Zippo has been making lighters in Bradford, PA, for 82 years. The Zippo/Case Museum tells the story of this iconic invention, now sold in 160 countries and all made in Bradford.

In this video, a vintage Zippo lighter, found with a metal detector on a beach, is carefully restored to preserve its unique ...

Zippo Manufacturing Company has been making its signature metal-cased lighters with their distinctive “click” lid for 80 years. Now this American icon can boast another milestone: the 500 ...

In this video, I restore a broken and rusty Zippo lighter, Cowboy Man Edition, made in the USA in 1995. The restoration took 4 days to complete. I really like this Zippo lighter and will display ...

Neil Armstrong’s unused, pristine Zippo lighter sold for almost $6,000 in its original box. The lighter is engraved to commemorate his connection to the Gemini program, and it was given to him ...

Millions of service members carried the lighter into battle. That in itself established Zippo as an American staple. " (It) got the nickname 'The G.I.'s friend,'" he said. "So it really spurred ...

Zippo will make about 13.5 million lighters this year, but 55 percent of them will be sold overseas and 60 percent of those will go to Asian markets.

Zippo's classic shape actually came into being in 1942; earlier versions were more boxy. Efforts to register it began in the late 1980s, when officials noted a slew of imitators hitting the market.

The Biennial Zippo/Case International Swap Meet will be held July 16-17, 2004, in Bradford. "Over 5,000 collectors from the United States and as far away as Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands ...

Zippo's German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi clothing and ...

Since these lighters were so exclusive, any that remain sell for thousands. 5. 1934 Zippo With Exposed Hinge and Diagonal Design sky-dragon-tiger / eBay ...