It can be roughly divided into a shell and an inner container. As long as it is genuine, the inner container is all. And the shell is different, because ZIPP is divided into American version and Korean version. The upper and lower covers of the American version of the lighter shell will have obvious welding marks, but the Korean version is basically not. The American version of the lighter looks more rough and tough, and the Korean version will have more exquisite carving patterns. Among them, sterling silver and the like appear in the Korean version, and the price is mostly hundreds or more.
there will be a round concave point with the same radian at the hinge of the upper and lower covers of genuine lighters, which is also one of the obvious signs of anti-counterfeiting. Next, look at the bottom engraving of the shell. As long as it is not a lighter of a long time ago, the year marked with Arabic numerals and the month marked with English capital letters (A-L means January-December) are all obvious marks. In addition, there is a registered trademark of ZIPPO marked in block letters, in which the upper point of the same I in ZIPPO is a flame pattern. As long as it does not meet one of them, it is an imitation.
Take out the inner container after looking at the shell. First of all, there must be only five small pieces of cotton in the inner container, and two small pieces on the side are not counted. There is also a flint that is definitely brass and will not fade. Many fake flints will fade or lead black. Look at the thimble where the flint is placed. The thimble includes a spring with a needle similar to the flint. Note: (. Therefore, throw this away when replacing flint. In fact, it is a part.) These are all brass. The thimble spring is fixed by a brass screw. The screw of the genuine lighter can be easily unscrewed by hand or coins, but the imitations are all unscrewed very tightly with a screwdriver. Let's talk about the lighter. The texture direction of the genuine lighter is the patent of ZIPPO, and each direction is fixed, that is, each genuine lighter of ZIPPO is exactly the same, and the rivet for fixing the lighter is also copper, but it is not brass. Then there are two kinds of windproof holes for the genuine lighter, one is 16, with 8 on one side, and the other is 14, with 7 on each side, most of which are 16. One obvious feature of the engraving machine is that the four corners of the shell are curved, and there is also a relatively few pipe machines, that is, ZIPPO, which is specially used for lighting pipes. There is a big round hole in the inner liner for lighting pipes.
Last but not least, you must buy genuine oil when using oil. If you are lucky enough to buy some oil that is too cheap or contains impurities, it will easily damage the lighter. Because each oil has a different ignition point, and ZIPPO is only suitable for special oil.
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