All About Pocket Knives

Here's an interesting item for the Zippo/Great Eastern Cutlery collector. It's not an actual Great Eastern Cutlery logo but it's made by Zippo the same company that owns Case. Not my lighter, not my auction and I'm not bidding.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-1960s-era-Z ... 1c1fd1f95c

Very ""KOOL""___________you should buy it for me, for a ''Christmas Present""

If only I hadn't said "Not my lighter, not my auction and I'm not bidding." I would Monk but I can't go back on my word.

Hinge has been replaced!! 1961

tjmurphy wrote:Hinge has been replaced!!

T.J. what tipped you off?

The indentation on the lid from the second weld of the hinge and the jagged hole where the hinge sits

Got to take back my previous statement about the lighter being re-hinged. Took a look as some of mine which I know have not been rehinged and above a below the hinge is dimpled also. So, not re-hinged at all. Had it been rehinged that dimple would have been burned through the chrome plating. Sorry

I don't know if that's true or not T.J. Mine has been re-hinged and it looked exactly the same when I got it back as it did when I sent it in. I couldn't tell the difference I'll have to take a picture of it and post it.

Nah, I lied. I just dragged it out and looked at it. It hasn't been re-hinged, they just stuck a new hinge pin in it. That lid wiggles and wobbles just like it did with the straight pin in there as a hinge pin. The hinge is getting very worn but I'm happy that except for the hinge pin, it's totally original.

Edit: Mine also has dimples. Not sure how you would spot weld those hinges on without getting dimples.