# Custom Zippo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-zippo/297877 "2005-04-05T18:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-zippo/297877/1 "2005-04-05T18:06:11Z")
I’d like to have a logo put on a Zippo. I want the logo itself to be the polished metal of the case, with a red background and outline. (i.e., the ‘field’ and ‘border’ would need to be engraved; not the bits that ‘make the logo’.) I did find one place that does it, but they have a minimum order of 50 units. Is there anyone who does ‘one-offs’? Would virtually any place that does engraving be able to do it? I’d rather have the paint done for me, but I can do it myself if I need to. (What kind of paint would I use, anyway?) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-zippo/297877/2 "2005-04-05T18:07:16Z")
Ah, hell. This was supposed to go into GQ. :smack: Can someone report this post to a moderator? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-zippo/297877/3 "2005-04-05T18:27:13Z")
Two possibilities for you. If there’s a trade school in your area that has a machinist course, stop in and see if you can get one of the students to engrave it for you using a CNC machine, or you could snail it to me, and I can get it done for you. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-zippo/297877/4 "2005-04-07T04:12:51Z")
Got an e-mail back from the technical college. They said I should contact them in May or June. ---
**Author:** ![NadaHappyCamper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-zippo/297877/5 "2005-04-07T12:55:42Z")
Perhaps a jewler.