1930 Austrian HURRICANE Lighter! Inspiration for ZIPPO!
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1930 Austrian HURRICANE Lighter! Inspiration for ZIPPO! Please check my sellers list for more great vintage lighters. This vintage 1930 pocket lighter is not a Zippo, it is the Hurricane & was made in Austria. As the story goes, George Blaisdell, the founder of Zippo used one of these in the early 1930's & found it to be awkward & difficult to use. This inspired him to produce his own lighter that was a much improved variation of the Hurricane. This lighter, the Zippo has gone on to the the most popular & highest selling lighter of all time. This Hurricane is one of, if not the nicest I have ever seen. It is also the only one I've seen with a full leather wrap. Condition is excellent, showing only a few small areas of loss of the fragile leather wrap. It appears to have hardly, if ever been used. If you look at the inside of the bottom case, you can see the reverse impression of the bottom markings including-Austria & Hurricane. These are important lighters that have an important place in any serious Zippo collection. This one is about as nice as they get! This is a 7-day, NO RESERVE auction. California residents please add 9.25% sales tax. Paypal is the required payment method. Thanks & good luck!
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