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...
Was this lantern found with the Humphrey type mantle spigot installed?? Does it screw into the burner without modification to any parts?? What...
Scrap iron brings eight or ten cents a pound.
Rod it out a little with a pipe cleaner, and it'll be good as new. :^o
It may be necessary to remove the valve from the fount and clean the fuel/air components that comprise the lanterns instant lighting feature. The...
Yes, all 220--228 series globes are the same size.
Nice early 220B. Looks like if has the etched brass valve wheel disc and early Pyrex globe. Yes, August of 1930. Classic Coleman. Looks...
Not to prolong heating, just a small loop of wicking to facilitate lighting what's in the cup. A piece of string, similar to what mantles tie on...
The nick in the priming cup was made at the factory, and it once held a piece of asbestos string wicking. Not all Coleman priming cups had this,...
Great work, Great lamp!!
You can't pay too much for a good lantern; you can only pay it too soon.
Here's an unrestored lantern out of my attic that few have ever seen. Untouched in near 100 years. When it came to me, it had a half tank of the...
My goats always wanted tobacco, so I'd give each one a cigarette every few days. One was so hooked, he'd snatch a lit one out of my hand and eat...
Most Rare?? There are dozens of folks on here that have one, or more, lamps that nobody else has got an example of. I've got a couple myself....
Here are a couple images of the Original type Quick-Lite fount image found on Quick-Lite lanterns, and the wiped Logo on my 10- 31 228B (Marked...
@Eric Koglin Does your lantern have the old Coleman Logo with "Quicklight" obliterated from it, on the side of the fount, or is the fount side...
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