Hi again folks, well, if this works, there should now be a pic posted of the stove I found a few weeks ago. I think it is the companion No. 52. Haven't tested it yet although I see no reason why it shouldn't work unless the old kero has gummed it up. I figure it hasn't been used for 20 - 30 years!! It has the original drip tray, and came with a square metal cooking plate and small handle with a tiny wire bit - I assume its to clean the nipple. I also assume the coiled wire is the original owners invention! So...my barrage of questions for those game enough to reply: Is it in fact the companion 52? When is it likely to have been made (Of course post 1939!) How should I clean it up...a) to safely test and b) to look good. Especially cleaning up the brass. (or should I leave it with its significant 'patina'??? How rare are these? I'm sure I'll have more questions! Cheers, Lawry
Certainly a no fuss no frills job here. Whats under the flat plate, could you drop a chop on it? Goodness knows where the fat would end up. Nice bit of fencing wire work too, reminds me of the odd wire coat-hanger radio aerial on the front of the ute. Did you find it in Queensland? Personally I'm a polisher of brass, if it is going to be a flash material it might as well flash. The frame could look good in the zinc paste polish too. Your stove, your choice but it needs a kettle. cheers Sooty B Fingers
G,,day sooty I will not disagree. but in queensland, I think a billy would look more the part. cheers kerry
Hi Lawry, welcome to the forum. I found a bit of history here: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/5 Instructions: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/19945 You have a nice old stove and it should clean up nicely.
Hi from another Aussie - nice find! It would be nice to see this old stove working again - and what's under the metal sheet?? Is the burner complete? Would love to see more pics. For the other Aussies here, as a boy I was very familiar with Blackwood National Park, I'm going to Tassie for holidays in about 5 weeks, it's high time I visited Brisbane again. regards, Normo.
Wire toaster? Looks a good stove to me. If it was me it wouldn' t polish it, I would take a wire brush to the stand to get the rust off. Looks like a great user.
About that square plate, I think it belongs below the burner as a sort of drip tray. It will certailly fit there. The link given in one of the posts above shows one of my double burner versions, another of mine has the two drip trays in place below the burners. regards, Fr Laurence
Hi folks, thanks for your comments. Yup, found in qld. at an antique auction. I was of course sold on the versatility of the fencing wire toaster aeirial hob! And apologies, i will post a few more pics without all the gear on top. Meantime, what options besides the ever caustic brasso could i use on the tank? Cheers, lawry.
Hi, Had another look this morning, as I tend to do while eating breakfast. Looking at the iron stand at the base, and comparing it to the Bukta Catalogue pictures, is it possible that this is a Bukta stove with a Companion fuel cap? Just another possibility, of making do when parts get lost or mixed up. Looking forward to seeing it alight. Billies are for camp fires, sticks and twigs, kettles go on stoves Very glad to have the site back, gave me a shocking head ache that needed a whiff of kero, cuppa tea with a biscuit to fix. cheers Sooty B Fingers
G,day, And mess tins go on hexi burners. The likelihood is that of a shop vendor selling a replacement part saying "Just fit this & she'll be right", this is possible on account of a good degree of interchangeability of parts between brass stoves of various makes, someone somewhere has bought the 1943 dated Australian army kero stove brass outer burner cap off evilbay for their kero stove, a piece of history for another historic tea maker. Best wishes & keep the home stoves burning=Johnno. Lawrie=Try using Solvol Autosol. --------------------- If in doubt, brew up.
Sooty B & Johnno, I do think its all original...the fuel tank is Companion embossed, and the cap thingy under the burner clearly has "companion brand" engraved on it. ---Yes, yes, pics will come. I'm hoping to get to cleaning it up a lttle this weekend
OK folks..pics attached. As you can see, this appears all original Companion. I assume its complete...I have the drip tray, & attached are pics of the burner & cup (is this a cup or a cap? i.e. when fitted) and also what I think is the nipple cleaner wire on a handle...not sure if home made, or came with it back in the day! Next pics will be of the cleaned/ polished beauty...hopefully!!
Hello lawry01. The steel frame does look very much like what the WW2 Australian Army EEZY-FYRE stove has. I believe the frame is designed so that another stove with the same steel frame can be bolted to it, to form a 2 burner unit. Companion(Australian) were made under the Sievert license and some SVEA single burner stoves have the same steel frame as well. The tray you have with the recessed dished area, fits under the burner. You can use Brasso to polish up the brass, as long as you neutralise any residues that may remain. I use a very thin oil, something like WD40 that is sprayed over the freshly polished brass, left to sit for awhile and then polished off again - only with a soft rag. Seems to work for me. Cheers, John
Cheers John, yes, this is either the 'left hand side' version, or the RHS, depending which way you look at it. Heres's a link with a pic of the two together forming a double burner. Smart thinking really! I think Fr. Laureence has a thread or two somewhere here on this as well! https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/829 Polishing up in the next day or two!! woohoo!!! Lawry
