Feuerhand recently marked their 130th anniversary - see Brand Story Feuerhand | Moments Made Light | Since 1893 On the page is an image of 8 different models. Can anyone identify them all? I' guessing the #5-#7 are 276 variants, and #8 is 275. I have no clue about the others..
Hi lamptoad, from the left to the right: Nr. 280, Nr. 276, Nr. 276 StK, Nr. 275, 3x Nr. 175 and Nr. 75 Atom Kind regards Jörg
It is a bit of a shame that they only make one model these days. I did buy one some 3 years back and they are still very well made.
Yes, they are mine and about 600 more Feuerhand lanterns Here a view from the top of my staircase: Kind regards Jörg
There's not that much room left for oily lampses, all of our cupboard space is taken up with discharge lamps.! Hugs Sammi Jane xXx
Hi lamptoad, Your question is not easy to answer. There are lanterns that look like 'fresh' from manufacturing. There is no need to do anything. Others are covered with light rust and can be easily restored. Others are heavily rusted and have holes in the tank or air pipes. You have to be a bit more careful if you want to preserve and use such a lantern. If the lantern is heavily rusted, then it comes into a citric acid bath for several days. I check it every day and remove loose rust with a coarse sponge. Once the rust is completely removed, the lantern goes into a bath of caustic soda. It then stays there for about a day. The caustic soda neutralizes any remaining citric acid and has a passivating effect on the metal. Afterwards, the lantern is rinsed well with clear water and then dried as quickly as possible. This is best done in the oven. If it has holes, I solder them all shut and sand the overhang as best I can. The lantern as such I then work by means of a drill in which I use various grinding brushes made of stainless steel, nylon, etc.. If only a few soldered joints are visible, then I paint the lantern with a clear varnish to prevent further rust. If there are numerous solder joints, so that the lantern gets a mottled appearance, then I paint it with stainless steel lacquer. This protects even better against rust and also looks good. Greetings Jörg This is a pre war FH 276 with stainless steel lacquer:
Hi Sammi Jane, with a little practice and a lot of time you can also solder something like this. Whether I would do that again today I do not know. Greetings Jörg
Sheesh, I wouldn't have the patience or skill to attempt anything like that. The worst I've got is a couple of lamps with heavy rusting but they're still intact. Hugs Sammi Jane xXx
Super helpful thanks Jörg. I've been using citric acid this way and also find it works great. But instead of caustic soda I just scrub in water then spray with acitone to clean and dry and oil straight away, which seems to work. It preserves patina which is desirable in a couple of my lamps, but a couple have been too far gone and I think steel lacquer is a great tip to try with these.
Hi @Jörg Wekenmann , does anyone sell spare parts for Feuerhand lanterns? I lost the dome-shaped thingy that sits over the wickholder of my 270. I know it was there some 50-55 odd years ago but now it is gone... The filler cap is replaced by a big cork. This is a lantern with red coloured glass (not painted, the glass itself is red) and my father told me it was used as a rear light on a horse drawn wagon. It came from my grandfather's bussiness (he was a miller and also sold cattle feed and coal). Never knew him, he died early 1958, I was only about 1/2 a year old. He was in his mid 80s. Greetings, w!m
Has anyone got any suggestion on what model FH this lantern is? Unfortunately when the artist painted the lantern they didn't clean it up well beforehand and used a tonne of black paint on. End result that's covered up the embossing on the font so I can't make out what model it is. The label reads made in Germany so that dates in to pre 1945
Hi Mesquite, this is a Feuerhand No. 252 model. Your lantern was built between 1928 and 1932. The 'Made in Germany' stamping was used after the war for some years too! Kind regards Jörg
Thanks for that Jörg, I was hoping you'd be able to identify it. Are you able recommend any online reference sources to help with identifying FH lanterns?
Hi Mesquite, yes there are some homepages with a lot of pictures: https://sirkosdrive.jimdofree.com/laternen/feuerhand-nier/ Feuerhand Feuerhand Sturmlaternen aus dem Erzgebirge - Herzlich Willkommen - Glück auf! https://sturmlaternen.jimdofree.com/feuerhand/ Cheers Jörg
