Metalliques are metal lace, handcrafted slices of chrome-plated brass, razor thin at five one-thousandths of an inch. Metallique production peaked in the late 1930s. From the mid - 1930s to the early 1940s, customers could send in any lighter and have any available metallique – including metallique initials – applied to their lighters, thus making exact dating of some metalliques difficult. Some of the most famous and familiar metalliques include Kendall Oil, the two views of the Reveler, the Scotty dog, and the 1939 World’s Fair.
An attempt to reintroduce Zippo lighters with the distinctive look of the metallique as a part of our 65th Anniversary celebration was unsuccessful.
Zippo Myths - Leather wrapped lighters
Myth -
The lighter was wrapped in leather during war time so that the familiar "click" would not be heard in combat and soldiers would remain undetected.
Fact -
Zippo did manufacture lighters with a leather wrap. It was a way to give a new look to our product.
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