anyone know anything about these? http://www.stpaulmercantile.com/Buttbrass.htm the price seems right...
Nice looking stove fro the picture - I love the way the upbeat advertising copy makes a paraffin pressure stove sound like the very latest thing!! Butterfly are a Singaporean brand, manufactured by the Lea Hin Group in factories all over Asia since 1935. In addition to stoves they also produce lamps under the Butterfly name
It is said that the Butterfly is manufactured by Lea Hin of Singapore. I've heard it said also that the stove is made in Indonesia. I haven't heard anything against them. The pix look good and the price seems right. Edit: looks like B-jack beat me to it. I've seen photos of some with a tin also.
this my Butterfly..the first kero burner i bought..i went to the guys house when he lived in St Paul and picked it up to save on the shipping..nice guy..showed me how to set it up and use it.. the only problem i had was with the jet..i may have got a "monday morning" jet as it leaked around the threads--i fixed that..it does not seem to burn very strong but the burner gets red hot and it will boil a few cups of water in about 6 minutes.. it breaks down..a cap on the pump rod replaces the burner for transport.. it's made well enought..does not feel light or junky..the caps have deep knurling and the seals look as good as anything i've seen on other stoves..i assume it's made for campers because it breaks down..family stoves in India seem to have much larger tanks and heavy pot supports...for the price you could get a used Seva or Optimus on Ebay but you would take a chance on how much fetteling it would take to make it run like new...i would give the Butterfly a C+.. and i'm sure one of the collectors could tell us what it is a copy of..
