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In 1981
the Zippo Manufacturing Company added the 13" rule to the
product line, a chrome plated and satin finished solid brass
straight edge. These rules had two calibrations - inches and
centimeters - like optional on the 6feet steel blades of the
Zippo tape measure since 1967 and could be ordered from
Zippo's Advertising Specialty Devision with individualized
logos imprinted in the center in a maximum size of 2 1/2" to 1
1/16". Note the size of the marking for the 6th & 7th inch are
imprinted in a smaller font size than the other marking in
order to provide a bigger imprintable space. In addition to
the zip-apart keychain (mid 1971 through mid 1972) and the
out-a-matic ashtray (mid 1970 through early 1972) these rules
are among Zippo's non-lighter products that were only
available for a very short time, only a few months in 1981 to
be precise. Within the first few months of production Zippo
discovered that the calibration was off and did not match the
company's quality standard. |
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