One of my lighters is a ZIPPO "wannabe" by the name of Blue Shield with a made in Japan (which these days is worth more than a Made in China.) label on the bottom. My two ZIPPO lighters are collecters items with one having 50's slash coding on the bottom, and the other one having nothing on the bottom. They are both advertising Zippoes, and I think one of them has a "Case"? tractor on it. Haven't looked at them in a long time, so the memory is kind of rough.
With the waterproof matches, the cotton balls, the "Marble's" brass match safes, plastic matchsafes with whistle, and disposable lighters, redunduncy goes without saying.
The Blue Shield stinks from fuel evaporation, and if you have to have it lit for any long period of time, the whole case becomes too hot to hold, but it is capable of taking on a number of fuels that require nothing more than pouring them into the cotton batting. The wick is long and wire wound so that if you can grab it from the top, it slides to the height you want. The cotton waddings formed cotton cover can be lifted up and spare flints can be stored in it, and the whole shebang fits fairly flat no matter where you want to store it.
And so I keep it for a cost of; free + $1.50 for a new 4" wick I just purchased two days ago and Couglands 9 flints for $ .87 (They fit and are half the price of Zippo 5-pack flints.) as the primary use unit because of the fuel versatility.
Bountyhunter