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Agree with you that the 41 is the best, do you have instagram or email? I want to ask you something about zippo, thank you. By the way i am your fans from indonesia, i always watch your video from the old channel until this channel. I hope you reply this message. Love from indonesia🇮🇩
The replacement hinge used for repairs, or the 4 barrel 41 hinge are my top 2 current zippo hinges. The regular production hinge now would be better too if the roll pin they use for repairs were installed initially too. The dream is always an armored 41 or armor with a beefy 4 barrel.
Just got one of my Zippos back from repair. The new hinge they installed is a five barrel and it's tight like yours from the 60s. At first it bothered me, because I'm used to looser hinges. But after seeing this video it seems that tight hinges could be preferable to some.
Thanks to my intuition... you always speak enthusiastic *begeistert* about the 1941 replica (in more than one vid ;) and I wanted a black crackle anyway, so I ordered the black crackle 41 replica, and there you say, thats the best modern version I'm looking forward to mine...
The problem for me is not with the pins, but with the welds. I must have 8 lighters here that all had the welds come loose (never got around to sending them in for repair). I've even got one that I'm guessing is from the sixties era because it has a missile defense or missile command emblem of some kind on it.
Thanks Playo. But don’t think if u get an armor your hinge is gonna be weak. With normal use it will be just as durable as any other zippo. I broke mine from extreme tricking lol. It won’t hold up to abuse like the 4 barrel. But if u just always use it like a normal zippo u will he fine. Armor is still my fav edc
@@Zippofanatic77outdoors I plan make it out of 999 silver, just because I like it and I have it. And Sterling Zippos cost a lot here in Central Europe. I have seen 3 basic ways how to do it so far. Out of sheet, casting or milling. As for now, casting is the way for me (including hinge). I didn't know, that designing and making a hinge is such complicated task. I am watching all videos about zippos, hinges, materials, pins, rivets, repairs, replacements... As silver is heavy, slim Zippo may be better for carrying. As soon as I have it, I will post pictures, may be short video... I am entering phase 3 of the project... (Phase 1 - so easy, I will do it in short time. Phase 2 - so complicated, I can't do it at all. Phase 3 - I will try to do it, just needs praparation and a lot of work... 🙂
@@frantiseklaluch6605 oh your making it out of silver that’s cool. I was thinking about making my own silver zippo. I was gonna just make it out square sheets of silver. Folding and soldering I seen a guy do that. Looked like the fastest way. Casting and milling take a ton of time. I also wanted to do a solid silver insert. U can take a regular zippo insert and unfold it. And cut out the template out of a silver sheet also. Def post a video and let me know when u do. I would like to see that
No experience but my buddy zippo daily fix has them and says it’s just a thin wood style vinyl sticker basically. Very thin and disappointing. For him and a few others on the channel.
Yes I have it put away though. It’s original video is about to break a million views so I have a special video planned for it soon with a special custom.
I'd really like to see that tightening a 4 barrel hinge video. Your fixing a 5 barrel sure has made a world of difference in my Zippos. Also curious how a 3 barrel hinge compares to a 4...
Well the inside 3 barrel zippo made for a while was pretty good. But moved to 4 barrel inside hinge only 3 years later. They are good. But not as good as a 4
Friend, hello. I want to ask you some questions regarding my Zippo, sorry if these are dumb questions. I purchased a November 1987 Zippo (my first zippo ever) a week ago and I screwed around with it a bit. The Zippo has an overbite and I tried to fix it by the needle nosed pliers, squeezing them and push the hinges backwards and I tried to push the lid back to realign with the body but those didn't do anything so I gave up but now I am curious if those methods damaged the hinge barrels. I also pressured the outer barrels inwards with pliers from sides (?) because I felt the hinge was very loose, turns out it wasn't. I wasn't so rough to hinge barrels, maybe middle. Y'know, Zippo feels normal but do you think there would be any damage? Are scratches on hinge barrels normal? Do the pliers scratch the hinge barrels? Also does snapping shut the Zippo cause any damage to body? Thanks for any inconvenience.
Should be good bro. Yeah pliers scratch the barrels. Just put tape on them next time. Send it to zippo if it breaks off. They will fix it and give u a new insert.
Have to ask you as an Zippo expert is there something special and different with models that have SOLID BRASS engraved (model 204 and 254) compared to normal Zippo? What I have seen is that they have flat bottom like my 1941 replica. Zippos are all made from brass as I understand so that puzzles me a bit. Thank you.
They are the ones that get plates on them. Like barret smythe zippo have the plates or the surprise zippo with vault and gold plate. If u take those plates off. It’s that solid brass engraved zippo
Bro. It’s still gonna hold Up fine for u and be a great hinge. Trust me if u like it get it. U won’t regret. I Didnt mean to put the 35 in negative light. This is a video of the strongest hinges of the available hinges.
@@Zippofanatic77outdoors exactly and if it breaks send that mf to zippo. Apparently when they repair them, the hinge they put on is the best because repairs are done by hand.
