Just got back from a whirlwind vacation to the Oregon Coast and tried to hit every antique and junk shop as possible. I am sure due to the rapid spread of this dreaded stove disease and of course the evilbay, there were few stoves to be had other then the fairly common Coleman single burners. Not to disparage Colemans as I have a few sitting around here and I did find a post war 530 to add to the shelf. I also lucked in to a real nice Optimus 8 that I will post soon. The most intriguing stove I did find was this little spirit burner. I have it staged next to a Trangia for scale. You could just about describe it as a Trangia with legs and a burner plate. I am not sure if the first letter is a "Y","T", or "J" and it has the same name on the bottom. I tried all three variations on this search engine and google and came up blank. I also looked up J. A. Griebeler and only came up with various people's names and a lake in Germany. Can anyone help? It is a handy little stove and has seen much use. I had to clean most of the holes around the rim and poorly solder on one leg but otherwise it works great. I like the little burner plate (which retains some original black paint. I will include some other photos and a flame shot which came out rather poorly as it is midday here. I've paired it with a little 1/2 liter Rothburgoy Finnish copper kettle as I am guessing the stove came from Northern Europe and they look right together. I have searched all of the posts and have not found a similar stove or these names.
That's certainly small. I swear the legs look like they've been formed out of six-inch nails. The kettle's a beaut.
I thought they looked like nails also but the heads are rounded. Likely the same type of manufacturing techniques as nail making but I think these legs were made for this stove. No guesses on what country? I will post the kettle under the appropriate section. It is a sweet little kettle.
@MartyJ If you search in Google Griebeler Brasil, you wil find there was an industry called Griebeler in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. They made many models of paraffin presure stoves in the first half of the last century. They even had an eight roarer burner model under the name PILLING. Their domestic Pilling #1 is a roarer burner like the Primus.- You have a really rare spirit stove there, she made the trip far north of her native country! Cheers Enrique
. . . . and of course, the elaborate script on the stove is the first few letters of the manufacturer - JAGRI
@shueilung.2008 @Marty Yet again, I'm reminded what a delight it is to belong to a forum that has such a helpful and knowledgeable international membership. It enriches the experience immensely. Thank you. John
Thank you Enrique! Plain as the nose on my face once you point it out. I was sure the international flavor of this forum would quickly solve the riddle. I certainly did not recognize the spelling but I flunked English so Portuguese is well beyond me. It is a fine little stove and I will conjur up visions of it traveling by small boat into the deepest Amazon. Perhaps a small English kettle would better suit it or better yet, one made in Brasileria!
Once again Shagratork, very obvious once you point it out. You have a logical mind. Thank you for your imput.
Enrique, Thank you for your reference to Rio Grande do Sol. I have spent several hours reading about the history and geography of the area. I see now instead of thinking Amazon Jungle I should be thinking Pampas grass and Gauchos drinking mate. I freely admit a profound ignorance of your part of the world. Fascinating how a little stove can take me on a world tour. Yes, the little stove is a long way from home up the Oregon Coast.
