Hello all, l just love these Tilley pork pie lamps. A quick clean and a flush, add new seals and bang straight back into life in just under 10...
...persuasion (a rubber mallet) to flatten the outer edge of the pork pie tank, thereby causing the threaded studs to become upright. See...
A nice looking 246 version 3 Tilley x246 (pork pie)
4 of my x246 in date order left to right Some of my favourite lamps, good solid work horses! I never get tired of seeing these glowing away, and...
...same stamping as the heat deflector which is on the first X-246 pork pie lanterns and someone did make reproductions as I have seen them listed...
All my pork pie lamps and lanterns have the same style burner as the X246 Guardsman.
I have never left an actual pork pie unattended long enough for it to be misplaced!
...@Odin. This is often seen in that variation of the Tilley X246 pork pie. There is an old post here where the flat section of the tank is...
...an odd one for sure and at least there doesn't appear to be any hokes drilled. The only down side is it looks like it's got an early pork pie hood.
@Shane Eriksson Nice X246 “pork pie”. It’s the long bail variation of the first production type, so probably made in 1946/47. On the flag: The...
I'm happy to see her running again, I love the Tilley Pork Pie and have been lucky enough to find a few myself.
Pork Pie Tilley TL106 long In this old thread, I was given a Tilley TL-106 with a pork pie base. I later learned that it was from one of the west...
Hi Colin Thanks for your reply. What I meant was, the tank has a brass finish to it. There is an area on the side of the tank which appears to...
...lantern is an early one, those lanterns are commonly known as the pork pie lanterns because of the shape of the tank which resembles a British...
...the rim of the glass is too slippery for it to hold. I tried two pork pies and an x246. Will try a x246B when next there is one on the bench....
...& @Madcollector As far as I can ascertain the gallery with the external springs coincided with the "pork pie" tank, so circa 1946. Cheers Tony
...plated. Gold X246 and X246A founts are hard to find in Australia, except for the Pork Pie, so she will stay as is. Thank you all for the comments.
...anybody else came across a Tilley X246 1950-54 Guardsman with a pork pie style pump before? The pumps are also spectrum, chrome or what ever...
...‘donut’ shaped brass disk to the contact surface at the top of a pork pie pump - perhaps making it wider for someone with arthritic fingers?...
Yours is a straight X246 (no letter); and “pork pie” will give the clue to the correct washers etc. Best regards Tony
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