matts non specific fork clip

[phdmatt2002]

you might have seen Freespirts Forkclip he posted on zippoclick forums, his was similar except it was made out of silver, i says to my self i bet i can make it.

i used plain flatware forks from walmart (6 for a $1). a pinch of metal epoxy ($5 a tube from Home Depot) and some auto primer to give it that black look to it

as you can see by the pictures its two forks, one bent to make the clip and another with its head choped off.
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[Blue]

very nice Matt. I like the skeletal look to it, like it's a skeleton's hand holding onto the Zippo. Did you figure out the best way to keep it from scratching the lighter?

[phdmatt2002]

the primer wears before the lighter will scratch, and it only touches the lighter at the very edges i havent noticed any scratches on the lighter yet, but i did do some damage fitting the forkes around the lighter, but its my tricking lighter, its been repaired 3 times, has a brand new cap and a different hingepin, and its acouple years old

at this point im not woried about scratches, i would send some out for traid and such but each one has to be custom fited to the zippo, you probably know this but each zippo is a little different in size and thickness, its just the one pin on the left that needs to be adusted, if you make it fit one lighter it will eather be way too loose for another or one wont fit (gets stuck.

[combatfetus]

Hehe, that's really cool matt.

So would you say it's better than the Z-Clip?

[The Saint]

it looks nice, I should make one, if only I had time, you could trade one

[Spanish Flea]

And someone on Click stated that i was going to knock it off first, and pawn it on my website.

huh.....

Spanish Flea

[mankind]

spanish u may have to lay the smack down. thats sweet but I will prb geta z clip.

[Blue]

I don't know if I would recommend a Z-clip mankind. Well, it's not too bad, but very tight....maybe if i used it more. Also, it will only hold your regular size Zips, no other sizes, i.e. replicas, slims (not like anyone uses a slim...lol)

[The Saint]

If you ask me the Z-clip is not the thing you want to get, get a nylon pouch, I did a revieuw on the clip in a newsletter once If I find it I post it under reviews ok

[oldno7]

I used a z clip for a week and it was broken
and the lighter fell out . If i did not hear him fall down i would have lost him
So no Z clip for me anymore
i use a pouch now with a loop
much better

Alain

[phdmatt2002]

if you compare the Z clip to the fork clip its a little different, the (clips) on the zclip sit lower so the lighter can fall out, on mine it sits about 1/2 way up the lighter, so inorder for the lighter to come out it has to go straight up all the way.

this one is just a proto-type, im still working on getting the paint to adhear to the lighter, i might either dip it in plastic or latex or someting, and put tubing on the tongs of the fork to make it more universal for other lighters and protect the lighter

[combatfetus]

Oh okay cool.
I look forward to seeing the later models.

[phdmatt2002]

i did a search for some tool dips and found this product www.plastidip.com/consumer/index.html, i think it will work, has any of you worked with this product before, im thinking about using the black for now (more universal), it should fill in the sizing difference between zippos and make it univeral

if it works i dont plan on selling these but offering them up as a trade, (you trade a lighter, i trade a clip) i need to boost my collection (only 5)
pm me if interested.

[capo]

Thats hella cool matt. Haha. a fork on your belt. thats classic, I like it for sure.

[~> Ace of Hearts <~]

capo said:

Haha. a fork on your belt. thats classic

haha the way you describe it makes it sound white trash-ish..
cool design though dude.. I like keeping my Zippo in my pocket with
my keys.. between those and the droppings it's getting quite the
personality..just earning the wrinkles like old folks..