thinkign about buying a brass zippo

[mankind]

with the little money i have left I am thinking about buying a brass zippo it will be used for tricking is this good idea or nah

[combatfetus]

I've got 2 brass zippo's.. a polished brass, and a vintage brass. I find them better for certain tricks (some squeezes and more "weird" moves) but arn't great for spinning (in my opinion) as I find matte is better for.

Go for it.

[The Saint]

you could a brush chrom simple an efficient, I sanded a brush chrome down and made myself a fine tricking lighter, you can tell it's my tricking lighter because of the welding spots it got repaired 5 times

[combatfetus]

Hehe, Saint is a seasoned tricker indeed. I've only had to fix 1 lighter so far. I should get going and start breaking them (through tricking of course).

[Hunter007]

I have a brushed brass as well and I find it better then brushed chrome, in my opinion. It's got a nice feel to it. I think its an investment that'll pay off, but then again it IS all personal preference.

Hunter007

[oldno7]

I am using a spectrum now and find it very good for tricking it has a feel of how should i say this
not so slippery as a matte or brushed

Alain

[bigbaddad]

Ok mankind email me with your mailing address and I will send you a brand new brass Zippo.The only thing I ask in return is you tell me how to do some of those tricks you guys talk about.Jeff aka bigbaddad

[mrtwistyneck]

Nearly ANY Zippo you buy is good for tricking.

Brass Zippos are fun because they are sticky to begin with, but after handling for an hour or so, become somewhat slick.

Best thing to do is just buy a ton of Zippos in "lots" on eBay and getting trunk (trick drunk) with all the various finishes.

y'all know what i mean...

[~> Ace of Hearts <~]

Trunk..I like that..

[phdmatt2002]

today i bought me a solid brush brass (w/O SB ingraving) ive never handled a brushed brass or bought one before, i knew about the "special protective coating" and that the insert was brass as well.

my question: are the bottems supposed to be "canned" like regular zippo, or flat like armor ones. because mine is flat. i dont remember anyone on LT talking about how brass bottems are flat. is this normal or not


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[bigbaddad]

Kind of funny how the brass lighters are done.I have seen them both ways with the flat and the canned bottom.Have never figured out why that is but it just is.Now days most seem to be the flat not canned.Jeff

[phdmatt2002]

i looked all over the net and coulnd find anything

thankyou jeff

[bigbaddad]

I just went and checked all my brass that I could find in the den.out of 30 or so that are 5 years or newer all were flat bottom. out of all my older ones it is about 60-40 flat.Jeff

[Levi]

My '89 Solid Brass has a flat bottom...