Zippo lighters are iconic. The durable, refillable lighters debuted in 1933 and have transcended generations. While new versions still aren’t as cheap as your average plastic Bic lighter, some models ...

In “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien’s now classic fictional account of the Vietnam War, that which is carried by the soldiers — both physical and intangible – act as windows into their lives.

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 ...

After I’d gotten off the plane at Tan Son Nhut Airport, gone through customs and walked out the glass doors marked “SORTIE” into the thick heat of Saigon, I saw Patrick looking cool and crisp, waiting ...

In a Dickensian back room behind the tobacconists Racine & Laramie, in Old Town Plaza, Geoffrey Mogilner rifles through the contents of his high security safe. “It’s somewhere here. I would never put ...

The Zippo lighter is easily recognizable: a rectangular metal shell with beveled edges and a gently curved flip-top. That simple design is just as easy to copy, and Zippo Manufacturing Co., which has ...

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 ...

Zippo's German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi clothing and accessories.

Zippo’s German distributor is withdrawing a number of lighters bearing militaristic designs after they showed up on an extremist website that sells anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi clothing and accessories.