tonygraz wrote:It a CI smiley face and I don't have the time to mess with it. Besides which I have plenty of other lighters that I actually like.
To the best of my knowledge, items are covered under the lifetime warranty regardless of logos and art appearing on them
as long as they are "real" Xikar models, meaning:
1. They have the word "XIKAR" somewhere on the item's body, and...
2. At some point the model appeared on the actual xikar.com website.
If 1 and 2 are true, then the art or brand names printed on the item (Ave Maria, Diesel, CI smiley logo, etc.) don't matter, it's covered.
What's not covered are things like some of what CI often describes in ad copy as
"by Xikar" items that fail #1 and #2 because they do not match any known actual Xikar model that has appeared on xikar.com and they do not have "XIKAR" appearing on the item itself, such as the "X4 by Xikar" cutter and certain (but not all) single-jet lighters branded with cigar brand names (e.g. Diesel and others).
However, other branded items such as the brown-and-tan, Diesel-branded Turrim double-jet lighter, the Ave Maria-branded Forte lighter and the various branded Xi1 and Xi2 cutters (typically with some cigar brand's art), etc. are covered, because #1 and #2 are both true. Turrim, Forte, Xi1 and Xi2 are all "real" Xikar models that have appeared on xikar.com, and they all have "XIKAR" appearing on the item itself.
If what you have is a smiley-branded, say, Executive II, this should be covered (is a "real" model, has appeared on xikar.com, does have "XIKAR" appearing on the item itself).
I hope this helps some folks. As far as I know, this info is correct.
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