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HMS Kent High Polish Chrome Lighter with FREE Zippo Flint & Wick

HMS Kent High Polish Chrome Lighter with FREE Zippo Flint & Wick
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Our Price:  £24.99Earn 24 Loyalty Points
Availability:  In stock, immediate despatch  
Personalise Reverse Lid:    + £3.00
 
if required please tell us the message to be engraved on reverse lid of the lighter upto 25 characters
Personalise Reverse Body:    + £4.00
 
if required please tell us the message to be engraved on reverse of the lighter upto 70 characters
Font for Engraving:  

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  • High Polish Chrome
  • Flip Top Lid
  • Windproof
  • Branded Gift Box
  • Made in the USA
  • Lifetime Guarantee
  • FREE Zippo Wick & Flint

Our High Polish Chrome Flip Top HMS Kent Lighter, with FREE Zippo lighter wick and flints, has a high polished chrome finish, and comes in a branded gift box, complete with a lifttime guarantee.

It features a flip top lid, is windproof, and oozes both style and class.

The lighter measures 56mm x 41mm x 10mm, just the right size for his or her pocket or purse.

If you are a company or corporate organisation looking for this lighter design or any other design in multiples please contact for discounted prices.

PLEASE NOTE: For your safety the light is delivered without fuel.


PERSONALISATION:
We also offer the option of adding your personalised message to be engraved on the reverse of your lighter, if required please use the boxes to enter your lid and/or main body of the lighter engraving, and if having your item engraved please select the font you would like your lighter engraved in.


HISTORY OF THE FLIP TOP LIGHTER

In the 1920s, lighters were still somewhat of a luxury for smokers. But when the 1930s came along, a man named George G. Blaisdell noticed an awkward Austrian lighter that had room for improvement and acted on it.

He improved the ergonomics of the lighter's case, so it wasn't as awkward to hold. Then he designed a perforated hood for the wick, which kept the lighter's flame windproof! Additionally, he modified the fuel chamber to be more efficient, and added a hinged flip-top lid. And voila! Zippo entered the world of lighters.

Since then almost 500,000,000 Zippo lighters have been sold. There are millions of Zippo fans around the world who are collecting, buying, selling, swapping and talking about the Zippo lighter every day online and offline.

For many fans, collecting Zippo lighters and other Zippo products has become a hobby, and for some, it has even become a business. So don't forget to Join your Zippo collectors club to meet other Zippo enthusiasts.  

A Zippo Lighter no matter if its an antique or a modern Zippo makes a fantastic gift for loved ones and friends,  


HMS Kent
HMS Ark Royal is a decommissioned light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy. She was the third and final vessel of Invincible-class. Built by Swan Hunters on the River Tyne and launched in 1981 by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, she followed sister ships HMS Invincible and HMS Illustrious into service in 1985.

Affectionately known as The Mighty Ark, she is the fifth Royal Navy ship to have borne the name of the 1587 flagship that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. Originally intended to be named Indomitable to match the rest of the class, this was changed due to the public reaction to the loss of the Ark Royal name after the scrapping of the previous Ark Royal in 1980, after 30 years' service. (Another view holds that with the 1980s public acknowledgement that their Invincible-class ships were aircraft carriers, rather than having to use terms such as 'through-deck cruiser,' the Royal Navy could give the ship a traditional aircraft carrier name.)

Slightly larger than her sister ships, and with a steeper ski-jump ramp, Ark Royal carried the STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) Harrier Jump Jet aircraft, as well as various helicopters. With a crew complement of over 1,000 sailors and aviators, she saw active service in the 1990s Bosnian War and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
Originally due to be retired in 2016, Ark Royal was instead decommissioned on Friday 11 March 2011, as part of the Navy restructuring portion of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review. After Invincible was decommissioned in 2005, and with the retiring of Illustrious expected in 2014, Royal Navy aircraft carrier usage will continue with at least one ship of the under-construction Queen Elizabeth class. After Ark Royal's decommissioning HMS Albion replaced her as the Royal Navy flagship.

 


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