The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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How fantastic that you have these. I don't own any jack knives, but it is something I'm warming up to as an alternative to the stockman patterns I usually carry
I tend to prefer clip points over spear points. So, one like yours seems like it would be perfect!
The fluid in a Zippo imparts a noxious odor to the cigar. Ruined a good cigar, and was nauseous for awhile.
Thanks for the detailed response!!
If you are starting to smoke cigars, I think the most common cutter is the guillotine, which works fine, but you have to be careful not to cut off too much. I also recommend a V-cutter, which cuts a v-shaped groove which works very well. Lots of fine cigars out there. Arturo Fuente is my favorite brand. Very consistent, and comes in different price ranges.
Prester John
Much appreciated! I was on the right tract with the lighting technique. But of the few I've smoked, about half were semi-noxious (due to my Zippo, I'm sure). I'll be looking for Arturo Fuente, too.
Thanks. The lighter brings back memories.How fantastic that you have these. I don't own any jack knives, but it is something I'm warming up to as an alternative to the stockman patterns I usually carry
I V-cut with my pocket knife. It’s a good reason to keep a very sharp thin bladed knife in your pocket
I use a straight razor too, on occasion. A V-cut keeps the end intact longer and I like the feel on my tongue.
SteelAngelGabriel
, those Lookout Jacks are awesome knives, the drop point is perfect for that pattern as a single blade knife.Love the lookout jacks as well and there's almost nothing more classic that a Camel Zippo
This one is one of my oldest and certainly in the best condition; a 1961 advertisement zippo from my mother in law's father. Never fired, with box and papers. You'll see in the paperwork zippo's recommendations for getting the lighter to light on the first spark when indoors. This was removed from their paperwork sometime down the road. I'm not sure why they removed this, except maybe to save space on the paper. They also used to state the wick was good for a lifetime, but removed that as well. I think this was probably due to their lifetime warranty, but am not certain. I could see people asking for new wicks under the warranty 
I've never had to replace a wick myself, but have spares. If you keep the lighter fueled, the wick should never burn. Only the fuel vapors coming off the wick burns. It also makes me laugh that apparently this was picked up for the hefty price of 1 DOLLAR! Perhaps, a garage sale find.
Wow, the boxes of the zippo and vulcan are even quite similar! And I also didn't know that the emblem on the buck 301 shield was also present on the buck box. Pretty cool to see a blown up and more detailed graphic! Thanks for sharing!!L lithicus your very cool Zippo pasteboard box & unfired lighter caused me to take a better picture of my old Japanese Vulcan. This 1960's era Vulcan lighter looks exactly like a Zippo - looking at the bottom is the only way to tell which is which. It is the only vintage one I own that is still unfired and in its original box. I took BCT and AIT at USATC-ARMOR at Fort Knox in 1973. The lighter is paired with my pocketknife from that era, a Buck 301, which I had with me when I reported into Knox in early July 1973. I bought the lighter some years later somewhere (pawn, antique mall, etc.) because I was in the 4th TNG BDE for AIT (I was in the 5th TNG BDE for BCT). Both are cherished keepsakes to me nowadays. OH
By claiming I was in France in 1998 when they won the final of the World Cup in football and had these in my pocket when Zizou took part in the glory
Instead, it was a year later and I picked up a packet of 3 small Bics in an Intermarché while buying wine
I have the other two Bics as well somewhere with Henry and Vieira on them. Those days Zidane had hair! Shown here with Opinel No.6 stainless in Bubinga wood. The No.6 is overlooked by some but I find it a superb and more compact model than the ubiquitous 8.
Will Power
a toast to truth! Nice combination. OHIn the summertime, I usually wear cargo pants with tons of pockets. So, carrying my wallet, phone, cigarettes, keys, lighter, and slipjoint isn't an issue and I don't worry about undo wear as everything essentially gets its own pocket. But, in the wintertime, I usually just wear jeans and my knife won't often fit in my fifth pocket. So, I usually end up carrying my knife in a leather slip to avoid my knife damaging my zippo or my zippo damaging my knife. The only other thing in that pocket is a pack of cigarettes, but it starts to get cramped. Some of my zippos are fairly old and I quite enjoy the graphics on them. So, I'd like to preserve the graphics as much as possible. And so, I think a great way to do so would be with that belt carry zippo pouch
I've been eyeing one for a while now!Nothing wrong with a great bic! I have a few that I kept once they ran out because I liked the graphic on them. And the opinel makes a great pair!I could tell a pack of lies, putting myself at the centre of non-existent events BS style
