Zippo

[PAUL LANTUCH]

Another commission and the first Zippo. Brass, to be gold plated plus patine.
Step by step.

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

More pictures.

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

More pictures-2

 

[Roger Bleile]

Super work as always Paul. Thanks for the step by step. This must be the most elaborate Zippo in existance!

Roger

 

[Weldon47]

Wow Paul, awesome work! Hot, Hot, Hot!!

Weldon

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

Thank you, Roger.
I have no idea why the customer choose this material for such commission, instead of a custom made real gold. But it is no my business, we have to do 100% job, no matter what.

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

Silicon? No, natural!

 

[Marcus Hunt]

I love it. Some years ago I engraved a few Zippos but found that the time invested meant I couldn't make them pay commercially. It's great that you got a commission for one! I love the final product in the last pic, has it still got to be plated? The patination looks fabulous.

 

[KCSteve]

Scrolldragons!

Wow is that nice!

I'm betting they went with brass + plate because it's a lot cheaper than gold. Actually I'm not certain they make a Gold Zippo - I know they have a Sterling Silver one and last time I checked it was around $300 wholesale. Since the brass ones are less than $20 wholesale, and gold is a lot more expensive than silver...

I agree with Marcus - if it's not already plated in the last pair of pictures then doing so will be literally 'gilding the lilly' (adding unnecessary ornamentation).

 

[david bain]

they make gold ones,they are a lot more expensive than the silver ones

 

[Doc Mark]

Excellant work!! I cringe just looking at that much background removal! (My least favorite aspect of engraving.)

Thanks for posting the series of photos.

Mark

 

[pierre]

superb work!!!

 

[Weldon47]

Paul,

I simply meant that your engraving was hot (especiall on a Zippo!). Nothing else was to be implied!

Weldon

 

[Peter E]

At first I didn't realize it was a progression of pictures and I was thinking it was crude.

The finished design is superbly done. I like it very much.

Thanks for showing it.

Peter

 

[PAUL LANTUCH]

You welcome, Peter.
Hope, it can be useful.

 

[Nigel]

Very Beautifull work and I love the design, It realy is a joy to see.
Thankyou for posting.

 

[ddushane]

Awesome, Almost makes me want to take up smoking

 

[Dmitry Martinov]

Very beautifull engraving Paul. I like it a lot.

 

[Tim Herman]

Does Zippo make any in stainless steel? Where can I find a list of the materials they use? TY

 

[Mike Cirelli]

Paul that is the most embellished Zippo I ever seen, Nice work. What did you fill it with before you engraved it.

Tim Zippo makes only plated, brass, silver (I don't know if they put a plating on it) and gold. The brass ones work pretty good then I spray a coat of crystal clear on when done. You could also gold plat them like Paul spoke of. A stainless one would be nice since they own Case it's strange they don't, I do believe they made those at one time.