A good lighter is an essential part your everyday carry—these six fire starters run the gamut of quality, craftsmanship, and price. Our ancestors learned to control fire roughly 1.8 million years ago.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Zippo addict John Clayton, 36, believes he has under- insured his collection of 1,100 lighters by some ...

In this video, I restored an old brass Zippo lighter found on a beach using a metal detector. The sea water created a ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Would you ever consider paying $34 for a lighter? What about $125? That's the price range of a Zippo lighter. Expensive? Yes. But people insist that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — The snap of the lid, the strike of the wheel and a flame have become a symbol of American manufacturing thanks to ...