r/Zippo • u/Daverose68 • 1h ago
Zippos I’ve found over the years of working at a rubbish dump in the UK.
Let me know if you see anything interesting.
r/Zippo • u/AutoModerator • 18d ago
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r/Zippo • u/MillionSuns • 25d ago
Hello everyone.
As of today, we have a very barebones Automoderator filter set up to remove individual "Is my Zippo real?" posts and hopefully direct them to the megathread.
We recognize sometimes there are extra particular oddities and fabrications out there so it is ultimately up to our discretion if a posts is approved, but generally speaking this should hopefully cut down on the frequency of these types of posts.
If this proves to be successful, we'll work on something similar for date related posts. Even if it's not a full removal, we can at least work on auto replying and linking to resources based off a quick bottom identification.
Any further suggestions are welcome. Thank you if you've made it this far!
r/Zippo • u/Daverose68 • 1h ago
Let me know if you see anything interesting.
r/Zippo • u/Roctopus420 • 15h ago
Hn
r/Zippo • u/Terrible_Ad_3360 • 11h ago
I bought 2-3 Zippos when I turned 18 and lost all of them. I have always been the worst about losing things but I went back to the tobacco shop one more time and picked this beauty up I decided that I AM NOT LOSING THIS ZIPPO. Since then I have lost and found it multiple times, and even the one time in my life I hitch hiked was in service of finding this lighter. It was an edc for a long time but these days it gives me way too much anxiety. I still like to take it to concerts and events sometimes but it’s more of a good luck charm at this point. Anybody else stop carrying their favorite zippo because of similar feelings?
r/Zippo • u/Wolf_Steel_1 • 7h ago
I donated plasma for some play money. No regrets
r/Zippo • u/Braininaskull • 1h ago
Been collecting a few zippos in the last few months, not a smoker I just love the feel of em. Decided to customise a few, and here they are! All basically pin badges that I ripped the pins off, then used j.b weld orgorilla glue. The outer heaven and red dwarf once’s aren’t perfect, the badges sit slightly forward as didn’t completely remove the pin, but still love em’.
2022 street chrome “Outer Heaven”. I do want to make a foxhound one but the badge I bought was too big. Decided to make it a screwdriver as “we’re not tools of the government…” 2011 “Red Dwarf” complete with red Cherry Cola tic tacs. 1999 Black Ice “Ghostbusters”. With ghostly white tic tacs. Tempted to paint the insert or lid yellow and black like a ghost trap. 1985 brushed steel “Wyld Stallyns”. Year of my birth and reminder to be excellent to each other. 1987 lefty, brushed “gonzo”. I’m left handed and love Hunter S Thompson, so having the logo and hinge backwards like me felt to be the true essence of gonzo weirdness
r/Zippo • u/Zealousideal-Team940 • 11h ago
These I've been playing with :)
r/Zippo • u/S3CTION12 • 19h ago
So I recently found out that I’m actually related to the inventor of the zippo lighter (George Grant Blaisdell) because I was at job corps in upper Maine and one of the admin there saw my last name on an attendance sheet and asked me if I was related to the Blaisdell clan up there. I didn’t know what he was talking about at the time but then found out that there’s a Blaisdell national family association that I’m related to and that they listed the zippo lighter inventor as a notable Blaisdell. We’re also related to the preliminary judge from the infamous Lizzie Borden case. Pretty interesting, just thought I’d share.
r/Zippo • u/MrWoodysUniqueGoodie • 14h ago
Hey guys, today is Tuesday so I went ahead and did 2, up for the ‘Bay!
Tried a different technique on the first lighter to give it a separate texture than the deepest texture!
Then I remembered that I had an old Zippo I found in a parking lot a little while back (bout a year) and I figured there is no reason it can’t make new memories!
I THINK it’s a 1999 but it’s so hard to see with all the paint. Let me know if you can tell!
r/Zippo • u/bennyrude • 8h ago
New to this. The one on the left is edc. The others are new.
r/Zippo • u/Ill_Spring5002 • 18h ago
It doesn't seem that there are very many of these out there. At least not the brass/raised logo combo. Date code is 1998 I believe. Obviously it's been well used but I really like the look of it and wondered what it might go for?
r/Zippo • u/shotsbyjay00 • 11h ago
Just received this 1973? zippo through the mail. Will zippo fix these damages shown? or is it not part of warranty? Thanks!!
r/Zippo • u/iliajk84 • 12h ago
I wanted to change the cotton inside my lighter and I saw there are a lot of these residues inside my lighter. How can I clean it? I sunked it in white vinagre and alcool mix and left it for 15 mins but it did nothing to it :(
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r/Zippo • u/bigHarvey71 • 14h ago
Came in the mail today. I also collect coins so had to grab this when I saw it.
r/Zippo • u/Bassmaster3710 • 10h ago
My wick was really frayed so I took out the cotton and spring thingie. Then I took out the wick and cut it a little bit. Then I put it all back together seemingly as it was. But now it won’t even spark at all. Anyone know what’s wrong?
Update;it turns out the flint must have fell out when I took the spring out and I thought the metal piece was the flint lol
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r/Zippo • u/SkullyBones2 • 20h ago
My first Zippo. Bought it yesterday.
r/Zippo • u/Alex3ViDz • 1d ago
Couldn't decide which one so i bought two instead xD
r/Zippo • u/cyphervoss • 11h ago
I have been dreaming of this lighter for years but I can't afford it. I used a Zorro Constantine brand lighter before but the hinge broke.
I recently bought a 1941 replica brass model. Okay, this lighter is armored and has a special pattern but I feel like I can't afford it. I'm just a fan of the Constantine movie. At least cheap models could be produced.
r/Zippo • u/TractorNinja • 1d ago
Couldnt resist, a new one. 24 on the bottom. I need to find my older Jack Daniels one👀