Thread: Zippo Collection

i currently have about 8-10 zippos, some are from the ships i was on while i was in the navy, others are from ebay, the one i truely want
is from my first active duty station, but i have to hope to find it one day seeing how bill clinton closed the base during his presidency, i guess i will have to schedule a trip to the zippo swap meet and look around and hope to find it.

same one I have used every day for 40 years.

I have between 15 and 20 zippos, ranging from "collectors items" to ones from the various bases that I was stationed at/on. But, I quit smoking cigarettes 5 years ago so they are all in storage and I haven't seen them in years. I still like to light up a good cigar when I'm fishing on the long-range trips, but that's only once or twice a year and I keep a plain zippo in my tackle box just for that.

When I was overseas, mainly the UAE, Zippos were an excellent trading commodity. So, I kept a couple with me at all times. NIB with the name of our ship on it were the best and were often worth double or triple what I paid for them.