The year 1944 is the one with the lowest production in the history of the PRIMUS stoves. No fuel available, use of brass restricted and export very restricted due to the war, are the main reasons. Less than 30'000 stoves were sold 1944 as can bee seen in this graph. In the CCS Gallery I have found a few Primus No.71 stoves from this period: one from 1941 and two from 1943, this seems to be the first from 1944 and I brought it back to life: The regulator key is enhanced with a home-made cork handle. When the stove is used in a cook-set like this EDELWEISS, the regulator shaft is out of sight. If the key is taken off, because it gets very hot, one has quite a problem to get it back in place. It's also much easier, to reduce the power down to simmering with a round knob, than with the flat key. Between "low" and "off" there are only millimetres! Natural cork is very heath resistant and lightweight. Date code AI = 1944 and the soldered safety-pin When I was young, a minimum cook set for many years, was this home-made collapsible tripod and a pot or two. I improvised a windscreen with whatever was at hand. The nice TRANGIA kettle is from a much later time. Radler
Thank you for posting Radler, Congrats on scoring such a precious 1/3 pint Pr 71 example! This helps fill-in gaps for the model. Much is learned/confirmed from such rare stoves (missing links). You may agree it's likely original parts, it looks to be. Your gallery entries are top notch and much appreciated. Well done! thank you omc
