i don't give a shit if you're right or not, im saying that you're an uninteresting person who cares too much about stupid shit. put the phone down and do something else
>pointing out glaring mistakes in a show universally praised for its historical accuracy on the film and television board is uninteresting and stupid
You lost, son?
Real WW2 era zippos were matte black with a sort of truck bed liner textured coating because the cases were pot metal and would rust otherwise. This looks close enough, hard to say what they looked like new but real ones have a bit more texture. It appears to have the correct 7 hole chimney and 4 barrel hinge though
I have a replica 1942 zippo with the costing and the click doesn't sound the same as most zippos. If I had to guess they probably went with a modern case because it sounds better and looks about the same unless you're a mega zippo autist
the edges look pretty fricking round in the photo you posted clownjob. clearly they couldn't find a proper black crackle zippo and went with a matte painted one that worked just as well. you went to fricking google in the middle of watching just to try and "catch them out"
op is desperate for any sort of personality and he landed on one of the worst ones. all shows are filled to the brim with minor mistakes and he thinks he's an expert for noticing a gay little zippo
and i just noticed you being obnoxious and made a post. you can always ignore it mr zippo
and you didn't just "notice" something, you tried to make it a "gotcha" despite every show having a shitton of flaws
>pointing out glaring mistakes in a show universally praised for its historical accuracy on the film and television board is uninteresting and stupid
You lost, son?
this is a perfectly valid discussion for a thread and quite interesting, but you as a person are such an insufferable sperg homosexual that it poisons the well.
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Anonymous
Know your audience. If the OP was phrased and structured in a non-shitpost way with even a hint of sincerity and seriousness the thread would've hit page 10 in half an hour.
you are the dumbest motherfricker alive, they painted them matte black because they changed them to shitty pot metal.
looks the same as the one in the OP picture to you, you gotta get your eyes checked. I went to check a photo album in the middle of watching because I could've sworn actual WW2 models looked nothing like the one in the show. Turns out I was right.
OP. It's not their actual fault. BoB and The Pacific had product-placed "1941 Replica" Zippos provided by Zippo themselves which have a more modern matte black coating rather than the black crackle enamel truck paint they used in the era. Picrel is one they released around the time the show aired. They still make chrome versions.
Btw you're a homosexual for caring.
t. zippo collector
OP. It's not their actual fault. BoB and The Pacific had product-placed "1941 Replica" Zippos provided by Zippo themselves which have a more modern matte black coating rather than the black crackle enamel truck paint they used in the era. Picrel is one they released around the time the show aired. They still make chrome versions.
Btw you're a homosexual for caring.
t. zippo collector
Thank you for your genuine contribution, collector anon. Nonetheless I must insist. Check out the episode yourself and your keen eye will notice that the top is almost flat, like a modern Zippo.
Yes, anon, because the 1941 replicas have an almost-flat top like modern zippos do too. They're imperfect replicas the showmakers likely knew no different about because sources for stuff like that in late 1999 were spotty and getting fresh-looking black crackle lighters were probably out of the question. I can also attest that vintage black crackle lighters do NOT stand the test of time; the finish flakes like frick.
85% correct and thank you again, but put a 1941 model next to a contemporary one and the differences in build become very apparent. That's why I keep repeating myself so acoustically. The one in the show looks exactly like a modern black matte Zippo. Wrong model, wrong finish. I've been watching the VHS release and I'm this close to busting out the Blu-ray release I never opened just to make sure.
OP is such a gay, everything about that zippo is period correct except for maybr the texture of the finish. Probably a deliberate choice because the crackle ones don't make the quintessential zippo click.
Replica black crackle ones weren't available until the 2010s anyway, when Zippo started making more year-round special items for the collector's market.
Thank you for your genuine contribution, collector anon. Nonetheless I must insist. Check out the episode yourself and your keen eye will notice that the top is almost flat, like a modern Zippo.
It's an out of focus prop on screen for a few seconds. The zippo shape isn't radically different today than it was in the 40s, you're really grasping at straws.
he's blackening his rifle for camouflage. what makes you think he wouldn't be able to do the same thing to his silver shiny metal lighter
That's not blackening on that lighter, it's black matte coating. The matte line of Zippos was first introduced in 1984.
That's matte army paint he got from the quartermaster for his little zippy project.
It's called bluing, and it's done using chemicals, usually by a gunsmith.
you are not interesting
See
i don't give a shit if you're right or not, im saying that you're an uninteresting person who cares too much about stupid shit. put the phone down and do something else
>pointing out glaring mistakes in a show universally praised for its historical accuracy on the film and television board is uninteresting and stupid
You lost, son?
it isn't a "glaring" mistake because nobody except you cares. you're the nerd who goes "uhm ackhtually" and annoys everyone
you are the dumbest motherfricker alive, they painted them matte black because they changed them to shitty pot metal.
Son, the picture you posted just proved me right. See
I believe that coating is/was called black crackle
>universally praised for its historical accuracy
>episode 9: Why We Fight
yeah nobody does that. not here anyway
zippo stopped using brass because it was controlled resource during the war and used steel cases covered in matt paint
you gay stupid moron
nothing personal
Real WW2 era zippos were matte black with a sort of truck bed liner textured coating because the cases were pot metal and would rust otherwise. This looks close enough, hard to say what they looked like new but real ones have a bit more texture. It appears to have the correct 7 hole chimney and 4 barrel hinge though
Correct. Those were the black crackle Zippos and featured more rounded edges, but the one in the show is clearly a modern black matte Zippo.
thought you said black matte zippos didn't exist before 1984?
They didn't. Black crackle did.
I have a replica 1942 zippo with the costing and the click doesn't sound the same as most zippos. If I had to guess they probably went with a modern case because it sounds better and looks about the same unless you're a mega zippo autist
the edges look pretty fricking round in the photo you posted clownjob. clearly they couldn't find a proper black crackle zippo and went with a matte painted one that worked just as well. you went to fricking google in the middle of watching just to try and "catch them out"
op is desperate for any sort of personality and he landed on one of the worst ones. all shows are filled to the brim with minor mistakes and he thinks he's an expert for noticing a gay little zippo
What level of projection is this? I don't need your validation, I just noticed something and made a thread. You can always close the tab, son.
and i just noticed you being obnoxious and made a post. you can always ignore it mr zippo
and you didn't just "notice" something, you tried to make it a "gotcha" despite every show having a shitton of flaws
this is a perfectly valid discussion for a thread and quite interesting, but you as a person are such an insufferable sperg homosexual that it poisons the well.
Know your audience. If the OP was phrased and structured in a non-shitpost way with even a hint of sincerity and seriousness the thread would've hit page 10 in half an hour.
have a nice day israelite
Actual brown Black person bet you support gaza
If this model
looks the same as the one in the OP picture to you, you gotta get your eyes checked. I went to check a photo album in the middle of watching because I could've sworn actual WW2 models looked nothing like the one in the show. Turns out I was right.
See
holy fricking shit you're such a loser
>Makes you look like a homosexual every time you light a cigarette
nothing personnel kid
OP. It's not their actual fault. BoB and The Pacific had product-placed "1941 Replica" Zippos provided by Zippo themselves which have a more modern matte black coating rather than the black crackle enamel truck paint they used in the era. Picrel is one they released around the time the show aired. They still make chrome versions.
Btw you're a homosexual for caring.
t. zippo collector
Thank you for your genuine contribution, collector anon. Nonetheless I must insist. Check out the episode yourself and your keen eye will notice that the top is almost flat, like a modern Zippo.
Yes, anon, because the 1941 replicas have an almost-flat top like modern zippos do too. They're imperfect replicas the showmakers likely knew no different about because sources for stuff like that in late 1999 were spotty and getting fresh-looking black crackle lighters were probably out of the question. I can also attest that vintage black crackle lighters do NOT stand the test of time; the finish flakes like frick.
85% correct and thank you again, but put a 1941 model next to a contemporary one and the differences in build become very apparent. That's why I keep repeating myself so acoustically. The one in the show looks exactly like a modern black matte Zippo. Wrong model, wrong finish. I've been watching the VHS release and I'm this close to busting out the Blu-ray release I never opened just to make sure.
>muh historical accuracy
>doesn't mention the completely fabricated death camp scenes
So the eyewitnesses, the grandpas this was based on lied?
OP is such a gay, everything about that zippo is period correct except for maybr the texture of the finish. Probably a deliberate choice because the crackle ones don't make the quintessential zippo click.
Replica black crackle ones weren't available until the 2010s anyway, when Zippo started making more year-round special items for the collector's market.
Wrong again. See
It's an out of focus prop on screen for a few seconds. The zippo shape isn't radically different today than it was in the 40s, you're really grasping at straws.
Spielberg is a covert loxist
I wish we had more autistic threads like this instead of the usual slop
Why do people even like Zippos? They use fricking naptha and make everything taste like shit.