Primus 25, early version?

Discussion in 'Primus No:25' started by Francisc Masec, Sep 24, 2022.

  1. Francisc Masec Netherlands

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    Hi! I hope i don't brake to many rules. This is not my stove, images are from a public auction who is ended.
    I like the tank cap with the Primus logo. The air screw is on the top of the tank, separate from the fuel cap.
    Cheers,
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    @Francisc Masec - yes - the stove you present is one of the early version of a Primus No. 25. But note that this was a completely different stove to the later No.25 to which the number was recycled when that was introduced many years after the original No.25 had been discontinued. The early version was the silent burner version of a set (no.s 21-25) of nominally 1 litre discus tank stoves introduced in 1905. It can be compared to this early No.21 which is also from somewhere between 1905 and 1910. The stove in your photos is so far the only example of one of the original pre-1911 silent No.25s to appear here, a rare find.
    Ian:thumbup:
     
  5. Francisc Masec Netherlands

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    The auction went over my budget, but happy to see a rarity at least in pictures
    @kerophile nice stove you have. This one has a circle around the stove on the cap.
    @igh371 that was the reason i posted it ( i looked through the stoves and didn't found this model)
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    possible oldest design ​
     
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    @gieorgijewski like GB&R Vienna Optimus 100, logo contained by a circle, take note.

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