Well, this is not a pressure stove, but still a stove. I found this wick stove in my recent visit to the flea market. This is very nostalgic for me - it is exactly the stove my mother used for cooking when I was a child. Has two separately adjustable flat wicks. Made by the Friedman Brothers in Jerusalem in the '50s. The only missing part is the mica window - I ordered one on the Internet - will add a photo when it arrives. I gave it the "tea test" (sorry, no matching kettle yet). It boiled a 1/2 liter of water in a bit less than 30 minutes. Anybody got a recipe book for those wick stoves? BTW, this has the best simmer ability of any stove I know :smile: Yonadav
Hi Yonadav, very nice wick stove! These were very succesfull shortly after the war but have been in existance since late 19'th century. While visiting a museum on Texel (Netherlands) I saw lots of these with 1, 2 and 3 wicks (there were also 4wick versions I think but am not sure, will see next week). I use one of the older (partly cast iron) 3wick ones at living history events. They are slower than pressure stoves, but are, as you mentioned, very good at simmering (the 3wick version gives one the choise between using 1, 2 or all 3 wicks) or for keeping my rather large kettle full of water near boiling point. I posted my wickie in the Paraffinalia section, iirc it was George (Kerophile) who posted some photo's of these stoves still being used in a restaurant's kitchen. Simple and reliable! Regards, Wim
You know I actually like these type of stoves! They (to me) are the original 'burn almost any fuel'. Yes it can't burn petrol(gas), but lamp oil, kero,even alcohol if used carefully. I have some more common stoves in my collection that use the round wick and I must admit to enjoying lighting them and smelling to fumes!
Two more photos worth posting. First, I forgot to show the pot-rest, so here it is. Second, I found my 40 years old enameled kettle, which is a worthy match to the 60 years old stove. Filled with 1 liter of water, it boiled in 25 minutes. BTW, I used to eat in a small restaurant in Jerusalem that used to keep the hot food in large pots on a row of about 10 of these wick stoves. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed about 10 years ago, and I have no idea what happened to the stoves. Yonadav
Hi Yonadav, Check out the later photos in this post: https://classiccampstoves.com/posts/82272 Best Regards, Kerophile.
Yes, Kerophile - it looks almost the same. The restaurant I was referring to was situated further west, in the "Givat Shaul" neighborhood. I will make a point to look up this "Azure" restaurant (and the "stove graveyard" in East Jerusalem market). Regards, Yonadav
Hi Yonadav, last week we went back to this museum on Texel (Netherlands) and I took some photo's of some of the wick stoves they have on display. The 4-wick version pics are not very good, had to take these through a glass door.
Rightooo, could one of the mods please get rid of the double ones? Also, do take note of the electric mouse next to the fuel can Hope you enjoyed these, All the best, Wim
Wim: Nice photos. I appreciate the effort the museum put into the accurate period kitchens and their equipment. It's important to present the stoves, furniture and utensils in an authentic context, so visitors can begin to understand something about how people in the past actually lived. Paul
Beautiful stoves, wickies or no. I am sure you can still find people cooking and heating in similar fashion by choice. Many people in the trailer park where we live have wood burning heaters or stoves for heating use. One neighbor has a giant antique cast iron beauty. More wood burners to be found over here than wickies.
Wim, I noticed the "Esso" fuel can. Esso, later Humble, then Enco was an early version of what is now Exxon Oil. I read on one of the wick lamp/lantern sites sometime back that wick lights and stove companies were owned by the various oil companies so that they could sell more fuel. Best, Bob
Hey, Wim, Thanks for the fun and interesting photos! I especially like the mouse trap, cheese, and perspective trap resident!! 8) Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Just for completeness - in my photo with the kettle at the top, I put aluminum foil on the stove door, as it was missing the mica window. Now, 2 weeks and $10 later, I got a piece of clear mica, and the stove door has a clear window as it should. Sorry, no photo. Yonadav
I ran across 2 of these wick stoves at a local junk shop...a 2 wick and a 3 or 4 wick (cant recall)... didn't buy them, might go back and make an offer on the set
This is my little collection off wickstoves with the "Wonderpan" for baking bread/cake on the wick stove. I really enjoy cooking on these, as thesay: "slow cooking" I do have some recipes but they all are in Dutch.
That cake looks yummy. I don't mind if you post the recipe in Dutch. Wife's father's side of the family is Dutch. I am sure we can find someone to translate.
Ooh yeah please share with us the recipe in Dutch or any other language you will. If i can't figure out what the words are it's no matter as i'm fair sure the recipe will taste just as good printed out and eaten as the cake will taste when cooked. lance
@Tracer Yes I would love the recipe. Would like to bake this delicious looking cake using my Sig Tourist. Thanks
