About a month ago I was the lone bidder on this one, so I figured I must have fallen for some clever sellers bait-and-switch tactic, or missed something in the description or pictures. Perhaps I had bought the misplaced burner stand. Nope. A nice nearly complete Høvik Verk Standard in a scratched but solid tin arrived in a few days and I was quite happy. A quick check in the reference gallery suggests that it is a number 42. It is a bit larger than I expected, but I know nothing about Høvik Verk stoves. The stove was quite grimy at first and, while the color seemed a bit light, it did not immediately register on me that it was plated. I think it might be nickel, not chrome. No flame shots here but all it needed was a soaking of the pump leather and it fired up nicely. Very happy to have my first Norwegian stove.
Great score Itchy! If you can find it use some Meguiars All Metal Polysh nxt on it. The stuff will shine the stove like you won't believe pretty easily too.
Hi, Itchy, WOW!! What a wonderful find! I'd say you struck the Mother Lode of great stove deals, with that purchase!! 8) The Hovik Verk stoves are simply outstanding, and yours seems not only good, but a fairly rare variant, me thinks!! Well done, and have fun with your new treasure stove!! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc (happy as a clam for your good fortune!!)
I see it on Ebay but not buy - shipping cost to Russian Federation be to expensive - And i not buy it. Nice stove - take flame shots plz =)
Bratok, yes I need to fire it up some evening when the flames will be visible. Doc, it is at least a rare variant in my house; but, that would go for a lot of nice stoves I see on this site. For the last few years my bidding on ebay has been neither serious nor competitive -- it usually consists of a low early bid that then falls laughably low in the final minutes or seconds at the price zooms to 5-10 x the starting price. Pure entertainment. For this stove, I do feel the seller should have gotten more for it, but I'm not planing to flip it, and I'll assume they picked it up dirt cheap with a lot of other "junk". I won't loose any sleep.
Congratulation! The No. 42 is rather rare to find even in Norway, it's native country. At that price it's a robbery.
