You have the last version of the 300x, made from 1950 to 1952 (approximately). Compared to a Petromax lantern it's pretty simple to get going, but...
OK, looks like ex-MOD 320 from the 1990's. Good workhorse lanterns and parts won't be a problem.
I'm 54 in October, and it still is...!
I was under the impression that the tank rims were solder dipped and wiped at the factory, but to what end I don't know. My late wartime 300...
I remember someone saying that the Tilley irons have three heat settings; hot, bloody hot, and way too bloody hot!
I smell bitza- the 300x is post war, the only lanterns with predominantly steel construction are the wartime 300s... Post some photos please, we...
1: a pop as the vapour lights is normal. 2: as Pod said, that flame shot actually looks pretty good. 3: in the first photo with the yellow...
The O ring is the gland packing for the pricker control, the little round chad goes in the brass carrier inside the NRV. The pump leather goes on...
That's normal on the earlier Bialaddin models- it's not a control tap, just a jet pricker. Around 1954 they introduced a new pricker control with...
The crown and A M marking is indeed the Air Ministry property mark: apparently the two digits in the middle of the stores number (between the two...
I'm going to stick my neck out and say earlier- '90's or even late '80's because: Silver painted tank rather than olive drab with warning decals....
It's actually an M1; for some reason the MOD lamps weren't stamped with the model number, whereas the civvie versions were. Both appear to have...
French valves are also known as "Presta" valves in the UK and US and are commonly used on road bikes, so if you can find a local specialist bike...
As Jeff and Henry have said, a very nice, very early (c 1940), and surprisingly un-mucked-about E 41 (not jealous much...). Sounds like a BR49...
I have quite a few offcuts of top grain upholstery leather*- what's called "russet" in the trade(i.e. undyed and unfinished). Looks about the...
IIRC, that style of tank (with the raised bead around the tank just below the stamping)was used from 1954 to early 1957, but Tilley didn't start...
Oops, misremembered- 1 1/4" filler cap is actually 1 5/16"X 24 not 26!
For starters- Bialaddin/Vapalux: Bolts joining "cap" to hood on brass hood lanterns are 2 BA with oversize 3/8" A/F nuts. Air buttons and E41...
FWIW, 1/4" BSB & 1/4"BSF are identical- same pitch and thread form (as are the 9/32" sizes in the unlikely event you'd need one).
I believe that they are actually plated rather than bare steel and were produced in the mid '70's as an emergency measure: either cost saving or...
Separate names with a comma.
