Use anything but a screwdriver on the screw 😂

These days a throwaway Bic? Zippo's competition in the 1930s was more thrilling and exciting. They were not just flame devices. They were works of art. Various designs. Various mechanisms. It truly was a fascinating world of lighters back then when Zippo was founded: Ronson, Evans, Dunhill, Flamidor, Mouchon, Quercia, Lancel, Myon, Karl Wieden, Kaschie (Karl Schieder) and many more.

Someone send me some zippos so I can make a video

Thank you so mutch for this tutorial, my grandpa gave me his Zippo about a year ago and its been sitting in my drawer, but i will renew it now.

very informative yet concise explanation! thank you sir

Hello from Argentina. I just get a naval advisors to the united states Zippo, and your video results very usefull. Thank for the pasion

Such an iconic American company. Thanks so much for filming this video. I absolutely love Zippos and I enjoyed it a lot.

Lucky strike zippos mors reliable than stocks rn

Good info JR. I just got a new Zip and sure enough it had the red markings. Another box checked for lifetime questions I’ve had about Zippo’s. Thanks brother!

I,m ,B, zippo 23,

I would love a Niagra Falls Zippo. I visited there in 1991 and remember the giant neon zippo ad.

Go Rebels!

Sterling Silver Zippo, seventeen dollars. It works. Big Time.

Oh I like Black Ice very much. Particularly that 1941 replica, brushed with Black Ice finish. Swap a torch or yellow flame insert in it for the weight. It is both elegant and heavy duty.😍

You gotta stop its oxidation first, right?

Almost all Zippo reviews on KZfaq do not do the open-clink sound demonstration. Is it because it could damage the lighter itself? Anyways, I like your videos and this collectible is gorgeous. Thank you very much.

Another trick is to store spare flints under the cotton barrier flap.

How do you feel about the rubber insert

Will it hurt to add cotton?

What impresses me about Zippo is how simple and how durable it is. For this reason, it is enough to own one and enjoy its use over the years. Scratches and wear accumulate, while I change the flint and wicks, fill it with gasoline, and I'm happy. A Zippo for life that I love.

Magnet. Saved you 8 minutes.

Only if it had a pure gold cover and a sterling silver inside. I only buy Zippo's used at an estate/garage sale for $5. Clean them and put a new sticker on it like Snap-on/Mac Tools etc.

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I have the anti-wind version, but the flame is not going down into the pipe. Any idea what causes this? Thanks.

I had heard that in Europe when Paratroopers were dropped in behind the lines, that in order make contact with other troops at night, that they would use the Zippo click to send and respond in order to rendezvous in isolated instances. I'd love to know if that was true. I had heard the British used a toy clicking frog for a similar purpose. You mentioned fuel supplies, I'd imagine replacement flints being even harder to acquire.

You need to put some Zippo fluid in 😂

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Nice. I already order 2. Cheers from fischerbricks

What do you think that general junk is worth today?

honorable mention: zippo slim

Think a normal Tic-Tac container would fit in the (Molle) Tactical Pouch?

Good afternoon boss man very interesting video you shared thank you for sharing this God bless you and your family 🙏

That's a lot of zippo man!

Those fakes are rather easy to identify. But the sort of fakes that closely resemble the original that look almost exactly as the original is what makes me really scared when buying. When you really have to grab a microscope. As it is, I recently was delivered a Zippo with Chinese paperwork. Just because it's got a Chinese paperwork doesn't mean it's fake. The gift box and the Zippo itself look authentic but the Chinese paperwork still left me upset and uncomfortable that's why I just respectfully returned it to the seller. When you google "Zippo Chinese Paperwork", the topic of fake Zippos springs up in the results.

1941👍

EDC was a '17 polished brass Armor Case until I found a near perfect '77 brushed chrome at an antique store a few weeks ago.

✌🏻😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿I carry my EDC in the box it comes in. Not the zippo box, the Amazon box 😂

Whoa lucky you

Nobody is going to buy a space force Zippo. That "branch" of the military is a complete fucking joke.

Ohhhh i just my zippo and has the little hole they only gave me one flint for the lighter itself. My zippo was dying quick

if i were collecting lighters i wouldn’t have any replicas in my collection but that’s just my opinion though

I am still inpressed you managed to keep a straight face at the check out Jon!! Thats an awesome find and price!! I was amazed at the fact the other 2 were $10 each. All you would have heard from the car park after you had paid for them was a very loud WHOO HOO if that was me to be honest!! Knowing what you are looking at is one of the best most important parts of collecting in the wild as well!! Well done my friend!!

Great find! Gotta love those “general junk” Zippos!

Great info Jon, great vid too, I certainly like when the Mrs. left the room so you can haggle over the black crackle Zippo, I think she might think you’ll spend next weeks housekeeping $$$ on it.😅😅😅but instead a lousy $4. Now don’t clean it leave it rusty as that show’s originality. Now where’s that JRO Zippo so I can light a smoke and crack open another stubby??😂😂😂

How many ppl burned his/her hand from that trick?

Amazing find Jon! If you find any more at that price I'll take one!😆

Amazing find! Here in the Netherlands it's even hard to just find a modern chrome in antique shops😂

So strange to see this can still happen these days. BTW: I learned at FB from a guy that works in the coating industry that a electro zinc coating is pretty durable, it should not com off easily on cleaning. Anyway, I would not clean these either.

Cool Zippo JRO!✌️

A 4 barrel 42 for $4. Should have come with a 4 leaf clover. I like to call the original Black Crackle finish as looking like a fingerprint, while all modern "crackle" paint has more of a pebble-like appearance, like truck bed liner spray. While not common, I think at least one reseller has figured out the secret sauce for how to replicate this on restorations, which is rather concerning if true. Interesting detail, the cam *may* have been a factory replacement when they were still doing such things. The cam profile and type are that of later models, 1947 and newer. Is it possible that it came with it right from the start? Maybe, but I don't have any good evidence that it did but a ton of data that it didn't. Not trying to throw any kind of shade, even at $40 that thing would have been an absolute steal. Heck, even at $100 it's a solid buy and I'm sure you know how much these go for on ebay. I don't have a good answer for when Zippo stopped doing insert repairs, maybe someone like Rob G would know, or there's easily referenced info somewhere, but based on what I've observed it seems like a year or two post-war. Hopefully I can have some of these questions answered during my July visit around Lighterpalooza. One last detail worth noting. A couple of years ago I had some concerns regarding the paint and whether it was lead based. So I bought a lead testing kit and the several WW2 crackle paints I tested all came out negative. Just as a sanity check I even re-did my test minutes ago on three, all came out negative again. I even tested the lead swabs on a block of pure lead and a previously cleaned spent brass case and both immediately tested positive. Anyway at least with my original Black Crackles, it doesn't seem there's any appreciable levels of lead in them. But we're talking about the 40's during the war where perhaps safety and consistency may have taken a back seat to speed of production, so who knows. So it's probably not a bad idea to have a kit around you can test with and also have some known lead contaminated items for test confirmation.