Reply to a question only to see it on ebay within a week why bother not the first time its happened.
This XN control valve was the one that followed the first hexagonal control cock I think it was in use on lamps from 1924 till 1928ish. After...
Great display as always henry
Never seen a decal on a blanchard certainly never seen anything like this james
Be good to see the underside too james. At first glance it could be a former table lamp Made by WM Still i think the label says Charles street so...
@podbros The tank is similar size to the FL6 tho with sharper edges like you say. The top drum with the fresnel lens was smaller than than the...
Looks like a filler cap in the top could it be some sort of gravity fed meths lamp??
Yes a short run most likely jeff i do remember it projected a beam of light a very long way tho
Only one i ever seen jeff
Dont know where it could be now tony The collector Gorden was a great guy should think he is no longer with us
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a tilley SP1 that showed up at newark years back nice to see one Cheers pete
Thanks for all the comments lads glad you liked the lamp
Been fettling this old FL2 for past few days its not my lamp just doing some work on it for a friend. Its a rare piece so needs documenting here....
Thanks for posting all the photos i was only there for the day and didnt get to see everyones stuff Enjoyed the day tho and nice to catchup with...
Uses a 169 vapouriser with a table lamp gallery. Tank usually painted black gloss with copper band in middle check the referance gallery
The fuel pipe has the deep socket and the crinkle oak leaf heat deflector so not the IL47 like jeff says looks a tidy lamp
@Loe i am not sure that the coleman cap will fit your lamp but i am not sure. These are what i have here on the left a stormking and a veritas on...
These stormking clones are usually petrol / coleman fuel fed lamps. When i light mine up i just use a tilley torch clipped on the generator for a...
Is your lamp made of brass? All the nulite stormkings i have seen are all steel. There are many lamps look similar to the stormking by other...
@Henry Plews @presscall Well i didnt have a tillite preheater but i did have a optimus one new in the packet in a drawer my garage. So encouraged...
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