Lighter tricks. Basic tricks with Zippo

Magicians and wizards always attract attention

Who among us in childhood did not go to the circus and does not remember the wonderful moments when the curtain opens and the long-awaited artists appear on the stage. Everyone was looking forward to the performance of their favorite clowns, magicians, etc.

Exciting performances from childhood sunk into our souls, and do not leave to this day. Everything mysterious and enigmatic beckons us like a magnet and we cannot resist it.

Working miracles and giving people joy is inherent in every person by nature itself. In the dullness and monotony of life, we are faced with many problems, we lack a small spark to make life brighter.

With a Zippo lighter, you can capture the attention of any company

At first glance, this sparkle can become a completely ordinary thing in everyday life, Zippo lighter.

Having mastered the skills of masterly handling the Zippo lighter, you can easily become a welcome guest in good company.

After all, no one will be left indifferent to an interesting show. Such a simple thing will help you make a lot of friends and acquaintances.

Stealing the Flame

Although almost a hundred years have passed since its first publication, the lighter is still considered a very popular thing among the younger generation.

Attractive body, fashionable design, it just begs to be played with. You can turn it in your hands, click it, throw it up. Any action with a lighter will draw attention to you.

Impressive Zippo lighter tricks you can learn from the video:

At night, you can juggle a lighted lighter, illuminating the sky with various figures. This is a good way to get attention and get to know a girl.

The widespread Trick "Steal Flame":

You run your fingers over the flame, extinguishing it.
Then, gently shaking the lighter, light it up again.

The flame stealing trick is easier than it sounds

The secret of focus is a minor revision of the wick and the laws of physics. Refinement of the wick consists in bending it in a certain way, as a result of which it does not go out completely.

A small blue flame remains under the veil. By shaking the lighter, there is an influx of fresh air and the wick flares up again.

Flame abduction can be alter... Blow lightly on the lighter instead of shaking. The effect is the same as shaking the lighter. And the viewer will get the impression that she caught fire from your breath.

Other tricks

Magic Spontaneous Combustion Trick in execution is quite simple. With two clicks of your fingers, you can get fire from a lighter. The main thing here is persistent training and accurate calculation. When executed correctly, it looks quite impressive.

In a company with friends, you can show trick "Pistol". You need to hold the lighter with one hand, open the lid with the other and simultaneously strike a spark. This creates the effect of cocking the trigger and the shot.

In the evening, when the lights are turned off, it will be appropriate trick "Fiery pants". Sitting at the table, as if by the way, you need to hold a lighter along your leg in one direction, opening the lid. When driving in the opposite direction, a spark is struck and a fire ignites. In this way, for example, candles on the table can be lit.

Video exposing Zippo lighter tricks:

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Over the years of its existence, the convenient practical Zippo lighter, which can be lit with one hand, has found wide application in various fields of our activity.

There are many Zippo lighters that can be applied in our daily life and how many more you can think of.

Watch the video to see the Zippo tricks. At the moment, I do not have a camera with a high enough frame rate to shoot videos in a decent format. At 30 FPS (on camera), this is not possible, as most of the tricks happen in a couple of frames.

Once you master them, you can move on to the second set of Zippo tricks.

Trick 1: Finger Snap

It's a simple trick, and when done quickly and smoothly, it looks very smooth, but it's actually quite difficult to figure out what's going on ...

All you have to do is just flick your finger next to your lighter and it will light up ... hmm, an unusual way to do this.

The secret to this easy Zippo trick is simple - you have to flick your fingers on the silicon wheel, usually click your middle finger, when you click, your finger will turn the wheel and it will light up.

The whole point here is just to have a well thought out script. People don't expect someone to light their lighter with the flick of a finger ...

So first:

Middle finger on a silicon wheel
- Fast finger flick with scrolling wheel
- Delight and free drinks

Trick 2: Cover

This is perhaps the most famous and basic trick with Zippo, it is not difficult, but it is quite graceful and mesmerizing, and a very pleasant sound is heard during its execution.

The point is that instead of covering it with your other hand, you snap it by making a sharp movement with your wrist to the right (if you are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then respectively to the left), you slam the lighter.

Another variation on this trick is to simply grab the lighter with the flint wheel up and make a sharp downward motion with your hand.

Trick 3: Opener

If something can be closed elegantly, it can be opened just as elegantly. The next trick is a little more difficult and takes some practice. The base is to pinch the lighter with your index finger, middle finger and thumb, and make some movement with them so that the lighter is open and is pinched from the sides by your fingers.

The silicon wheel should point towards the hand in which the lighter is located: if it is in the right hand, it should point to the right and vice versa.

Try to squeeze gradually to get a feel for when the Zippo starts to open.

Trick 4: Slice

This Zippo trick is very easy and just takes a little practice to turn the wheel as your hand comes back.

Hold the lighter so that it opens to the opposite side of you.

Quickly slide your hand over the top of the lid to open it, then again make a sharp movement with your hand in your direction to turn the wheel and the lighter will light up.

Slice is another very easy trick, it requires only a little skill, but those who want to repeat it will try to do it for half an hour, they usually hit the wheel and scroll it in both directions.

Trick 5: Black Magic

This trick is more suitable for people who are easy to surprise and impress, not to mention that this surprise is easy to master in a day.

The first step for this is setup. You need to make a small arch on the wick like in the photo.

Now try to extinguish the flame: fold your thumb and forefinger, then simply and most importantly quickly pass them over the fire, the flame should disappear, then, as if snapping your fingers, hit the flint wheel and light the lighter again.

Trick 6: The Bottle Trick

There is another good Zippo trick to surprise your friend: we put the bottle (empty) on the lighter lying on the table and invite him to get the lighter without touching or knocking over the bottles.

It's easy to do just by knocking the lighter out from under the bottle with your finger, but that's not cool enough for us ...

Instead of just knocking the lighter out from under the bottle, we prepare to snap our fingers, put our middle finger on the lighter, strain our hand and quickly click, the lighter will pop out from under the bottle, the bottle will fall on the table, wobble a little and stand up.

The best surface for this trick is steel or polished, the rest tend to slow down the movement of the lighter.

Want to know more tricks, the following instructions are right here!

Based on materials from www.instructables.com

It is believed that youth has three categories: body, heart and mind. It is easy to check this at a party when a certain circle of people gathers. This is where it becomes apparent which society has which category. If all three are active, it can be considered the ideal company.

There are just youth parties that almost no one tries to organize or, even more so, come up with a script. Everyone is free to entertain and entertain as they can. In such cases, you need to be able to entertain peers or guests of the holiday and have some kind of "homework".

For example, remember the secret of trick with an ordinary lighter. Look closely at the screen.

Video training "The Secret of Focus with a Lighter"

There are usually branded stickers on the sides of the lighter. A lighter without any stickers on the sides is a rarity. We shake it in our hands, cover it with a palm and suddenly the sticker disappears. We show both sides of the lighter, there is a sticker on both sides.

Again we shake the lighter in the air, show it to the audience and suddenly the stickers disappear again. Moreover, this time lighters disappear from both sides.

We draw horizontally with our hand past the other hand with half-open palms. The sticker also appears and disappears. Then suddenly, it appears only on one side of the lighter.

The riddle remains unsolved.

What's the secret?

The secret is sleight of hand.

Prepare a lighter in advance, with a sticker on one side. When we want to show the audience that there is no sticker on the lighter, like a real fakir, we shake the object in the air and first show the side of the lighter where it really isn't. Then we quickly turn the lighter over so that the viewer does not have time to notice the side of the lighter with the sticker, and again show the side without the sticker.

The sticker appears to be missing on both sides of the item.

We repeat the same trick with the reverse side, where there is a sticker, and "convince" the viewer that this lighter with stickers is on both sides.

We do the same hand movements with a lighter when we perform horizontal movements with our palms.

In general, it doesn't matter which way you move your hands, it is important to quickly turn the object over and show the audience the right side.

So that one day you do not "get into the paint" and fail the trick, remember the magician's golden rule: train and surprise people and do not surprise them without training.

Zippo petrol lighters have maintained the status of a small fetish of all smokers in the world for 80 years. And this is easy to explain: the metal case of Zippo looks expensive and stylish, such an accessory can emphasize status, and hundreds of designs contribute to self-expression. And yet, with this lighter, any "spark will not be found?" can be turned into a spectacular trick that will impress any girl. 10 cool magic tricks with the legendary Zippo collected in this review.

The first Zippo lighter hit the market in 1933 year and cost 1.95 dollar... Today the price of this stylish piece has changed significantly. But her modern fans, just like their grandfathers, do not get tired of coming up with spectacular ways to extract fire from their favorite accessory. With a little practice, a dozen revisions of training videos, and you too will turn into a real fakir.

1. On Click (Tarantino Method)

If you've watched a movie Quentin Tarantino "Reservoir Dogs", then this trick will definitely seem familiar to you. How did Harvey Keitel's hero manage to get fire with the snap of his fingers? The answer is in this video.

2. Pistol

As the name suggests, the trick is to use the lighter, holding it like a pistol. Unlike real shooting, this trick can be learned in literally 10 minutes.

3. Index

A newbie trick. You just need to casually open the lighter with one finger. But it looks no worse than in the movies.