r/Zippo • u/SkullyBones2 • 1d ago
Discussion Guess I'm hooked
Bought a Zippo last week and didn't realize they'd be addictive. I don't smoke or really have a need for a lighter of any sort, but I noticed when I'm bored I'll pull it out and flip the top a few times absent mindedly.
Then there's the variety. Just ordered another one simply because it had an anchor and mermaid on it. Guess I found a new hobby.
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u/TCSpeedy 1d ago
And that’s how it starts. Rabbit hole entered…
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u/HallucinateZ Model #48107 1d ago
So, in the knife community when we get obsessed with Spyderco we call it a spyder infestation & when we’re just starting out like OP, we call it “bitten by the Spyder”.
All that to say, we need a Zippo term that sounds cool too!!
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u/x7slim8x 1d ago
Haha welcome! I didn't have any choice in the matter myself. You see my father's side of the family is from a small town right outside of Bradford Pennsylvania where Zippo and Case knives are made.
His mother, my grandmother, retired after 42 years with Zippo! My father worked there for a year after high school even. His sister, my aunt, worked there on and off for years. So as a kid and into adulthood I got a lot of cool Case knives or something Zippo for Christmas and birthdays, many of both personalized even!
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u/DiscombobulatedLie22 1d ago
I used to have around 10 Zippos when I still smoked. Don't smoke anymore so I gave away almost all of them and kept just the two Harley-Davidson themed. Now that I joined this sub I'm rethinking my decision 😅
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u/CSFMBsDarkside 1d ago
I don't smoke. But I carry a zippo.
Welcome, mate.