Bowman Zippo - SOLVED

[57sauce]

I added this Zippo to my collection a few years ago. Zippo's were/are commonly used for advertising, but also for gifts. IE employee of the year or for so many years of service. I need help to find any info on the Bowman company. The only thing I can find is for the trading card company but the logos don't match up. I have dated the lighter it is from 1954 or '55. On the back there is a engraved Signature but cant make it out.

Thanks as always!!
Matt

[Michelle]

perhaps the lighter was given as an archery gift / award... Try running search on Norweigian archer Nagine..... Bowman being his rank...maybe?

[kenb]

Theres an archery company by that name but I dont think they were around in the 50's
http://www.bowmanbows.com/
kenb

[Bigcypresshunter]

I had a 40's Zippo brand new in the box and sold it for under $10 at a flea market. I recently checked eBay and didnt know Zippos were worth that much! Oh well.

I dont know anything about Bowman either, but there is one similar on eBay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ZIPPO-ADV-LIGHTE...QQcmdZViewItem

[Bigcypresshunter]

Bowman Products Division
Associated Spring Corp.
850 E. 72nd Street
Cleveland, OH 44103


Z.P. Nagine?

[Tin Nugget]

There is a Bowman Products company that supplies auto repair shops and dealer service department with nut, bolts, clips etc.

[57sauce]

I had a 40's Zippo brand new in the box and sold it for under $10 at a flea market.

Well if you have anymore I'll buy them for $15

Thanks for all your help having problems finding the logo online still.

[PBK]

Bowman was an automotive parts company. Click on this link for detailed info concerning the logo shown on your lighter:

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/jumpto?f=....2.1&jumpto=73

[57sauce]

Thanks all!

[pegleglooker]

Hey All,
My father worked and retired from Bowman Distribution in Cleveland. He was the only Industrial Engineer until his retirement. They then replaced him with 3 people... If I remember they still use the same logo today. I haven't been back home is years. I have lived in California for the last 22 years.... Like I have always said you don't have to shovel rain !!!!!

PLL

[Bigcypresshunter]

Your Zippo appears to be brass, 57sauce. Are all Zippo's brass underneath the plating?

[57sauce]

Your Zippo appears to be brass, 57sauce. Are all Zippo's brass underneath the plating?

Most are, there are a few that you can get in copper,gold, silver, and titanium. Durring WWII they were not they were made of steal with a heavy duty crackle paint (if you have one its worth a lot). In fact the term for a ware an a Zippo is "brassing"

If you want to get me a Christmas pressent you can get me this:
http://zippocasemuseum.com/index.asp...s&productid=60
but I'll settle for:
http://zippocasemuseum.com/index.asp...&productid=398

[GaryL]

Your Zippo appears to be brass, 57sauce. Are all Zippo's brass underneath the plating?

Most are, there are a few that you can get in copper,gold, silver, and titanium. Durring WWII they were not they were made of steal with a heavy duty crackle paint (if you have one its worth a lot). In fact the term for a ware an a Zippo is "brassing"

If you want to get me a Christmas pressent you can get me this:
http://zippocasemuseum.com/index.asp...s&productid=60
but I'll settle for:
http://zippocasemuseum.com/index.asp...&productid=398

I got the SILVER, however not the GOLD.... I collected and sold ZIPPO lighters for many years. Still have a few WWII and later. Collected RONSON also the RONSON war lighter, lighters are like Zippos as far as $$$$ go to a collector.

GaryL

[Hey_boltman]

I know this post is two years old...but I've come across it several times and wanted to contribute. That logo was the original logo for Bowman Distribution (Products) that was founded in 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio. Bowman is under the parent company Barnes Group Inc. out of Connecticut. There are three divisions of BGI; Barnes Aerospace, Barnes Industrial (formerly Associated Spring), and Barnes Distribution (formerly Bowman Distribution). The Bowman name was changed in roughly 2001 after Barnes acquired Curtis Industries and Mechanics Choice; Kar Products was acquired about a year after the name change. I believe the logo was changed in the late late 50's, but I'm not sure. It was changed to a coiled spring inside a triangle, and was kept until the logo changed just a couple years ago to "B". Barnes is over 150 years old and is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "B". Barnes; as was Bowman, is a leading supplier of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supplies to all industries. www.barnesdistribution.com

FYI...I joined Bowman 11 years ago, and am still with the organization today.