Anyone still uses Zippo lighters?

[JJEH]

I have a few Zippos and really like them. But with this one I have a confession to make; I bought the gold plated luxury diamond design Zippo solely because it reminded me of my Weatherby Mark V checkering as well as the diamond grip insert. First time it came out of the box, never filled, never lit.

Should be the official Weatherby lighter

Old school luxury, style and elegance!

 

[Onomea]

One of my regrets for stopping smoking: Can’t pull out that classic Zippo anymore.

That’s a beauty, Jorge!

 

[smithman 10]

Zippo

Quit smoking 35 or so years ago but I still have a Zippo laying around somewhere. Remember seeing it in a drawer, just don't remember which one.

Like that satisfying click sound it makes.

Now I gotta go look for it!

 

[MRB1]

Yes - have a brass one in my pocket right now. For several years I never passed up a Zippo at garage/estate sales, so needless to say I have a bunch - mostly the cheap brushed finish ones, but a few have various military markings. Still looking for one with the S&W logo on it, but I guess they don't make one like that.

 

[pawngal]

Yes - have a brass one in my pocket right now. For several years I never passed up a Zippo at garage/estate sales, so needless to say I have a bunch - mostly the cheap brushed finish ones, but a few have various military markings. Still looking for one with the S&W logo on it, but I guess they don't make one like that.

Zippo has made at least a half dozen different lighters with S&W logos. Look on eBay.

 

[Golddollar]

I have one that was given to my granddad. It is leather wrapped and has his initials on it. I don't smoke, but this is a nice remembrance of my granddad.

 

[29aholic]

I have used and collected Zippo's for years. I dont have as near as many as I used to and primarily focus my collecting on Unit marked ones.

 

[snubbyfan]

I've got a few.


I put butane inserts in the one's that I use regularly.

The soft flame butane's my regular daily carry.



It's good for lighting cigars in windless conditions.


Otherwise, I'll use my custom Zippo with the double torch insert.




The original inserts are stored unused and without flints, in the original boxes.

 

[max]

I quit smoking almost 50 years ago. My dad always carried a zippo and I did also. My daughter gave me one with my initials on it several years ago and I carry it when I go hunting. If I have to build a fire, I want some help.

 

[Rudi]

I too gave up cigars a few years ago. My Zippo was a gift from a sailor off the USS Dwight D Eisenhower. It is very cool. Still a very good fire maker.

 

[Rule3]

I carried one way back when, for many years. They are still made today pretty much like the always were.


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[1sailor]

Several years ago I was in a small college town bar. When I returned from the restroom my buddy was showing me the Zippo he was just given. After I left the table a guy came over and said he had quit smoking and was giving his Zippo away. On the back was a date. It was the day he returned from Korea (during the war). He said who evers birthday was closest to that date would get the lighter. My buddy was only off by a couple years and was the closest. He showed me the lighter and the date on the back was my birthday and year exactly. I didn't get the lighter but always found it interesting that the date was exact. If I could of just held it another minute.

 

[jeffsmith]

I don't Smoke, but how can you say you're Prepared if you don't have a Zippo Lighter

I have Two

 

[robvious]

I don't but my son has 2 I believe... he doesn't smoke... they are part of his camping survival & grilling kit.. they are great to have

 

[DWalt]

I carried a Zippo for many years, ever since High School. I scratched my initials on it with a vibra-pen, a crude job. I stopped smoking over 40 years ago, don't know where it is but I probably still have that Zippo.

 

[Justin T]

I carried one for many years, as did my dad. He had one given as a gift from co-workers in the early ‘70’s that I sent back to zippo for rework. They tightened it up, replaced the wick and packing and sent it back with a pack of flints at no cost. Functioned as new.

 

[walkin jack]

I smoked from the time I was 13 until I was 30. Always had at least one Zippo. Towards the end there I had a modest collection. I always meant to keep them but over the 46 years they have all somehow or other disappeared. I really don't have a use for one any more but I still regret that I have lost them all.

On a side note I despise all those butane lighters.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Yep, have lighted thousands of cigars with one over the past 18 years or so.
I have a couple that belonged to my pipe-smoking father which date to the 1950s and 1960s.

 

[03hemi]

A Zippo will certainly ruin a good cigar.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I have one that belonged to my deceased younger brother, with Jimmy Carter's picture on it. It stays in my Memory Box.

Have a blessed day,

Leon