Jim Dick’s Copper Kopsen Kayen AP2

I will post this Kayen AP2 lantern in the Reference Gallery. It is from Jim Dicks collection and is quite special.

I thought I should light it first, though.






Cheers

Tony

 

That's a ripper lamp you have there least of all no stress cracks in copper.Bob

 

Tony, good to hear it is in your safe hands.

 

beautifull

 

A grand old lamp and I like the reflection photograph!

 

Very nice, Tony!

 

Very pretty. And great photography. I do like the very simple lines of it.

 

@Tony Press
Not a lot to distinguish my steel-font Tilley EX100 from it Tony. I see from your restoration posts you’ve to look for the details in components to say ‘Tilley’ or ‘Kayen’.

 

@presscall

The Kayen AP2 is a copy of the Tilley EX100. Nettlefold Kayens have different tanks to Kopsen Kayens; other components are not-exact-copies of Tilley parts; and often you get a mix of Tilley and Kayen parts.

When I post this in the Reference Gallery I’ll show the detail.

Tony

 

You are quite right there @Tony, in respect of the small Tilley/Kayen differences. I fought a battle repairing a Kayen AP2 burner. Each step I thought I had won and another problem arose. Ended with an injector tube from a Tilley Service Pack that would have solved the last issue but turned out that it was not the same size diameter as the Kayen and no way would it thread in.

 

What a beautiful lantern @Tony Press .
Im going to check out my pile as i think i may have one not sure but, it was in poor condition but the tarnish is different, looking forward to the gallery pics

 

I found it, new it was different