Dear All, Reportedly these are not common lanterns, so please find attached below pics of HASAG 102 SP. Most likely I will not be able to clean & fettle it for some time, so it is just as arrived to me. All steel, no scratches or dating numbers, no dents, plenty of rust. For me it looks interesting with that additional knob (what is it for?) and characteristic handle holders. I am afraid that nickel/chrome plating and decals will not survive rust removal process. Any comments regarding presumed manufacturing date and/or other interesting info regarding that lantern are much appreciated, because there is no much info and/or similar examples on the Forum. Regards Piotrek
The round fibre wheel operates a positive fuel shutoff valve, whereas the oblong/arrow shaped knob operates the pricker needle. There are also versions for petrol/gasoline as well as for paraffin/kerosene, whereas the suffix "SP" indicates that your version was configured for burning alcohol/spirits. The model 100 has the needle mechanism at the top of the vaporizer, similar to some American lanterns. It appears from 1930 on in the documents I have access to. The model 102 has the excenter located below the bottom plate of the globe cage and uses a stem within the vaporizer like in most other lanterns of that manufacturer. It appears in a 1936 catalogue. Overall it seems to be a close match to the design of the American Nulite Stormking or the Dutch Summit lanterns, but I'm not sure whether it was just a re-branded product, since there are still some differences to these lanterns. A very rare lantern, and definitely worth to get it going again. Here you can see my example.
Dears, I am about to finish my HASAG 102 lamps project. There is one more lamp left to be completed, but in the meantime, I can post that alcohol SP version. It is still good working (but not good looking ) lamp with all HASAG 102 original parts even after all it went through. I replaced tank which was like a sieve after I removed all rust. Patching the steel tank help needed | Classic Pressure Lamps & Heaters The "new" one, was very rusty as well, but I reinforced it by thick layers of epoxy resign and soldered one hole in the bottom (that appeared after gentle de-rusting and cleaning...). I had to replace a pump tube. It was taken from the original posted above Hasag 102 SP tank. Thanks to that "adventure" you can admire internal design of that tank and American style pump tube. The “funniest” moment was when I noticed that pump tube is cracked - while assembling lamp after all cleaning, rust prevention and epoxy treatment. I epoxy tank again after pump tube replacement to prevent rusting in the pump area. If I have noted that cracked pump tube before all that time and work spent on the lamp, then most likely I would just scrap it. But at that moment I decided to finish it despite everything. It runs on alcohol, 200-300 Luxor mantle, old and worn-out Hasag jet (good enough for alco) and new HASAG/Radius needle from e-bay which I had to modified (prolong threading and to thin steel wire to smaller diameter). 500cp size Petromax glass – short but works. Investing so much time and money in that piece of rusty scrap (even 5 rusty lamps) is my personal, unreasonable decision , but am glad I did it after all. I am not afraid of any other rusty piece of lamp looking at me from my shelf any more …and that rewarding light at the end All the best, Piotrek
