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02-16-2006, 10:01 AM
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Herf Meister
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Phoenix
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Lighter for a pipe
Is a zippo ok?
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02-16-2006, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: pdx
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Re: Lighter for a pipe
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Or you could get the cadillac of pipe lighters...  ZachS
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02-16-2006, 11:22 AM
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Herf Meister
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: St Louis Missouri
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I use zippo's for my pipe. Works great.
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02-16-2006, 03:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Upstate New York
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Use wooden kitchen matches. The temperature is much less, and it is easier to control the flame (thus NOT burning the rim of your pipe!)
Of course, they are harder to carry around, dangerous in the car, and messy!
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02-16-2006, 08:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chicago.......ugh
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I tried a Zippo pipe lighter. POS and a waste of money. I put in a Z-plus and use it for cigars now.
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02-16-2006, 09:02 PM
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Herf God
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Willowick, OH
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Wow...that's the first time I've ever heard of a Zippo called a POS.
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02-17-2006, 04:05 AM
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Herf Meister
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: St Louis Missouri
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Might have been a knock off. I picked one up from ebay that was a total POS. Turns out it wasn't actually a zippo. It was a Chinese imitation. I pitched it. I like the big zippos. You gotta make sure you fill it with plenty of fluid too.
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02-17-2006, 05:49 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Houston, TX
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I typically use wooden matches. Sometimes I use the paper matches. I find that a Zippo imparts the tobacco with the fluid taste. I have heard that if you let the flame burn for a few minutes it will get rid of the taste. I haven't tried this yet. You could also fill the Zippo with absolute ethyl alcohol (100%). I have found 91% ethyl alcohol in the supermarket (Albertsons), you can probably find this at any drug store (70% contains too much moisture to burn). It burns very clean. The big downside is that the lighter will have to be re-fueled every few lights. Alcohol evaporated too rapidly.
Jerome
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