Zippo constellation brass Pisces _ Zippo constellation

1932: Zippo company was formally established, and the founder Blaisdale designed a new Zippo lighter at the end of 1932. The first Zippo was made at the beginning of 1933, and the first lighter is still in Zippo Museum.

1933: The first Zippo lighter is rectangular in shape, and each shell is cut with rectangular copper tubes. In addition, two pieces of copper were welded on the top and bottom of the fuselage. The hinge is welded on the outside of the fuselage, and the surface of the fuselage is chrome plated. At the end of 1933, its appearance is shortened by 1/4 inches.

1934: Zippo began to carve decorative diagonal lines on the top and bottom of the lighter. In May of the same year, 17, Zippo Company formally applied to the US Patent Office for a patent.

1935: Zippo Company adopted the decorative technology of making thin metal plates into various shapes, usually logos, fixing them on lighters and filling the gaps with different colors of paint.

1936: The lighter hinge is reinstalled in the lighter from the outside. Only the hinges can be seen from the outside. In the same year, Zippo Company provided personalized lettering service. 1936 On March 3rd, the patent applied by the company was officially approved with the patent number of 2032695.

1937: this year, the company adopted new mechanical equipment, which can manufacture the round top and bottom and make them form at one time, so it is not necessary to weld the fuselage cover and bottom again, thus giving up the welding process used by the old models.

1943: Due to the shortage of copper and chromium during World War II, the fuselage was made of steel, and the heavy black paint "black crack paint" process was baked on the fuselage. At the same time, all Zippo products are used as military supplies. World War II "Black Lacquer" lighter is marked with "Patent #2032695". Other lighters produced in 1937- 1950 are marked with "patent number 2032695". During the war, there were countless stories about Zippo, which became the most coveted thing in the trenches.

1946: With the end of the war, the fuselage was made of nickel brass. The undercut changes from flat bottom and round bottom to concave bottom.

1950: The fully wrapped Zippo lighter was born in three colors: red, green and blue. Lighters are all made of high-quality calf leather and pressed with gold thread. In the same year, a new sterling silver lighter was born.

195 1 year: During the Korean War, the fuselage of Zippo was made of steel. It was not until 1953 that the copper fuselage was reused. All-inclusive lighters have also been replaced by four-shell styles, including brown crocodile leather, red, brown and green leather or black and blue Moroccan leather.

1960: 14K gold Zippo was born.

1969: In order to show reverence for NASA's moon landing, a series of moon landings were born. There are some commemorative editions of the 90' s universe series, and the latest edition is the third edition of Space Exploration.

1970: In order to keep people's interest in Zippo lighters, Zippo has launched a series of constellations. 12 constellations are all narrow machines.

1972: On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Zippo Company, the 40th anniversary lighters for internal employees and their gift sets, engraved with thank-you letters and autographs from Blasdale, are extremely precious collections.

1974: The classic style "Venetian" was born.

1976: To celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of the United States, Zippo launched a commemorative lighter. In the same year, pure gold elegant lighters were born. In order to keep up with the fashion trend, a twill-like lighter was put on the market.