One-of-a-kind Zippos (R) for sale
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"Massive blue"
Blueberry matte finish regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces including part of the bottom - different parts of the design are highlighted as it moves.
Ref. no. ZMaB ***SOLD***
"Grooved Shine"
Hi polish chrome Vintage 1937 replica Zippo (R) with heavily textured design on all faces except bottom.
Ref. no. ZGrS NZ$355.00
"De Sep Tif"
Japan release numbered limited edition 1933 replica Zippo (R) with design on front, top & back faces - "Zippo - not just a hobby, it's a way of life" (a quote from a friend, Dennis Dawson). This Zippo started life charcoal coloured (as can be seen on the 2 side faces) & is number 279 of a total of 700 made in this finish. The heavily textured design appears to have just horizontal stripes from some angles & then by moving it the words appear - unfortunately it really needs a video showing it being moved to truly see how it plays with the light.
Ref. no. ZDeS ***SOLD***
Each certificated piece is signed & titled, is strictly one-of-a-kind
& is single handedly worked by Paul. Because of this his output is somewhere between 75 & 120 pieces per year.
"Weft"
Sapphire finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front & back faces.
Ref. no. ZWeF ***SOLD***
"Zed'd"
Harvest bronze finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front & back faces.
Ref. no. ZWeF ***SOLD***
"Tremor"
Originally a satin chrome finish (although no evidence of that is left) regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces.
Ref. no. ZTrE ***SOLD***
"Zippist"
Realtree hardwoods regular Zippo (R) with design on the front face. From some angles the design is hardly visible & from other angles Zipster looks mirror-like
Ref. no. ZZiP ***SOLD***
"Shay-Qi Eils"
Black matte regular Zippo (R) with design on the front face.
Ref. no. ZShE ***SOLD***
"Cowboy Wisdom"
Spectrum regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom.
"Peace: it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It is to be in the midst of those things & be calm in your own heart"
Ref. no ZCoW ***SOLD***
"Klear Knight"
Realtree hardwoods regular Zippo (R) with design on the front face.
Ref. no. ZKlK ***SOLD***
"Rills"
Realtree hardwoods regular Zippo (R) with design on the front face.
Ref. no. ZRiL ***SOLD***
"Thort Full"
Sapphire finish regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom. The quote "In a world without fences & gates, who needs walls & windows?" is a play on another quote by an unknown author
Ref. no. ZThF ***SOLD***
"Lumiere"
Brushed chrome finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front & right side faces. "Lux cum amor" is "Light with love" (Latin) by an unknown author & is the motto of my old high school
Ref. no. ZLuM ***SOLD***
"Able"
Dusted chrome finish butane ZippoBlu (R) with design on front face. "The shortest answer is doing" is an English proverb
Ref. no. ZBAbL ***SOLD***
"Bown-T-Full"
Shadow chrome finish (black ice) butane ZippoBlu (R) with design on front face. "He who plants a garden plants happiness" is a Chinese proverb
Ref. no. ZBBoT ***SOLD***
"Flux"
Solid copper regular Zippo (R) with added thick solid copper panels - design on front & back faces. The added copper panels make this a very heavy piece (perhaps double the weight of a plain Zippo) - a standard Zippo is 11mm thick, with the panels this is 16mm thick.
Ref. no. ZFlU NZ$445.00
"Kind Acts"
Black matte regular Zippo (R) with design on front, top & back faces. "Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness" - Lao-Tse.
Ref. no. ZKiA ***SOLD***
"Zee Bu T"
Black matte regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom.
Ref. no. ZKiA ***SOLD***
"M. .... I. A." (Missing .... in action)
Sapphire regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the top.
Ref. no. ZMiA ***SOLD***
"Spy See Wink"
Black matte regular Zippo (R) with design on front, top & back faces. This piece is a fun play on words - "Sauce of flame"
Ref. no. ZSpS ***SOLD***
"Swerve"
Licorice regular Zippo (R) with design on front face.
Ref. no. ZSwE ***SOLD***
"Gleam"
Red matte finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front face including part of the bottom - the shiny parts of the design have an almost mirror finish & "pop" or recede as it is moved.
Ref. no. ZGlE ***SOLD***
"Left Right" - a pair
Sapphire finish & mood indigo finish regular Zippo (R) pair with heavily textured design on front faces.
Ref. no. ZLeR ***SOLD***
"Lady of the Light" - a salute to the Windy Girl who stole our hearts
Production green anodised aluminium plate (from 2001) on a brushed chrome finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front & sides of plate.
Ref. no. ZLaZL ***SOLD***
"..... I dare" (or XLNT flame I dare)
Ironstone finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front, top & back faces.
Ref. no. ZIDa ***SOLD***
"Spread Joy"
Harvest bronze finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front, side & back faces which makes sense once it is opened. "Practise random acts of kindness and senseless beauty" - Anne Herbert
Ref. no. ZSpJ ***SOLD***
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"Virgil's Legacy"
Red matte finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front, sides & back faces which makes sense once it is opened. "Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori" (Latin, transl. "Love conquers all, let us yield to it") - Virgil
Ref. no. ZViL ***SOLD***
"Lamp-post dance" (a salute to the famous Drunk-on-a-lamp-post art that was used so often from the 1930's - 1950's)
Production red anodised aluminium plate (from 2005) on a brushed chrome finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front of plate.
Ref. no. ZLaD ***SOLD***
"Star kist"
Mood indigo finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front, sides & back.
Ref. no. ZStK ***SOLD***
"Better world"
Black matte finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front face. "What man is a man who does not make the world better?" - Balian of Ibelin
Ref. no. ZBeW ***SOLD***
"Per spec tif"
Satin chrome finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front face.
Ref. no. ZPeS ***SOLD***
"Gold rush"
Hi polish finish regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces.
Ref. no. ZPeS ***ON HOLD***
"Ray-d-8"
Antique copper finish regular Zippo (R) with design on front face.
Ref. no. ZRaD ***SOLD***
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"Flame 4 Life"
Hi-polish chrome finish slim Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom.
Ref. no. ZFl4 NZ$290.00
"Mew Tay Shin"
Satin chrome regular Zippo (R) with design on front face.
Ref. no. ZMeT NZ$230.00
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"Big Flame"
Spectrum regular Zippo (R) with design on front, top & back faces.
Ref. no. ZBiF ***SOLD***
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"5 Virtues"
High polish chrome regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom. "To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.", Confucius
Ref. no. ZBiF ***SOLD***
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"Balanced life"
Brushed chrome 1937 Replica Zippo (R) with design on front & back faces. Quote from Yun Men
Ref. no. ZBaL ***SOLD***
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"Triple Ell"
Brushed brass finish regular Zippo (R) with "Live, Love, Laugh" design on front, top & back faces.
Ref. no. ZTrE ***SOLD***
"Outburst"
Black matte regular Zippo (R) with design on front face. The radiating lines glimmer as it's moved.
Ref. no. ZOuT ***SOLD***
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"Be swift"
Antique finish regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom. "Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind. Do not delay; the golden moments fly!", Longfellow
(which appears to have been based another quote by Amiel or vice versa)
Ref. no. ZBeS ***SOLD***
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"Nature"
Purple Abyss Zippo (R) with design on all faces except the bottom. "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is a society, where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in it's roar. I love not man the less, but nature more.", Lord Byron
Ref. no. ZNaT ***SOLD***
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"D-vy-ded"
Black matte Zippo (R) with textured design on all faces except the bottom.
Ref. no. ZDvD ***SOLD***
One of a kind for sale
Singles
"Into the distance"
Black ice regular Zippo (R) with design on all faces including the rim around the bottom stamp.
Ref. no. ZInTD NZ$365.00
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