How to treat Zippo lighters bought on Taobao?

Identification method of true and false ZIPPO:

The first is the shell.

1, the top flame of the letter "I" of ZIPPO, carefully observed as two small flames;

2. Registration mark "?" It's in the upper right corner of ZIPPO. It is deeply embedded, not embossed, and the letter "R" can hardly be seen.

3. In the five letters of ZIPPO, the three protruding points in the middle of PPO are connected into a line, and the height of these three points will not exceed the tail of the small flame behind the letter Z;

4. The date and year of undercut (A stands for 65438+ 10 month, B stands for February, C stands for March, and so on) are the same font size as the letters in the underline. For example, the letter "D" and the number "08" of "DZIPPO08" are in the same size font as the bottom: "MADEINUSA".

Then the inner container.

1, the surface of genuine liner generally has many scratches, even some dirty, many of which are scratches left by processing. The imitation liner material is mostly chrome-plated iron plate with bright surface.

2. The string of a real zippo's hitting wheel is double-layered, with the upper grain from upper right to lower left and the lower grain from upper left to lower right (called diamond, but actually divided into upper and lower layers). On the right side of the wheel, there are radial stripes.

The flint seat is brass. Fake ones are often silvery white.

4. The rivets of steam turbine are silvery white, and the fake ones are often brass.

Extended data:

ZIPPO refueling method:

First take out the lighter liner, lift the cotton pad at the bottom of the liner, and use Zippo lighter oil to fill the cotton with oil (be careful not to spill it).

Precautions:

1, it is best to use ZIPPO original fuel;

2. When filling oil, pry open the nozzle, and be sure to break it to the end, so as not to leak oil;

3. When the cotton core has begun to seep oil, the oil has been filled. The amount of oil is controlled by yourself.

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