I have a scrimshaw Zippo here somewhere, it isn't a table top, but I like the looks of them! Yours is a beauty.orvet wrote:I quit smoking my pipes about 15 years ago, but I still have some Zippos.
This is the Scrimshaw table lighter, not really common I don't think.
This is my USMC Zippo. I carried it some, but not a lot. It is not the pipe lighter version.
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Here is my old Zippo pipe lighter.
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Thanks Dimitri. The ones that have the cities marked are marked with what I believe are ruby chips.
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Hey Dale, your table lighter is called a "Handilite" by ZIPPO. Here is another table lighter that I have and ZIPPO calls this one a "Barcroft". This one is probably 1953.
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That is cool TJ.
I have not seen that one before.
I have not seen that one before.
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That`s interesting!tjmurphy wrote:The ones that have the cities marked are marked with what I believe are ruby chips.
Do you have a close up picture of them?
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This is one of the lighters and they all appear the same:
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That`s pretty neat Tom
I don`t know a real gem stone from a fake but I bet if you took it to a reputable jeweler he could tell you in a few seconds what they are
I don`t know a real gem stone from a fake but I bet if you took it to a reputable jeweler he could tell you in a few seconds what they are
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Probably so, Dimitri, but they're just tiny chips and would give no added value to the lighter whether they're rubies or glass. These are some of my favorite "vintage" lighters because they are CBI Theater. I had two uncles and a step father that served in that theater of war.
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That's a really cool collection of Zippo's Murph
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You got me grubbing around my house looking for lighters. Here's my massive group
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I"ve only got one Zippo lighter and I prefer to keep it that way. Heaven knows I don't need another addiction.
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Hey Wazu, only two of the lighters in the group are actually ZIPPO's, top row, first from the left and bottom row middle. The others are after-market cases made for the WWII ZIPPO insert and made in country, India and China. Some have the older WWII inserts and some have the later inserts. I still have a trunk full of modern, up to about 2001, collectable ZIPPO's. ZIPPO manufactured some beautiful lighters and they're still back up with the "It works, or we fix it for free". When I was collecting, I sent dozen's back to them for repair and all it cost was the postage to Bradford.
With your lighters, the one with the patent number centered is a 1959 and the one with the patent number on the left is a 1957 Nice lighters
With your lighters, the one with the patent number centered is a 1959 and the one with the patent number on the left is a 1957 Nice lighters
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Thanks for the info Murphtjmurphy wrote:Hey Wazu, only two of the lighters in the group are actually ZIPPO's, top row, first from the left and bottom row middle. The others are after-market cases made for the WWII ZIPPO insert and made in country, India and China. Some have the older WWII inserts and some have the later inserts. I still have a trunk full of modern, up to about 2001, collectable ZIPPO's. ZIPPO manufactured some beautiful lighters and they're still back up with the "It works, or we fix it for free". When I was collecting, I sent dozen's back to them for repair and all it cost was the postage to Bradford.
With your lighters, the one with the patent number centered is a 1959 and the one with the patent number on the left is a 1957 Nice lighters
The 1957 lighter was my father's. It found it's way into my pocket after he passed away. The 1959 lighter was a Xmas gift given out by the company that gave me my first job in 1967. I was a clean up Kid and found it in an old desk drawer. The owner gave it to me then and it has been with me ever since.
I'd like to get my hands on one of their table top lighters. It would fit perfectly in my cave. The good thing about living in Florida is I can have a man cave out on one of the enclosed patios and use it all year. It makes for a comfortable set up
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..t.j., wonder what a vargas "Memphis belle" is worth???.......... ..............
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Easiest way is to do an Ebay completed auction search.
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I dug this out and reglued the shield back on it. I think it was originally glued with that same stuff Boker uses for shields.
My wife gave this to me a few years ago. The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (hence my screen name). I'm right proud of this one.
My wife gave this to me a few years ago. The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (hence my screen name). I'm right proud of this one.
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.....junebug, totally forgot I had posted this question... .........the second one on that list is the one I have!!.........thanks!!!......... .......................
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That was from Series One and there were six different lighters in the series. There was also Series Two and Three, again, six lighters each. I have Series One and Two.
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......always wondered what it was worth, t.j.,a friend of mine who is a WW2/airplane nut like me offered me $50.00 for it once,but I decided to keep it................. ..................
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I inherited this one from an ex-girlfriend's Ma when she died. Pretty sure it's from Occupied Japan post WWII. Sterling silver, bamboo motif and has "Stew" engraved in lower left corner, and what I would imagine is the maker's name in Japanese on the back. It has the old zippo insert. I asked the daughters who Stew was and they had no idea and said it was probably one of her old boyfriends. Anyhow, it is for sale or trade... if any of y'all are interested. I can provide more photos if you like. Funny side note... when me and the daughter broke up I tried to give it back and she said... well, I can't repeat what she told me to do with it other than she told me to keep it.
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...and here's one that I carried while I was in the Marines. I used a battery powered dremel to engrave it with... yeah it is rough and sloppy but I really had no idea what I was doing. I keep it though because it brings back good memories from the Corps. We had quite a few Mexican/Americans in my unit and they called me "Pablito" said I looked like a little kid and it just sort of stuck. Now that we are older they just call me Pablo.
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Pablo that second one is a lighter with some very cool history.
The other one, well........glad you didn't do what she told you to do with it.
The other one, well........glad you didn't do what she told you to do with it.
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