My oldest ever Zippo lighter

[Giant056]

I've used Zippo lighters for many years and a couple of weeks ago I found my oldest one ever, after a bunch of research I narrowed it down to being either made in 1938 or 1939. I would also like to see some other dug zippos if you've got them. Finding this last zippo has gotten me really going on the zippos and about a week ago I sent in 4 of them to get fixed, three of them were dug and one I bought back in the early 90's

After cleaning this thing up and finding out just how tight the hinge still is I decided I wanted to use it so I took the guts from the lighter that I have been using and put it in this one.

 

[nsdq]

sweet find

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice finds. I still have my mom's it has her name engraved on it.

 

[ATpro5]

That For Sure Is A Oldie. Nice Zippo! That Pocket Knife Is Sweet To!

 

[Helix]

Here is one I dug. Its one of the smaller ones. Says Solid Brass across the top. Bottom has a date of 1932 and 1987.

 

[treblehunter]

You really should quit smoking, they are cool finds!

 

[Giant056]

Helix that one you got there is really cool, it might even be a collectable one. Here's one of the slimlines that I sent in, it had a broken cam spring so I'm sure they'll just put a new insert in it cause the lighter is like new.


The insides of this one probably looks newer than most Zippos that people are carrying around