Persistent obstruction in the air tubes??
Beautiful lamps!! Are they gasoline or alcohol fired??
Clicking on his 'sold' listings, I see that he has not actually sold any high priced lanterns yet.
Cut glass pendants???
The stuff of nightmares, so sorry. Seeing that mashed Tilley SDR is making me cry, and it's not even mine.
Some pipe or drain cleaners contain muriatic acid rather than lye.
@Henry Plews said: Sounds to me like the result of a bad case of "operator malfunction". If the operator had taken the trouble to check the safe...
My point was that it's not too surprising they're still for sale. They never were any good. $3.95 was too much.
It is my experience that these accessory safes never seal tight enough to keep moisture out when the lanterns are used in rain and snow. I've seen...
Awesome example of a super rare QL. Fantastic condition for a steel lantern.
A few years ago, when I needed 250CP Preston loop vaporisers to kero-fy a pair of Swiss Army 821 lanterns, I was able to source some NOS German...
I can confirm that a Coleman 200 type globe fits my Optimus 930 350CP lantern. I do not have a 930 300CP type lantern to check, but I think both...
You should kiss that fount and buy a lotto ticket.
This lantern was originally fitted with a brass bound mica globe fitted with sliding door
AGM USFS. If it's fount is sound, you've got a real winner!!
I got a Feuerhand 175 Super Baby and a Sears-Roebuck canvas pup tent for my tenth birthday in 1963. I still have, and use, both of them.
presscall has got it right, I think. My vote is for conservation rather than 'restoration'. Return to function and maybe a bit of non-abrasive...
Some of the BX's are found with a rough-cast filler lid. Others have a conventional filler lid, but made of steel. Even though many ordinarily...
Very nice lantern. I've got near a dozen pre-war Canadian Colemans, but nary a COLEMAN punched base-rest 220 or 228.
@coleman54 Hi Have you seen other winged caps with the relief hole drilled at an angle through the wing, instead of straight through the caps...
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