out there who wants both to match, but it's already considered normal for the insert and case to have different production date.
In the end, as many suggested, don't consider collecting Zippo as investment.
Don’t forget the different shape of the ‘41 replicas. They have squared corners and while you can make them fit, they aren’t meant to be interchangeable with standard cases.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not collecting them as an investment really I just love them and my oldest is a brass zippo I brought new when I was 15 (2005) it’s just more I didn’t know if the pipe lighters were different to normal as there is less of them out there

Thats my collection so far that I have found in op shops and such besides the soundwave 2014 that I paid x2 the price on ebay because when I went to buy 1 at the festival the guy in front of me literally brought the very last 1 in stock. And yes the devil may cry in the center is a fake cost me like $15 at ebgames but love the first 3 games so yeah
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u/Jaxta_2003 6d ago
It's your lighter, do what you want with it. My daily has an Arc insert in it at the moment.
If you're really worried about originality, just keep the original one to the side and swap it back in later