Thread: Lighters,,,

Interesting. When I read stories like this it makes me wonder if there are 1000 surviving ones???

I got my Rocket to flame longer. I just have to have patience and let it soak and rest between lights.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Was reading this thread, and found a very interesting Zippo Black Crackle with an incredible story:

WWII Ernie Pyle Memorial Zippo Lighter | eBay

Here is the description:

ARTIFACT: An incredibly poignant and historical Zippo. Ernie Pyle left the light carrier USS Cabot (what he called the Iron Woman in his column) at the end of February 1945. On Easter, April 1, he went ashore with the Marines on Okinawa. Eighteen days later, he was killed on the nearby island of Ie Shima when a bullet from a Japanese machine gun hit him in the left temple below the rim of his helmet. Pyle was a friend of George Blaisdell, the founder of the Zippo Lighter Co., and after Pyle left the Iron Woman and was killed on Ie Shima, hundreds of Zippo lighters inscribed, "In Memory of Ernie Pyle 1945" were sent to the crew of the USS Cabot. This was the only time they were issued and only to the 700 crewmembers.

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Yes,, this Zippo has been sitting there at this price for years,,,,maybe some billionaire will start collecting Zippos someday,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Yes,, this Zippo has been sitting there at this price for years,,,,maybe some billionaire will start collecting Zippos someday,,,

Years? That makes a lot of sense....interesting story behind it....do you know if it's true?

I'm slightly familiar with Ernie Pyle, but I don't know anything about the Zippo connection,,,,

At rest.


In action.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,da#n that ain't a lighter,,,, it's a flame thrower,,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

,,,,,,,,,,,,,da#n that ain't a lighter,,,, it's a flame thrower,,,,

Or a Coleman stove....

Santa Maria! Better strike that and get the thumb out of the way!
I figure a pipe lighter?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Santa Maria! Better strike that and get the thumb out of the way!
I figure a pipe lighter?

There is a little time delay.

I am learning its habits before I try a pipe.

Seems the wick lights right up and heats up the tube. This causes rich fluid from the bottom (?) of the reservoir to be drawn up fast, thereby causing the 'jet' flame. Sort of why the Coleman stove's generator crosses the flame path. Hot metal and gas!
Dammitt!