Thank you, Martin, for the excellent information. This lantern sure has seen a lot of history. I’ll see if I can update the title with the date...
Hi all, This was an interesting if occasionally daunting fettle. I bought this Ditmar Maxim (I’ve never had a Ditmar and can’t divine what the...
The 237s are ballers. You’re going to love that lantern. One of my top favorite Colemans. Use a big #11 mantle, sock shaped, not globular like...
Very nice lantern! Does remind me of a Ditmar, with some differences (bail, etc). It might be a challenge to find spares, but keep looking …...
Hi wretchedrichard, That’s a very nice lantern. Very bright and dependable. They are plentiful in the US and Canada, so it depends on whether...
Hi BigStevie ... I don't think I'll re-nickel this one. I have some really ratty ones that would be better to experiment upon ... Thanks for...
Thanks! Here's a lights-out pic of this banger doing its thing! Ulf. [ATTACH]
Hi Nils Very interesting about the pump. It’s quite a nice one, too. The variegated Bakelite looks like something from an old radio. I have...
Ah, thank you, I had missed that bit. I bought it on eBay, mostly b/c I thought it looked cool. I don’t know anything about stoves or heaters —...
Wow, thanks for the fast reply! I have enough Primus lanterns to suspect that if it were a Primus, they would have marked it. Any idea of age?...
Hi, I got this recently. Presumably a heater. The only marking is on the very top part of the burner (pic attached). Is it a Primus heater?...
Here’s the lantern that I’m considering re-nickeling, a complete but slightly leprous 1082-S. It doesn’t sport the cheerful blue vent that...
John, thanks for the excellent advice — and beautiful work, too. I’ll study up and give it a go, I think. Best Ulf.
Sorry, got the number wrong. It’s a 1082S.
Hi all, I'll post pix if you like, but I just got a Primus 1080S or P or something, 1955. It's all there but it's been rubbed harder than...
Thanks, Martin. I’ve looked on the bottom but it’s a little convex and thus the center of the bottom plate has the most scratches. Anything that...
I’d be interested in finding a date for this shabby-chic Baby Petromax I got in a bucket o’ parts. He was that most horrible of all things — 90%...
That's pretty interesting about Blake & Beeley Ironmongers, still presumably (at least in 1996) ironmongering away. It would be intriguing to...
This came to me in non-working but more or less complete but very gunked-up condition. Includes the early doohickey that stops the pricker...
Wow, Henry, you know that didn't even register with me until you mentioned it, but it's the first one like that I've seen as well. By the way, it...
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