Desire Vintage: a site devoted to beautiful and archetypal objects of our culture

For an American GI in Viet Nam, a Zippo lighter was a way of leaving their name on something besides a headstone. The soldier would engrave sorrow into it's shiny and monolithic body. This is one of the few products with a lifetime warranty from the company. The personalized ones are highly collectible.

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