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My brother-in-law began to collect Zippo lighters with US Navy Ships on them many years ago when several members of my family were in the United States Navy, including his son. With not place to display the lighters few of them always managed to become lost or escape in the pocket of a guest who absent-mindedly place it in the pocket after use. So I built this wall display out of walnut with a birch back panel stained to a lighter shade of brown for contrast. The front is Lexan and slides out to the top to make accessing the lighters easy. He has it displayed in his Florida retirement home and still enjoys collecting Navy Zippos. 
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
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ND2ELK
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posted 158 days ago
Great display case. I like the way you finished the back panel so lighters show up better. Love the photo.
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tom
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Scott Bryan
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posted 158 days ago
Terry,
This is a beautiful display case. Walnut is such a gorgeous wood. You made a nice choice in using it for the case.
Great photography too.
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Bradford
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posted 158 days ago
great choice of wood and the colors are appealing. very handsome display. anybody got a light?
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
jjohn
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posted 158 days ago
well done. Looks like there is plenty of room for more lighters. I bet it’s not a problem to guess what he gets for Christmas presents.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 158 days ago
Good looking display case. Did you light all those zippos at once to get that red glow in the sky?
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SWODADDY
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posted 158 days ago
Nice job on the display. God idea. I am still in the navy and have seen that view in the photograph for 20 years. I never get tired of it.
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DAN
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posted 157 days ago
great collector cabinet
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Karson
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posted 156 days ago
That’s a nice display case and he has room to grow. Or did all of his friends remove most of his collection.
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Roz
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posted 156 days ago
No. he probably lost a dozen or so over the years, but we still try to stock him up. My older brother is a Ships Superentendant in HI and he picks the odd Zippo up for him. I also have a young cousin who is starting a career in the Navy and he is going to contribute. So he ought to be able to fill it up.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."