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so who else has a Zippo (style) lighter and what does it look like?

here's mine :)
http://www.hlj.me.uk/ns/DSC03262.JPG


and yes, i am bored :D

poll?

and no

I do. I bought it at a Zippo outlet outside Missouri. It doesn't work and needs replacement of wick and filament.

poll?
fiiiiine :rolleyes:

I do. I bought it at a Zippo outlet outside Missouri. It doesn't work and needs replacement of wick and filament.
yeah i had mine a little over a year and it just stopped working. took me ages to realise it was the flint that had gone (yeah i know, duuuuh :rolleyes: )

I got one but I prefer using a normal lighter.

i used my wife's for a long time because she quit smoking. It's a classic zippo design one but smaller and gold with her name on it. I quit too now, so it is sat rusting in a drawer.

fiiiiine :rolleyes:


yeah i had mine a little over a year and it just stopped working. took me ages to realise it was the flint that had gone (yeah i know, duuuuh :rolleyes: )

i'm amazed you owned up to that. I will be rolling it out on the next "dumbest thing you ever heard" thread.

It's blue with The Puking Dogs(F-14 tomcat squadron) crest on the front and on the back a F-14 laser etched onto it. It's so nice!

I do not smoke.

I used to own a real Zippo, though I was very dissatisfied with it. It ran out of fuel quickly, runs hot far too fast and is generally quite unreliable.

I switched to a IMCO Triplex:

http://www.manufactum.at/mb3_media/2/560/4/d/4/17352.jpg

Far superior design, quality and durability. And it won´t break the bank too. The price is less than 10 bucks. I bought mine about 12 years ago and it still runs perfect, smooth and never needed any maintenance. A full "refuelling" lasts almost a month, even if you use it frequently.

i'm amazed you owned up to that. I will be rolling it out on the next "dumbest thing you ever heard" thread.
be my guest :p

I used to own a real Zippo, though I was very dissatisfied with it. It ran out of fuel quickly, runs hot far too fast and is generally quite unreliable.

I switched to a IMCO Triplex:

http://www.manufactum.at/mb3_media/2/560/4/d/4/17352.jpg

Far superior design, quality and durability. And it won´t break the bank too. The price is less than 10 bucks. I bought mine about 12 years ago and it still runs perfect, smooth and never needed any maintenance. A full "refuelling" lasts almost a month, even if you use it frequently.
gas?
i prefer gas lighters actually, but i bought a cheap crap one for 3 quid and it ran out of gas in an hour, and broke in about 3 days :(

but they look quality

I bought one as a keepsake with my ship's insignia on it. (Was stationed on a submarine) I don't smoke. Of course, I also collect shotglasses and don't drink. :rolleyes:

gas?
i prefer gas lighters actually, but i bought a cheap crap one for 3 quid and it ran out of gas in an hour, and broke in about 3 days :(

but they look quality

No, IMCOs run on regular lighter fuel. It´s just stored in a small capsule (which actually used to be old rifle cartridges).

EDIT: More info can be found here (http://www.manufactum.co.uk/group/174108/dmc_mb3_productlist_pi1.20522.page/1/dmc_mb3_productlist_pi1.20522.num/8/product/840979/Product_Details.2700.0.html).

I've even got two of'em, both shining silver.

The first has the emblem of the 82nd Airborne on it (got it cause I lived near Fort Bragg for my year in the States and watched them do a couple of jumps - long before everyone was afraid and they sealed off all the roads through that military area).

The other one was a gift from a friend and has "John" engraved in it - don't know why though: Neither he nor I is a "John"...

And yes, I do smoke - but carrying those lighters in my pocket always spilled gas in my pockets, so I only use them at home: So much for "showing off"!

Yep, this one:

http://www.collectablesinternational.com/catalog/images/151lrg.jpg

Got it cheap when seeing relatives in Richard's Bay.

I don't smoke, but I have various uses for Zippos. So, I really am rather tempted to acquire one. I wouldn't carry it around though, I'd keep it somewhere nice and friendly, like the drawer where I keep my pocketknife.

An old friend (Who isn't a friend any more) Kept a Zippo lighter. It was a cool design with a dragon's claw on it.

He also had a novelty HUGE working Zippo lighter - the ones they used to display in the shop window. He loved to light his cigars with that monster...

I have a Zippo, but it's for lighting candles and such....

My ragtag 'Zippo' collection is actually a gathering of about two-hundred lighters, from real Zippos, to fake ones, to Bics with interesting print, Scripto lighters with band Prints, about a thousand matchbooks, and of course, the ever popular 'Your wifes a bitch.' fakebrand Zippo.

All in all I have about a dozen namebrand Zippo lighters. My first, and favorite, was given to me when I was about twelve by my stepdad. It was plain shining silver and beautiful, and HIS brother had carried it through two tours in Vietnam, and brought it home before drinking himself to death. Giving it to his brother, my stepfather, ensured that fifteen yearls later, I would get it and be pleased. Since then I developed a taste for them, and even bought a fancy display case with felt nooks to set them out, all pretty and neat.

But I never carry them unless I'm going out and getting dressed up. Gotta have a pimpin' flame on a night like that. Instead, I usually carry your everyday bic, but slipped into a nice leather case a random lady at the DMV gave me. Got tassles and beads, but it's still manly in a smoker's kinda way.

Yes. I smoke. Alot.

-Pants

I have a zippo. Plain flat blue powder enamalled. I am an ex smoker.

A "Venetian" design chrome zippo, engraved with "Kallisti" in greek, and I frequently smoke cloves.

Unfortunately, on a trip to a school conference thing, I managed to lose it in the worst possible place, a train. along with four or five djarum black.

People thought I had tourettes that day.

i have a couple zippos

i have one from WWII my grandfather gave me
i have another one that is chrome with the playboy bunny painted on one side
i have one that is orange(for hunting)
i have one my friend got me with the spawn emblem etched into it
and finally i got one with the freemasonry emblem on it (i belong to a youth fraternity sponsered by masons)

I have a couple of zippos-two plain chrome and a black powder coat finish.
I smoke cigars, about one a week or so.
I like zippos-they are a piece of Americana. Like a pocket watch or a pocket knife. Something you can hand down.