Zippo Lighters Lighter Chrome Finish

Zippo lighters became general in the United States Military, particularly for the duration of the world wars. In World War II- when, as the Zippo Manufacturing Company’s internetsite states that, the Zippo Manufacturing Company “ceased production of lighters for the buyer markets and committed all the Zippo lighter production to the U.S. military”. The Zippo Lighter was made of brass, but as this commodity was unobtainable due to the war effort, the Zippo Manufacturing Company turned to using steel for the duration of the war years. While the Zippo Manufacturing Company never had an official contract with the military, soldiers and armed forces personnel insisted that the PX stores carry this much sought-after lighter. Due to materials shortage for the duration of the war, Zippo Manufacturing Company had to use the more porous metal steel rather of the regular metal, brass. Since the lighter could not be finished with chrome or nickel, instead, it was covered with a particular black crackle paint. A gain of this finish is that it would not reflect the light, thereby avoiding the attention of enemy snipers. The paint, while baked on, tended to become brittle and chip off, giving the Zippo lighter a very rugged look.

The tradition from WWI of embellishing lighters with coins and crude engravings, or what is referred to as “trench art” continued on with the Zippo lighter in World War II. Some of these fancified Zippo lighters were pre-war Zippos, including the 1940-41 brass Zippos with and without diagonal lines as well as earlier models. The vast majority of the lighters from 1936-1945 may be without apparent effort recognized by the rounded corners and absence of the post-1946 “canned” bottom. The bottoms are flat or protrude outwards in varying degrees even to the point that the Zippo will not stand upright on a flat surface.

During WWII the Zippo Manufacturing Company’s president Mr. George G. Blaisdell shipped as some Zippo Lighters as possible to PX’s and to the front line. The GI’s favored the Zippo Lighters because they were inexpensive, reliable, and always worked when it was needed.

Although the Zippo Manufacturing Company have made many, some styles and finishes of the Zippo lighter since 1932, all divisions of the military are recognized. Army , Navy, Air Force Marines are engraved in the dissimilar styles of the Zippo Lighter. But the recognized authentic WWII Zippo lighter is the steel cased with the black matte crackle finish.

As with all Zippo Lighters, vintage or brand new, you will always have the Zippo Lighter life-time warranty, “IT WORKS OR IT’S FIXED FREE”.

Zippo Lighters Lighter Chrome Finish

Case Knives – Collector’s Club Zippo Lighter with Polished Chrome Finish. Model: CA27527. Measures 2 1/4″ x 1 7/16″. Polished chrome finish with Case Collectors Club 1981-2011 30 year color artwork.

Zippo Lighters Lighter Chrome Finish Pic

Zippo Lighters Lighter Chrome Finish Picture

Zippo Lighters Lighter Chrome Finish Photo

Zippo Lighters Lighter Chrome Finish Photo