Let's talk Zippos...

[SoonerP226]

Yeah, that's the main reason I'm wanting one. I carry a mini Bic with me every day, I just thought a Zippo would be cool to own.

Oh, they are cool to own, no doubt, and there's nothing quite like flipping the lid open and striking that flint to get that cool yellow flame. But I've never had a butane lighter leak in my pocket and burn my leg, either...

 

[Firpo]

For me it’s all about the nostalgia which is why I think it’s silly stuffing one with some butane insert. Ya want a Zippo or something that looks like a Zippo? My taste for what I’d consider “classic” goes way beyond a lighter. My wristwatch is from 1941, it’s that or a 1908 Waltham. My small game rifles are a Winchester 1890 or 1906, a Browning Trombone or a couple H&H Rook rifles. For cooking I mainly use cast iron that goes all the way back to my great-great grandmother and I cover my head with a Stetson Fedora from the 40s. You guys catch my drift I’m sure.

 

[2busy]

I still have my zippo with the USN anchor and chain emblem attached that I have had since I went in the Navy in 1968. I carried it for many, many years until I quit smoking and it is still sitting in my top drawer with all my other USN stuff. I always overfilled it and kept a raw irritation on my left upper thigh where it leaked out from my left front pocket.

Don't smoke any more and never use it but I'll always keep it.

 

[kingfish]

For me it’s all about the nostalgia which is why I think it’s silly stuffing one with some butane insert. Ya want a Zippo or something that looks like a Zippo? My taste for what I’d consider “classic” goes way beyond a lighter. My wristwatch is from 1941, it’s that or a 1908 Waltham. My small game rifles are a Winchester 1890 or 1906, a Browning Trombone or a couple H&H Rook rifles. For cooking I mainly use cast iron that goes all the way back to my great-great grandmother and I cover my head with a Stetson Fedora from the 40s. You guys catch my drift I’m sure.

Do you sport around town in a Sooner Schooner?

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Mine's a newer one. I don't have any sort of nostalgic connection to it. I have the original liquid insert as well as a butane insert. I love the smell and look of the original...nothing can touch that. But the butane insert works wonderfully well in wind so I usually keep that one in there. And it's much easier to maintain.

I think of the insert as doing a resto-mod to a nice, classic car. Looks like the original from the outside with all the modern performance features on the inside.

 

[okierider]

Don't over fill the zippo and it won't leak.

But it will evaporate .

 

[2busy]

It's a consumable

But it will evaporate .

 

[okierider]

It's a consumable

The way GED is going to be using it, only on occasional bon fires , he will be having to put fluid in it every time he uses it . Think I would be looking for a box of wooden matches. Zippos are great but filling it to start a bon fire would be a pain LOL.

 

[Glock 'em down]

The way GED is going to be using it, only on occasional bon fires , he will be having to put fluid in it every time he uses it . Think I would be looking for a box of wooden matches. Zippos are great but filling it to start a bon fire would be a pain LOL.

Yeah, you're probably right. I think I've officially talked myself out of one.

 

[okierider]

Yeah, you're probably right. I think I've officially talked myself out of one.

You can get some really nice butane lighters that have like a jet flame on Amazon.

Amazon.com

Bought these for deer camp a couple years ago and they both still work well. One is in my back pack and the other is in my shop. Link works just not sure what is going on there LOL.