First Tilley table lamp - your advice please!

These old catalogues show some of the shades available in years gone by for use with various Tilley models
https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/1934-tilley-lamps-and-shades.1626/
https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/1939-tilley-catalogue.1471/
https://classicpressurelamps.com/threads/1960s-early-tilley-tl120.1773/

 

@Shane C.K.
G'day mate welcome aboard, nice TL14 interesting colour looks great, I find the best oil to use on pump leather is Neatsfoot oil, its used on horse saddles.
I have saved many leather pumps, ones that you would think can't be saved at all, this stuff is amazing, here is a photo.

Good luck mate.

 

@Buggerlugs Thanks for the tip. The olive oil worked well, but I'll bear this in mind should I have further difficulties!

@Graham P Thanks for the links. Some nice ones there.

 

Yes, neatsfoot oil is highly recommended for leather and I use it myself. I can't say I've noticed it's any better than, say, olive oil so perhaps the benefits are more in the longer term.

It's much less easy to obtain than the various oils found around the household and a good bit more expensive. I got a 500ml can from a traditional cobbler for about £6 IIRC but that would have been 10 years ago at least. Having said that, 500ml will last several lifetimes if it's only to be used for softening pump-leathers.

Yer pays yer money...

 

I get my neatsfoot from equestrian centres. Finding "pure" neatsfoot can be tricky as mostly it comes as a "compound" no doubt with drying and glossing agents.
I use it for restoring all manner of old dried out leather.

 

Thanks @David Shouksmith and @Fireexit1 .

I've done some research and I can get 500ml of Neatsfoot for around £5. Looks like it's also worth investing in if you have a lot of shoes (and I do!).

Best

Shane

 

Neatsfoot is what Coleman has recommended for an eternity and also what you get in their cute little squeeze tubes so that you poke them in the oiling hole on their pump tubes. Probably close to the price of the bottle I got at my local farm supply, but then other than equestrians--and pressure appliance collectors--do many people need 500mL?

Beautiful lamp you've got there. I like the chunky purposeful look!

Mike.

 

Hello chaps,

Question - when I fit the mantle, should the pink section be at the top or bottom of the burner?

Best,

Shane

 

Without seeing the mantle in question, I'd put the pink section at the top.

 

Agree...

 

Your lamp is a Tilley, so the mantle will have a hole at both sides. The larger hole, usually pink goes at the top

 

@Shane C.K.
A Tilley burner using a 2-hole mantle, the larger hole on top and the smaller hole on the bottom. The pink bit agrees with either the large hole, usual, or the small hole.
Basically, the Mantle’s hole sizes will determine which way up the mantle is to be installed.
Cheers
Pete

 

The 1939 catalog mentioned by @Graham P earlier, and which incidentally is an excellent read, states the height of the TL14 as being 14 1/2" and mentions the optional parchment shade that was available too. A shade may be a consideration, if the brightness with a globe is unsuitable.