In this video, I restore an old brass Zippo lighter found at a beach, which developed a beautiful patina from exposure to sea water. The restoration process involved using original parts and was ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Would you ever consider paying $34 for a lighter? What about $125? That's the price range of a Zippo lighter. Expensive? Yes. But people insist that ...

A Zippo Manufacturing Co employee loads brass lighter cases onto racks at the company's plant in Bradford, Pennsylvania, on March 21. Zippo is a US company that has produced more than 550 million ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Zippo addict John Clayton, 36, believes he has under- insured his collection of 1,100 lighters by some ...