My brother-in-law is a sculptor and can work in any medium: brass horses and cowboys, full size period figures, creepy little realistic dolls etc. He just started to make custom Zippos; this is his first.
It's a WWII tribute Colt .45, with .45 grips from the period, and a .45 ACP cartridge on the lanyard. He says on future models, he'll replace the hinge with the lanyard ring. You can't tell from the pics, but the FMJ bullet on this one is silver. He's making me a 2nd Armored division M109 artillery self-propelled-gun version for Christmas. I can't wait. Here's the pics:
It's a WWII tribute Colt .45, with .45 grips from the period, and a .45 ACP cartridge on the lanyard. He says on future models, he'll replace the hinge with the lanyard ring. You can't tell from the pics, but the FMJ bullet on this one is silver. He's making me a 2nd Armored division M109 artillery self-propelled-gun version for Christmas. I can't wait. Here's the pics:
