Leather-covered Zippos first appeared in 1950. The first model was the full-leather covered Zippo which was only produced in the early 1950's. In 1952 the "leather-wrap" made its first appearance and production continued until 1960.
The
"full-leather" is a fully leather-rapped Zippo has
gold-leaf borders on front and back."Zippo" in
gold-leaf letters can be found on the bottom. The
basic models came in green, red,blue and tan. The
Zippos on the left and right are crafted in "Hand
Grained Genuine English Morocco.
This full-leather Zippo is covered in "Hand Burnished
Calfskin".
Leather-covered Zippos was also used for advertising. This
Zippo advertises Forest Oil Corporation which began
operations in 1916 in the Bradford Oil Field in
Pennsylvania and which is still in business today.
