| The
production started in 1998 and ended |
| in
2001. The reason for producing this |
| 1933
First Release Replica and stopping |
| the
production of the 1932 Original and |
| Second
Release Replicas is as follows: |
| As
known since 1997 that Georg
Grant |
| Blaisdell founded
the Zippo Co.
in |
| 1932
but the production
and the sale |
| started one year
later in 1933. |
| The
1933 Replica lighters were |
| produced
by hand because of the size |
| being
longer and the squared corners |
| they
did not fit the equipment for the |
| current
Zippo lighters. |
