I just wanted to drop a quick note to say hello as a recently joined CPL member, although some of you may recall me from Classic Camp Stoves, on which I have not been active much in the past few years. Time constraints and work have put a damper on my collecting of all things and I sort of thinned out my camp stove collection after a move last Fall, but the love for such things is still there. I have had an interest for all manner of non-electric lighting equipment since I was a small child (same goes for stoves) but at the moment, my collection is mainly of a herd of intersting Carbide lamps, with not much in the way of pressure lamps. I am telling myself that I must never, ever start collecting them, as I know what happens with all my other collecting interests. However, the more I browse this site, the more difficult that decree becomes. In any case, a warm Hello to everyone, and my wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating in the US. Best Regards, Doug Eisemann
Welcome Doug. Hope you will enjoy the site. I collect carbide lamps too, but I bet it's not the same types as yours since the table lamps we had here seemed to be a bit unusual in other countries. Is it miners lamps you have?
Hi... You can always add a few pictures and notes to my "non pressure lamp" thread Or start a dedicated carbide lamp thread.. I'm sure lots of people here share an interest in them too
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I promise I will eventually get around to taking some photos of my collection as it is and putting them in the Open Forum. I suppose that will be some motivation to do some dusting of the collection! I realize there is some polishing to be done that I tend to neglect. Best Wishes, Doug E.
Hello Christer! Actually some of them are miner's lamps, but not the typical American helmet type lamp. Most are the French and German type of heavy iron and brass vertical hanging style. I did have a pair of Primus and Punker carbide hanging lamps from the Swedish Army, but I sold them to another collector some time ago. I can't recall the model #'s but I think it was a Punker 80 and the nearly identical Primus model. Thanks! Doug E.
Welcome Doug, I wish you a lot of fun here in the forum and I am sure you will find it interesting. A friend of mine has two Eisemann miners lamps from the german army, they are battery powered but as far as I know they also made carbide lamps before but I might be wrong here. Very interesting that you share the same name than a lamp manufacurer!
Ah! I guess it must have been a Primus 1031 then? They are almost identical to the Punkers, just as you say Looks like these two depending of version:
Hi Christer, Yes, it was a 1031! I almost said 1081, so I was close. It was the simple square lantern version, but I would have preferred that beautiful Opal globe version. If it was that sort, I think I would have kept it. Not too many of those over here in the USA, I imagine. Regards and thanks! Doug
Christer: Do you know if the Punker 80 was actually made by Primus? They are as good as identical to the Primus 1031 F.
They are indeed identical, so there must have been some sort of collaboration. But I have no idea to what extent. Perhaps Punker was allowed to make Primus lamps under license or similar. It's noticeable that the Punker lamps generally have the additional marking with the Swedish three crowns, indicating that they were owned/meant to use by the state in some way. Probably by the military. The versions of these lamps and lanterns made by Primus doesn't have that mark. Perhaps Punker concentrated on the army on Primus behalf? They don't seem to have any connections otherwise. Atleast the stoves from Punker seems to be of their own with no similarities to Primus. PS. The three crowns I mentioned above is not to be confused with the three crowns of the approval stamp on carbide lamps. They all have those.
Stephan, thanks for the welcome. I wanted to mention I have seen those Eisemann hand lamps on Ebay Germany a few times, and have thought about getting one! I believe the same company today still makes electrical equipment and generators? Here in the USA, there was an Eisemann maker of radio equipment as well as engine ignition equipment, but as far as I know, none of those companies are related to my family. Best Regards, Doug
Hi Doug, Eisemann is today a brand of "Metallwarenfabrik Gemmingen GmbH" Metallwarenfabrik Gemmingen GmbH They manufacture electrical fire brigade equipment and generators. There is also a swiss homepage Eisemann Schweiz You'll find some informations about historical facts there. Have fun!
