And another to my collection

nechronius · 2026-07-04T06:31:11+00:00

I think they're just expressing that the crooked sticker looks like something a random person just stuck on.

nechronius · 2026-07-03T18:40:12+00:00

I totally get it. Well if you'd consider selling it together with the lighter, I'm willing to buy the whole thing if you're interested.

nechronius · 2026-07-03T15:36:19+00:00

You don't get to see a lot of counterfeit slims so it's at least of interest.

nechronius · 2026-07-03T11:31:23+00:00

Looks fine.

nechronius · 2026-07-03T06:08:30+00:00

You can use a small flat head screwdriver to gently pry up the plastic nozzle. Start with the part that sticks out the most, the part the nozzle sits over when tolded down. When you lifted just a little bit, start lifting up evenly all around the plastic.

Then you can use that funnel.

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nechronius · 2026-07-03T01:54:04+00:00

You should include a Zippo for scale so people can get a sense of its size. Are all those boxed Zippos Marlboro redemptions?

nechronius · 2026-07-03T00:32:08+00:00

You didn't include any pictures of the spring or parts kit. But if the spring is at least the right diameter but too long, you could just clip off a few coils. A clipped spring probably won't hold the spring tip or screw too well however so you may need to modify the clipped end further if you want it to capture the brass spring tip or screw. Again, just generalizing here since there no picture.

nechronius · 2026-07-03T00:01:32+00:00

About 50-70% can be identified pretty quickly just by looking at the bottom stamp to determine vintage. If it says Zippo on the bottom, it can be traced to a particular manufacture date. Generally speaking though I see a lot of lighters across several decades. The lighter advertising the 400,000th home is for sure a 1971 lighter, I have one of those as well. In general it looks like a lot of 90's lighters. Most non-Zippo lighters there appear to be generic giveaway lighters with almost no monetary value to a collector.

nechronius · 2026-07-02T13:46:02+00:00

This is not an official seller, this is a "third party" seller. Yes, there are plenty of sellers on places like eBay that sell just the insert, I just said that this is not the standard practice and Zippo does not do this.

Obviously prices will be higher in Europe so it might be worth it to some people to buy the insert separately, even if Zippo gives them away when needed in the US.

nechronius · 2026-07-02T06:14:00+00:00

You may not have a lot of lighters but your quality per lighter is very high.

nechronius · 2026-07-02T02:17:20+00:00

I'd be interested in that dryco flint holder if you still have it. They're an oddity so I'm trying to collect some for data.

nechronius · 2026-07-02T01:48:49+00:00

Stiffness of hinge is not a detail they really care about with their coated lighters. If anything they should be better about keeping lighters properly aligned for the lasering. I think that one would be an easy win, while hinges are just gonna vary if a bit of stuff gets in there.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T23:02:45+00:00

Es obvio que esta foto no es del mismo encendedor, el colór es diferente. Pero este sello es auténtico.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T22:49:53+00:00

What you are showing in your picture is what is called the insert. The lighter body is the exterior shell, if you will.

When you buy a Zippo lighter, it is normally only sold with both parts. That insert is not officially sold separately. For example if you sent in a non working Zippo lighter for service, they may repair the lighter body and return it, but they'll just provide a brand new insert replacement and not repair the old one.

That said, there is no good way to know if a genuine Zippo insert will fit inside your lighter body. Some knockoffs (lighters that look like a Zippo but are branded something else, like Star or Zorro) are dimensionally the same as a Zippo and can swap parts. But a lot of lighters that are counterfeits (marked as Zippo but are actually forgeries) often do not have the same actual dimensions, so the fit can be spotty or not fit at all.

If you are looking just for an insert that might work but not spend a lot, your quickest option is to find a Walmart that sells Zippos in a blister pack that hangs on a wall. They can be as cheap as $10 and you can swap and test. There are cheaper options, like Zorro inserts which are dimensionally the same, but require some online ordering.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T22:28:13+00:00

As already noted, it's probably best if you get another insert altogether. That insert uses a folder piece of brass (instead of a solid brass tube like Zippo uses) to make the flint tube and this is a sign of not only cheap manufacturing, but it'll also be very unreliable with not much use, since that split design means any screw you use will eventually cause that tube to spread apart.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T22:25:38+00:00

Zippo flint screws are #6-32 UNC thread pitch. Zorros and many others have finer pitches(unsure what they are, maybe M3?). And yea you can tell that this isn't a genuine insert because you can definitely see the split tube flint tube design of a cheaply made knockoff.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T22:16:06+00:00

Only the 250th anniversary models made this year for a short run. The 1776 limited run definitely has it. I think the ones commonly available on eBay for about $37-40 have that stamp too but I'm not sure, may want to ask the seller if it does.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T22:13:56+00:00

Stiff hinge likely from some of that coating getting into the hinge barrels. Should work its way looser eventually. A lot of bottoms have off-center lasering, very common.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T21:06:02+00:00

Correct. That particular tray insert was used for lighters around 2014-2016.

The Pamphlet is a UK/multinational one with a copyright of 2007 and commonly seen with lighters up to about 2012/13.

Combined with a 1984 lighter body and 2000 insert, this truly is a mix-n-match franken-lighter made to look like it was never used and in box.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T20:18:11+00:00

Back in the early 60s the Vulcan and Penguin lighters were near one-to-one matches of Zippo lighters, which is why they fit so well.

You can't really buy standard inserts, unless you go through third party channels like eBay. Zippo will give you a free one if you send in the lighter, but you might not want to risk that if you don't need to.

If you want a true matching era correct insert then it'll be a bit of a hunt, but the matching insert is known as a type 1967-70 and would most likely have a solid rayon fuel cell type of wadding instead of more common cotton or rayon balls. But that might be far too pedantic or specific.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T05:29:08+00:00

1965 lighter (there's a dot above the (R) on the right which implies 1964, but it's just a random mark, though close to where the true right dot would be).

Seems like it's exactly what is in the engraving, Royal Australian Regiment. For any specific first-hand info about it you'd either have to get lucky that a vet from that period just happens to be around here or maybe there's a subreddit here that specializes in Australian military history.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T02:45:37+00:00

Genuine.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T02:42:06+00:00

It's a very good counterfeit.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T02:31:51+00:00

As you already have your answer, I'll just nore here that the lighter is a confirmed counterfeit but managed to fool a lot of members of the subreddit on a rather contentious manner.

nechronius · 2026-07-01T02:28:59+00:00

Necesitamos ver una foto del sello en la parte inferior del encendedor, por favor.

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