Some have already seen this. It started as a high polish armored brass Zippo.
Had an idea to start pimping it out with material I had on hand. I found this .300 Win Mag cartridge on my last trip to a shooting pit my son and I go to:
A bit of JB Weld and a pewter piece I had planned to do something with and forgot about:
Experimenting with a different look using gun blue:
Removed the bluing for a natural look and added a lanyard loop using the case wall of the .300 Mag cartridge:
Added s a couple of machine screws to beef up the lanyard bracket: