Dragon Flame

[fishnbanjo]

My tired Zippo is about to be retired, I've wanted one of these Japanese unique design bodied Zippo lighters for a decade and always miss what I like, they are all a bit different but I finally nabbed one which will have the insert swapped out for my Vector soft butane flame pipe insert, hey where there's a Dragon there's always fire!

banjo

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

As a lover of Zippos and dragons.... I'm jealous.

 

[didimauw]

That's awesome! Can I see it open?
And I want to see the old zippo your talking about!!!

 

[fishnbanjo]

I ordered it last night and it's coming from Japan so I won't have it for awhile. Here is the photo they had showing the internals which I'll sway out. The old Zippo is just your average everyday brushed chrome with loose top which wiggle quite a bit.

banjo

 

[didimauw]

My old zippo also had a loose hinge. It's the armor edition, but it seems like the hinge was weaker than the other ones. I sent it into zippo for free repair. I keep one zippo with the pipe insert as a back up, and have 2 regular zippos. But for the zippo I use, I'll never retire it. It will most likely get lost before that.

 

[balkisobrains]

Your dragon lighter reminded me of one that I was following on the bay for a while.
This link below has the best collection of pics. I've tried to find out about this lighter in the past, but not much is out there about it, beyond some basic info. I may have read a while ago that there is a second version with a slightly different dragon and a different production limit on it, but I might be confusing that with something else.
https://www.humidor-station.com/p1198/Zippo-Dragon-Limited-Edition-Lighter/product_info.html
I don't know how easy it would be to actually use. I would probably just leave it in the case to try and keep it as mint as possible!
The Japanese custom Zippos are pretty cool, I've checked those out on ebay also, and they seem to be of desirable quality.
I don't use Zippos for piping, but I have a couple, and keep I my eye out for a couple others.
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[wyfbane]

That is a really cool lighter. Is it super heavy?

 

[fishnbanjo]

It is very heavy which is fine I'll know if I didn't put it back in my pocket.

banjo

 

[lotharen]

That's a gorgeous lighter! Love the design. Grats to you Banjo.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have been eyeballing those also, Banjo. Nice score. Plus, I bet if you had it in your fist, it could do about as much damage as a roll of quarters. :: Enjoy!

 

[fishnbanjo]

More like a roll of silver dollars Cosmic this is one heavy hunk!

banjo

 

[fitzy]

Wow great lighter. Congrats.