The SVEA 121 - a prince among the Kings?

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  1. SNOWGOOSE

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    The SVEA tripod stoves are noted for their fine engraving and the axiom The King of Stoves is well deserved. If the SVEA trademark was the king of stoves then surely there were princes among their number.

    One non-tripod SVEA, the iconic and ubiquitous 123, was in its earliest metamorphoses, a fine example of function, good design and fine engraving. Back to a tripod stove. One prince among the King of Stoves is of course the 1 pint SVEA 121 as shown here exhibiting a powerful flame:

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    As we all like flame photos here is another:

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    So let us look at the stove and its fine engraving and superb build, first the stove itself:

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    Now let us look at the burner head, windshield and flame ring – signs of hard use but still in good working order:

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    The burner itself:

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    Now the pump collar and handle, note the lovely engraving:

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    Another look at the pump collar, again note the engraving and the brass pump rod:

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    The nicely engraved tank lid:

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    Another view of the tank lid – and note the lovely air screw – a replacement made for me by Henrik (“Chickenthief”) a very skilful man. We are lucky that the CCS has such skilled members.

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    I make no apologies for another shot of the airscrew that Hendrik made for me – the original had been lost and when I obtained this stove it had a horrible rusty iron makeshift airscrew. Henrik has made a replacement that is both elegant and functional.

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    The stove tank – look at the fine engraving and the elegantly shaped tank:

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    SVEA 121, the quality prince among stoves.

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    Made in Sweden of course!

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    The King of course! (I apologise for the poor quality of this image) – I only realised when uploading the photos for this post that I had inadvertently deleted the King image and had to trawl through some old photos I’d taken to produce this shot.

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    And now a few shots of what the stove looked like when I first received it – The burner … all covered in soot – obviously used by one of these people who didn’t know how to properly prime a paraffin pressure stove!:

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    A tar like substance adhered to the windshield:

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    However, as you can see from the photos that preceded, the stove was restored to a almost majestic finish!

    Finally, another flame shot!

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    Rob
     
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  2. SNOWGOOSE

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    Ooops,

    I posted the same flame photo twice by accident.

    Let me try again:


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    Rob
     
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  3. alanwenker

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    Excellent write up and photography.
     
  4. hikin_jim

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    A really fabulous stove, Rob. Thanks for sharing it with us. Brilliant work by Henrik on that air screw. I assumed it was original so good was the work.

    HJ
     
  5. Ed Winskill

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    A real beauty, Rob.

    I've been hiking this summer with the 121 as my keroburner, alongside my Sigg/123. I'll post some pix of the 121 in use in the backcountry soon.
     
  6. threedots New Zealand

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    A good job you have done cleaning it up. I really like the SVEA stoves and the burners do give an excellent burn. They seem to burn cleaner and with a better flame in general. Cheers
     
  7. mbechtel

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    Beautiful shots. I've got one of these and it is one of my absolute favorites!