Hi, I saw a Primus No. 10 sold on Ebay recently and it occurred to me that these stoves do not appear very often. There also appears to be little information about them. I looked out these photos of a 1939 (AD) Primus No. 10 I have. These Primus No. 10 are a somewhat unusual stove in that the tank is only slightly larger than that of a Primus No. 1 or 5.( 2.25 pints compared with 2 pints). However, the No. 10 is equipped with an over-size silent burner. Here you can see a Primus 5 (on the left) alongside the 1939 Primus No. 10 Here I've taken off the pan-rings so that you can see the different burner arrangements more clearly. This is the 1939 Primus No. 10 stove. When you remove the silent caps you can see that the burner arrangement is somewhat different from that of a No. 5 stove. Here are some shots of the silent burner caps from a No. 5 stove and a Primus No.10 stove (on the right). The outer burner cap of the No.10 stove (shown in the back row), is larger, and has 5 rows of holes, compared with the 4 rows of this No. 5 cap. In addition,the inner silent cap of the No. 10 ( also in the back row) has a built-in spigot which engages in the central hole of the burner body. I think the Primus No.10 stove might share a silent burner type with the Primus No. 25 stove. Any information or comments gladly received. If I get an opportunity tomorrow I will fire-up the Primus No. 10 and share some pictures with you. Best Regards, Kerophile
Hi, I cleaned up the large burner and fired up the Primus No. 10 stove yesterday; here are some photos: Small kettle on a big burner did not take long to boil. This is the stove and burner on low power. A close-up of the burner head showing the six rows of holes on this particular large silent burner cap. Regards, Kerophile
I do actually have another 1939 Primus 10, but unfortunately it is fitted with a standard 2-pint size burner and can't achieve its true potential yet. I will keep my eyes open for a spare large silent burner... but they are almost as rare as the stoves. I do keep my eyes open for the more unusual Primus stoves. They may look similar to the run-of-the-mill models but they were obviously developed for a particular purpose or segment of the market. By 1957 the Primus 10 is not included in the B A Hjorth Catalogue. Best Regards, Kerophile.
Hello All, It's another nice stove George. It is very good to have the photo comparison to the model 5 to see how much larger the burner is. It would seem the tank is proportionately large enough to allow the model 10 to run for a similar time period to a model 5. If I were to take a guess, the model 10 would have worked similarly to the the silent version of model 2 which is a 6 I think. Sorry, I'm too lazy to look it up. That size stove might have have worked for a school or hospital kitchen, a large family perhaps or for extended family gatherings, or for a catering service for example. My experience with the silent burner type stoves such as model 5 is they are unobtrusive and they put out a lot more heat than it would appear they are capable of. The 10 looks to be 1.25 times the power of a 5. I noticed you have yet another tea kettle on the subject stove. You must have a large storage area to have so many tea kettles, or are you borrowing tea kettles from the neighbors just for variety ? Just kidding, it is a great stove . Regards, Doug
