Zippos Can Save Lives
No, really. A zippo can save a life. Every old man has at least one great Zippo anecdote to share with his grandchildren, and some even claim that it saved their lives during the war. A war veteran once told the company that a Zippo stopped a bullet for them during combat.
1935 Stars And Stripes Zippo Replica For The 60th Anniversary Of Zippo Lighters, March 1992. (Photo by Patrick AVENTURIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
The veteran’s wife gave him the zippo before he went to Vietnam and it actually saved his life by stopping a bullet. In addition to being great war shields, they can also act as lifesavers in civilian life. In 2010, a man who was shot by a burglar dodged a bullet because it hit the zippo in his pocket and ricocheted away.