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Zippo History, Merchandise, Fakes (Rippos), Packaging, Table lighters & more. The Page Descriptions link was added to allow those not familiar with this site to see what each of the above links relates to in a more detailed manner.
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George Grant Blaisdell - 1895 – 1978 "Build your product with integrity . . .stand behind it 100% and success will follow."
For the purposes of this site, Rippo relates only to those lighters that try to pass themselves off as the real thing while Lighters based on the shape are elsewhere on the site. The site has grown in size considerably more than I planned during it's 1st upload. When I last checked prior to writing this paragraph, it contained over 37 pages spread over 14 sections (which currently has again increased to 22 sections and an unknown amount of pages, and this does not include the non Zippo items elsewhere on the site). It started as a one page site to show various Rippo's that are in the marketplace, but it has just carried on expanding. I recently stopped my collecting of Zippo products. Turning my attention (and finances) to other areas of interest. I keep the site going mainly because the site gets a lot of interest, and hopefully gives visitors something worthwhile when they visit. For as long as people are still using the site and giving feedback, I will keep it in place and attempt to add to, and update it for the foreseeable future. Narrowband users looking for images of Rippo/Fake Lighters may prefer to use the old site. The link to Rippo's not Zippo's can be found on the 'Links' page, be aware that the old narrowband site is no longer updated and only shows a selection of lower resolution fakes that can be found on the Rippo section of this site.
Updates:- 29th August 2007 New video added to Advertising page 11th August 2007 Pinup Artists Page added 8th June 2007 Ducati Monster Page added ( Not Zippo Related ) 20th May 2007 Advertising Page Updated (new Zippo manufacturing video added) 29th April 2007 Zippo Blu page updated 28th April 2007 Zippo Manufacturing Plant Tour Video added to advertising page 27th April 2007 How not to sell Page added (WIP) 30th December 2006 Merchandise Page Updated & new images added 24th December 2006 Advertising Page Updated & NEW video content added 7th December 2006 Advertising Page Updated & NEW video content added 3rd December 2006 Advertising Page Updated & Video content added 30th November 2006 Patents Page Updated & New images added 11th November 2006 Zippo BLU Butane Page added 10th November 2006 Patents Page added 2nd September 2006 Advertising Page updated 31st August 2006 Zippo Dating Page updated 26th August 2006 Rippo's Page updated to include more Viet Nam fakes. 26th August 2006 My Zippo Images Page updated (all drawers now linked). 19th June 2006 My Zippo Images Page updated, and Imposters page updated and renamed 11th May 2006 Table Lighter Page updated. 29th April 2006. Replica 1933 image added to Hinge design page 23rd April 2006 New images added to Humour page 21st April 2006 Page Descriptions index added 20th April 2006 Merchandise page updated 17th April 2006 Advertising page updated 16th April 2006 - Advertising page added 15th April 2006 - Hinge design page added 12th April 2006 Changes to Home page text, updates and additions to Table lighters, text additions to My Zippo Images section. Amended page selection order to make it more user friendly. 11th April 2006 Added new images to Georges Idea page. Slight changes to Home page and added Guestbook link to other pages on site. 10th April 2006 1st 60 Years page update completed and updates to Merchandise page. 8th April 2006 Began adding images to the 1st 60 Years page. 7th April 2006 Table Lighter Page added to site. 7th April 2006 Major site revision, Merchandise page moved from previous location to main index. More new images added to Rail Zippo page 6th April 2006 Further updates and additional images added to the Merchandise page. Imposters Page updated, added new hurricane details. New images added to Rail Zippo page. 5th April 2006 Minor information updates to the Imposters page. 2nd April 2006 Added New images to Rail Zippo page and updated links page 1st April 2006 Added 1 new image to the Humour Page 25th Mar 2006 Added a new page:- 'Genuine Packaging', Showing various box designs and fuel cans. Some of the more blurred images on the Rippo section were deleted, I had intended adding the 60plus new Rippo images but have temporarily suspended the Rippo update process. 17th Mar 2006 Added new images to the the Rippo section. Removed request information from links page , Removed references to ZC Forum. Removed 2 pages from site. Deleted Hyperlinks from images on this page. 4th Mar 2006 Added new images and text to the Imposters, General Rippo's, Rippo Packaging and Rippo Bases pages. 27th Feb 2006 Numerous additions to the Rippo section, items added to Fronts, Bases and Packaging. Minor changes to home/index page. 22nd Feb 2006 New site links added to the links page. Rippo guarantee added to the Humour page. 19th Feb 2006 Links page modified and new site links added, plus small index page change. 14th Feb 2006 Imposters page modified, further images also added. LED Ziplight conversion page added. 13th Feb 2006 Fake Flint dispenser, Leather holder & Fuel can images added to Rippo section. Guestbook added to Links page. 11th Feb 2006 1st 60 Years Page added. 2nd Feb 2006 Site uploaded
Site was last updated on 08/29/07. Although not directly credited on the site, a number of videos on this site would not be here were it not for the efforts of a select few individuals from Zippo Click. The Click forums are often a huge resource for Zippo information and often invaluable to new (and old) collectors.
many of the pictures have been sourced from newsgroups and sites visited over the years, If anybody finds a copyright image and is offended by the use of it on this site then by all means contact me and I will either remove it or insert the relevant information linking it to you. My intention is not to plagiarise the work of others, only to share information and help others in their interest. Unique visitors to this site since April 5th 2006 |
