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inpsydoutBRONZE Member
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Posted:
i was looking on ebay the other day for a nice zippo to go with my fire poi but couldn't find any "poi" related zippos (not that I held out much faith) which got me thinking why doesnt the HOP shop sell "poi zippos"? (just a thought smile)

i cdnoult blveiee taht i cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht i was rdanieg!


VixenSILVER Member
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Posted:
I like the HOP writing going up the side... think u should turn the little spinning person round tho. xxx

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VixenSILVER Member
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Posted:
And a capital P on poi. xxx

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mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
the logo on its side transition better with the text.

persnally i preffer it like that, more even and spaced

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NateBRONZE Member
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Posted:
thats wicked mech, malcolm do that lol

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VixenSILVER Member
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Nate (Or anyone) Which way up do you think the picture should be? xxx
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.:star:.SILVER Member
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Posted:
i agree vixen! Its fantastic but the pic needs turning round. It would look lots and lots better (although it is lovely like that)

I WANT ONE!!!

mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
Bah, you are women, what would you know wink

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nearly_all_goneSILVER Member
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Posted:
Could it possibly work with the "Home of Poi" bit going horizontally at the top, then the little fire-spinning person quite large beneath it? Or would thatr be crap?

I'm thinking of it engraved here, probably wouldn't look that great in colour. Hmm.

Love the work Mech, but I must say I'm loving the "Do not set self on fire" one far too much for anything to look good in comparison.. peaked too soon! wink

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animatEdBRONZE Member
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Posted:
I think they'd know a lot.

Think about it, women spend aaagggeeesss making themselves look pretty, so they should have a good idea of what is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, more so than us boys who don't spend ages in front of the mirror, right?

wink

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mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
you mean, doing important thingslike saving the world (via the x-box)

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VixenSILVER Member
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Posted:
No... the reason its going down the side is because on a lighter there is more space going down the lighter than across... if it was to go across it would have to be written alot smaller. xxx

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FlamingOberonGOLD Member
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Posted:
i know that there are some companies, such as https://www.pipeshop.com,
that allow you to get customized Zippos for free or a very small fee, depending on the graphic you want. The minimumk order is 50, but the more you buy the more of a discount they give you.

Here is the important bit: The Zippos are actually customized by Zippo... your order is made by Zippo themselves, not a third party, so you warrantee or lifetime gurantee is not voided. you can get any style of personalization you want, laser etching, acid engraving, silk screening, etc. all of them are free, if you meet their parameters (such as only printed on one face of the zippo and only 2 colors) but if you want to exceed their parameters it still is not expensive. thats an american company, but they deal directly with zippo which is their appeal. i dont know if there are opther companies that do the same thing. if you were going to do it, malcolm, i would reccomend you check this place out, i have had nothing but success with them in the past with my zippo orders.

The FadeSILVER Member
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Posted:
for some reason i tried that link and it didnt work, www.pipeshop.net does, and then everything else on thier site is an extention of the .com addy. crazyness. looks good tho!!!



edit: nevermind. its the comma. www.pipeshop.com works too. smile
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.:star:.SILVER Member
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Posted:
eek
We know everything!

Mech, your photoshop skills are far superior to mine so I apologise for butchering your pic smile


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I think it looks lots nicer with the logo the other way biggrin
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TheBovrilMonkeySILVER Member
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Posted:
Personally, I'd prefer something like this engraved into a chrome zippo, forgive the dodgy picture...




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*shrugs* I'm not too bothered though really, I'll almost certainly buy one regardless, as long as it's a decent windproof one.



edit... the main picture I used was originally entered into the t-shirt competition by Brian Saccomano, I only butchered it to get it onto the lighter wink
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PyroWillGOLD Member
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Posted:
Please make some Malcolm smile

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If you sell them for us, Malcolm, I'm sure I speak for us all when I say that Miss Star will bake you some cookies. They'll be big ones with lots of chocolate chips in them.

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mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
bov thats a lush lighter

ill do some crome ones today, the Black ones whee the best ones i could get to have an open lighter as well....

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mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
ps i have uploaded a couple of new designs using a better hop logo malcome uploaded for me

Hop zippo

Hop Zippo 2

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roarfireSILVER Member
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Posted:
I personally would prefer one that doesn't say 'home of poi'....purely for that fact that I don't want to hurt my staff's feelings.

But then again I do kind of like the home of poi writing because it gives it more of a personal thing. Like a sense of belonging and being a part of something that you can brag to everyone about.

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mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
well

so far we have


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Chrome Zippo, after bov brought one to the discussion


andthen a series of black customised lighters


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hope you like them, comments and critism welcome.

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Posted:
i want one!

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VixenSILVER Member
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Posted:
I like the one Star did.... sorry Mech! Altho it is your disign just round the other way... but not as big as the one you did. xxx

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mechBRONZE Member
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Posted:
are you saying you wnat me to design one with teh right way up vixen?

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VixenSILVER Member
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Posted:
hehe yes please!!! xxx

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margitaSILVER Member
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Posted:
i'll buy one!! biggrin i think i already said that though...i like the chrome ones too! both of them! biggrin but the one with the hop logo makes it seem like some not-so-secret society...kinda like the stonecutters or something... umm ubblol

please please please make & sell some of these in the hop shop malcolm??? biggrin

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nearly_all_goneSILVER Member
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Posted:
Written by: gita


kinda like the stonecutters or something... umm ubblol




biggrin See, that makes me want one even more!

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~Leah~GOLD Member
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Posted:
great work mech, hope to see them available to buy soon! clap

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GherkinGOLD Member
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Posted:
That chrome one mech did is awesome!

UCOFSILVER Member
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Posted:
Indeed it is quite nice biggrin

I still think that the bunsen lighters would be the best to use. How can Zippos be called windproof if you can blow them out? umm

The point of the bunsn lighters being too hot for a wick brings up two points:
What is the temperature of the bunsen flame, compared to how hot the wick gets when on fire?
If you believe that using a bunsen on your wicks will damage them, can you not just move the lighter round so it doesnt concentraate the heat in one exact place, but will still set the paraffin on fire.

I also reckon having "www.homeofpoi.com" or "homeofpoi.com" on the lighters would be good, if they do indeed get made up, and its free advertising for Malcolm and that cant be a bad thing.

Nice work there Mech hug2

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