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Zippo loyalty of employees, customers and collectors have made it one of the great American companies throughout his 75-year history. It is true American The icon has its origins in the early 1930s in Bradford Country Club in Bradford, Pennsylvania with the founder, George Blaisdell, awkward friend who watched the onerous Austrian lighter. Lighter works well, even in the air, due to the design chimney. But its appearance was utilitarian. Its use requires two hands, and its thin metal surface very easily
Mr. Blaisdell the nickname "Mr. Zippo "by World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Windproof Zippo Lighters were carried out by the GIS in every war from World War II to Desert Storm. U.S. Navy Ship very much, from a small auxiliary ship nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has its own designed Zippo windproof lighter. Vietnam-era Zippo lighters are highly prized collectibles.
He decided to redesign their lighters and developed a rectangular case and connected up to the case of the lighter hinges. He held the chimney protected the flame from the wind. The result was a lighter that looked good and was easy to use. Original Request Zippo patent was filed on May 17, 1934, and patent number 2,032,695 was granted March 3, 1936 year. The second patent, number 2517191 was issued on August 1, 1950 year. The construction of Zippo lighters in principle remains the same today, with minor improvements
The word "Zippo" was created by Mr. Blaisdell in 1932. He liked the sound of the word "lock", so he founded different variations of the word and settled on "Zippo," recognizing that he had a "modern" sound. The first Zippo lighters were sold in the price of $ 1.95 each and were supported by an unconditional guarantee for life - "It works and fix it free of TM
In 1935 Zippo started engraving initials and insignia associated metal. first logo to decorate Zippo was that the Kendall Refining Company. Since 1932, Zippo has produced over 400 million windproof lighters. If these were lighter set end to end, they would stretch from New York to Los Angeles four times. They currently produce about 12 million lighters a year. This gives about 80,000 to day. Amazingly, in 1950, Zippo lighter was removed from the stomach of fish and lit for the first time!
There are over 20 clubs collectors Zippo the world, it is estimated that approximately 21% of people who have their own Zippo collectors. Collecting Zippo is a great hobby and lighters hold their value extremely well. Zippo collectors in all ages and come from all over the world. It is never too late to start collecting!