ASH Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, janice6 said: You had to open them by holding your thumb against the bottom while snapping your index finger down the cap. When it popped open, then you snapped your fingers against the wheel causing it to light. Any other way wasn't "cool". yep that was the way , another way i had habit of doing it is popping it open and whipping it across my pants leg and lighting it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 10, 2019 Administrators Share Posted November 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, Maccabeus said: I haven't carried mine in decades. While bone dry right now, I still keep them nearby. I never smoked, but still found occasions where they were handy, not to mention they're just fun to fiddle with. Way better than fidget spinners. I never noticed the chemical burn problem, but then, I carried mine in my back pocket, so I can't really say if hair is still growing evenly in that area or not! It would only happen if you overfilled it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, Alabusa said: When I smoked, I loved that first drag of lighting up off a Zippo. Offer a zippo to a cigar aficionado and see what happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Eric said: It would only happen if you overfilled it. I'm such a manly man now, that I have a leather zippo holster that I wear at work. No. More. Burns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 10, 2019 Administrators Share Posted November 10, 2019 Just now, Huaco Kid said: I'm such a manly man now, that I have a leather zippo holster that I wear at work. No. More. Burns. That is so gay. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted November 10, 2019 Administrators Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 You have to "fill" them. Lifting the top layer, which is actually printed on the layer, is for *******. Fill 'em up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I know. But I keep doing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 It's a "biker-thing". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I have a newer one that is blaze-orange with a picture of a bear that has antlers. It says, "Beer". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) The bikers don't give the holster a second look. They all have one. I guess, some, with 7' leather braids, that whip around in the wind on the highway. The boilermakers give you a gay look, but let you go because you've got a light. Edited November 10, 2019 by Huaco Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, Eric said: It would only happen if you overfilled it. I repacked mine with more Cotton and made sure to over fill them every time. Anything worth doing, is worth doing to excess". My family motto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, janice6 said: I repacked mine with more Cotton and made sure to over fill them every time. Anything worth doing, is worth doing to excess". My family motto! I actually, recently, pulled the, what I figured was just fake chinese (made in PA!) cotton out of one, and filled it full of REAL AMERICAN cotton. It didn't make any difference. Edited November 10, 2019 by Huaco Kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I actually, recently, pulled the, what I figured was just fake chinese (made in PA!) cotton out of one, and filled it full of REAL AMERICAN cotton. It didn't make any difference. I added more to what was in there already. Difference? I don't know, but it made me think I did something. I used to put two flints in my lighters too. God I hated it when the flint went out and no lighter. Edited November 10, 2019 by janice6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Now my, olden, drunken blog of handwarmers.... which I should recompile more coherently, I repacked those puppies all full of chinese stuff, that you can't buy here. It makes a huge difference. Way too hot hacks. California disproves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Huaco Kid said: Now my, olden, drunken blog of handwarmers.... which I should recompile more coherently, I repacked those puppies all full of chinese stuff, that you can't buy here. It makes a huge difference. Way too hot hacks. California disproves. NO big deal. CA disapproves of humans that aren't from Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, janice6 said: God I hated it when the flint went out and no lighter. I pick up empty bics out of the street, and take the flints out. They are 2X thick and longer than the new ones. So, I only have ten extra flints in mine. (One in the "hole". Which is the "filling hole". Which you can't "lift this layer" and use the "filling hole" at the same time. So it is the "flint hole". The GI's know this.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 2 hours ago, DrB said: My Mom's old Zippo. She had in the early 60's. I sent it back to Zippo a few years ago to have fixed.. No Cost, good company. I once bought a new one and flicked the lid for the first time, and it came off and bounced across the floor.. I was cheesed, so I drugged around everywhere, and sent back thirty lighters to them. They fixed them all and sent them back. (They weld new hinges into the case, put new insides into them, and also send the old insides back.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I once found one in a truck-stop parking lot, flattened like a pancake. They sent me a new lighter. And sent me the flat one back also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Told it before.................... I worked at Firestone (70's) in Texas. The Boss bought a bunch of promotional zippos. (Ever see a 'case' of zippos?) He put the display case on the counter. The first two customers took all of them. He took all the other cases and hid them in the storeroom. We found them. I only have ten left. All used, except three, maybe. 1970's Bill Blankenship Firestone, Kuykendahl, Collectible zippos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Huaco Kid said: that I have a leather zippo holster that I wear at work. I wear it at 12:05. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I don't carry my iphone in a holster on my belt...... because you're gay if you do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 and the boilermakers know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: I don't carry my iphone in a holster on my belt...... because you're gay if you do that. I have a Sneaky Pete on my belt. But only when the Walther P99 isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I didn't know Zippo would overhaul their lighters. I'm gonna have to send a few in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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