Maratac AAA Cu tarnish progression

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RedLed said:
Man, after reading the procedures to patina these, I would never buy one used!
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You may as well say you never want to get used money. None of these are anything that wouldn't be cleared up by a good rinse and polish. My Maratac Cu showed up again! One of the other flashlight fans (a hunter) figured that it was probably mine, being a copper high-powered light.
 
I love the way copper looks tarnished!! Green and dark brown in the crannies, shiny in the main use areas...its like a funky old guitar or a good carbon steel knife...:devil:
 
AnAppleSnail said:
You may as well say you never want to get used money. None of these are anything that wouldn't be cleared up by a good rinse and polish. My Maratac Cu showed up again! One of the other flashlight fans (a hunter) figured that it was probably mine, being a copper high-powered light.
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I think he was refering to the yellow ammonia you can use to tarnish copper quickly :sick2:
 
BilMacGil said:
I love the way copper looks tarnished!! Green and dark brown in the crannies, shiny in the main use areas...its like a funky old guitar or a good carbon steel knife...:devil:
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I agree...and these lights have lots of nooks and crannies for tarnish to go undisturbed.

Oh, and...

:welcome:
 
BilMacGil said:
I love the way copper looks tarnished!! Green and dark brown in the crannies, shiny in the main use areas...its like a funky old guitar or a good carbon steel knife...:devil:
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Nice first post and welcome to CPF!
AaronG said:
I think he was refering to the yellow ammonia you can use to tarnish copper quickly :sick2:
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Hahaha.... anyone hung up on something having been in contact with the stuff that some Eskimos used to save for various purposes might want to move to a more sanitary planet than this one.

Anyone else got any more tarnish photos for us to see?
 
At 8 mths. Looking good.
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Whill44, that looks cool!

I've never seen that before. Is the Zippo copper or copper plated, I wonder? . Is it made by Zippo or a third party?
 
mzil said:
Whill44, that looks cool!

I've never seen that before. Is the Zippo copper or copper plated, I wonder? . Is it made by Zippo or a third party?
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Thanks Guys.
To answer some of the questions, Yes it's a real Zippo, Yes it's all copper just like the flashlight. I believe Zippo made these in a limited run spanning a couple of years (if someone else knows more please chime in) as of now I only see an antique copper in the catalog which I think is a plating or a copper wash. Their were a handful of these on ebay two weeks ago at all kinds of prices mostly high. I bought mine used, to save some money, and because I intended to carry and use. Ok Showoff.....
 
Thanks for the info.

I don't smoke, so this may be old hat to most who do, but it has recently come to my attention that there are fairly inexpensive ($10-12) inserts made by third party companies for Zippos, which turn them into jet flame (torch) "windproof" lighters. They are made by Z-Plus and Thunderbird brands.

Sorry to be off topic, but I thought to buy one as an addition to my survival kit. Most windproof lighters cost way more than this. I dont see why I'd even need the external Zippo casing, since while in my survival tin there's nothing to push down the ignition button by mistake.
 
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