A Zippo for pipe and cigar smokers

[Trenchfriend]

And for whatever reason, the one of our two gas stations still sells Zippo fuel for friendly 3.49 EUR!

 

[rattlesnake501]

Does anyone know, if the very basic "Regular Street Brass" Zippo does age well?

We don't have Walmart here, but maybe I will find the super basic Zippo anywhere.

The brass will patina, evenly if it's uncoated (I believe it is) or in spots where the clear paint wears off first. Whether that's a positive or a negative is up to you. May make your hands smell funny if it's uncoated brass, no big deal.

As far as scratches and scuffs are concerned, the street finish Zippos hold up very well. Any new scratches blend into the ones it came with.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Just a thought.

Could a Zippo be useful as an emergency-stove on camping? I try to imagine, that could work for heating up a small pot of food??

 

[rattlesnake501]

Just a thought.

Could a Zippo be useful as an emergency-stove on camping? I try to imagine, that could work for heating up a small pot of food??

Way too little flame. It'd work but it would take forever and you'd run out of fuel before you got anywhere with it.

 

[Trenchfriend]

It's funny, I newer saw a Zippo like this!
Stonegrey, nice grippy satinized with Terrazzo mosaic cover. It's the "Copacabana Planeta Brazil".

Made L 15, inlay F 16.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Better pics.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Now I got the basic yellow flame butane insert ("A 22"), because today I found a store, having it on stock.

So let's see, how reliable it is! This first day was fun.

 

[Trenchfriend]

And I had no trouble with filling.

 

[Trenchfriend]

But I get the point, why the simple chrome brushed basic Zippo is very popular. It's just super grippy!

 

[Trenchfriend]

I can just report, that my Zippo butane insert is still working.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Wow, my basic chrome-brushed Zippo weighs 77 grams with the yellow flame butane insert, my new digital kitchen scale says!

 

[Trenchfriend]

But there's one thing!

IF the standard Zippo cases and "Solid Brass" cases are the same, why the standard cases have the "deepened" bottoms, while the solid brass cases have the flat bottoms??

 

[Trenchfriend]

Seems to me either coated brass or uncoated brass.

 

[Trenchfriend]

YO, I'm surprised, that the pure brass cases start to patina that fast! Wonderful!!

1 1/2 week.

 

[The one from the North]

YO, I'm surprised, that the pure brass cases start to patina that fast! Wonderful!!

1 1/2 week.

Is the patina just from normal handling or did you do something to it? Just curious, I have some brass items that I'd like to get patina on.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Is the patina just from normal handling or did you do something to it? Just curious, I have some brass items that I'd like to get patina on.

Normal handling!

 

[Jon Crow]

Better pics.

The backside looks like a black crackle, the original 37, ww2 ones go for a fortune here, few turn up on French selling sites

 

[Jon Crow]

My 50 - 57 Zippo, wife bought me it years ago for one anniversary, no idea from where

 

[Trenchfriend]

The backside looks like a black crackle, the original 37, ww2 ones go for a fortune here, few turn up on French selling sites

This satin colour-coated Zippo has nothing to do with the Black Crackle.