How do you tell the quality of metal on your zippo lighter?

Answer 1

the bottom of the outside will have Zippo on it and the inside on the side of the guts when you pull it out will say zippo all zippos have zippo on them

Shenshang:

The insert of the lighter is fake if the flint wheel and other bits starts going brown or blue or green, it means they have iron or copper additives which zippo do not use. Also check the case and most fake lighters have the lid and case which do not match and the bottom doesnt say what a real zippo says, an example of what a real one says is:

"B ZIPPO 07
BRADFORD.PA. MADE IN U.S.A."

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

Im not entirely sure if zippo deos, but normally when one is selling somthing made of sterling silver they are required to stamp the object with the number: 925 (which simply means that it is 925 part silver and 25 parts copper i beleive)

Answer 3

All common Zippo lighters are made of brass, chrome-plated brass, or silver. (Some rare collectors editions are gold, but if you were a collector, you wouldn't be asking.) If it is brass, you can tell by removing the internal parts and looking at the inside of the case. If it is silver, it will show as silver inside, although it may be dark and tarnished. Hit it with some toothpaste on a Q-tip and it should leave a silver spot with a bit of rubbing.

If it is a fake Zippo we have no suggestions, as they are mostly all made of brass and there is no easy way to tell one sample of brass from another.

Answer 4

A young moutain climber asked if he can a clock made strapped to his wrist for mountain climb contest. That was the first wrist watch made. I was made by Cartier. Most of the time a Cartier watch could be identified as a copy watch by plain eyesight. Otherwise take it to a watchmaker to have the parts seen, all Cartier watches, be it quartz, automatic or wind up, they all have "Cartier" written inside the movement. If the watch is light, more of the timet is fake.

Answer 5

you can check the date of zippos and the insert on the bottom stamp and on the stamp on the insert. if it is 2000 or earlier it will have a letter and roman numerals (i dont know how to check those, you can find the date chart online though) but if it has a letter the a number its after 2000. the way you check is the letter is the month( A=January B=February...and so on) the roman numerals or number is the year . on the older ones find a date chart and decode the numerals it but on the newer ones the number is the year (obvious). Hope this helped!