Just got this Desca in the mail today. Cleaned it out for 4 hours. The flame you see is Isopropyl Alcohol. I will definitely be using something that burns cleaner next time but for now it really helped with cleaning out of the crud. The inner tube wicking was bunched up so I just reamed it out with a wire twist-tie. That seemed to work pretty good. Any idea on the age of this stove? Thanks all!
@In The Dark Welcome. No need to say “new here so go easy on me” in these parts. You are most welcome and that is a beautiful alcohol stove. I don’t know its age but someone will come along with an idea. Cheers Tony
Found some info about the manufacturer. https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/unknown-make-of-spirit-stove.33567/#post-367620
And some clues telling it was made before the splitting of Germany. https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/3-variants-of-desca.34142/
Judging from the high quality- I would bet around mid-50’ies. I can recommend clean meth.spirit. Burns clean and nice and with no additives. I have a younger version of yours. Beware that the inner filling in the feeding pipe most likely is asbestos. You can use a glassfiber filling as replacement. The reason for the filling is to secure a steady flow of alcohol to the burner head. Its a great little (mainly indoor) stove which actually produces quite a bit of heat when working properly. And last but not least - a warm welcome here
Welcome. We are a nice lot. Those that are not, do not stick around very long. I do not know the model, but that style of stove is great for the stove top espresso makers.
Welcome. Very difficult to date but 50's seems about right for most owners of this style. Have a search on the site for Turm and there are tutorials on remaking wicks, as snwcmpr says they make a perfect partner for your coffee maker of choice. I'm running my Turm 38 on bio ethanol. Yours looks really good, they are simple but very effecient. I'm probably wrong, but any manufacturer of this style of stove has virtually identical frames which were possibly produced in the same place and sold to the final assembler.
I'd say it is older. I believe that style and (really) great embossed logo was pre WW2, both in font and size. Can't back it up with documentation, but Barthel and other German manufacturers simplified their production when starting over. Also, note the wooden handle - indicating this is an older version. It might have been restored at one time - the gold on "Desca" does not look to be original. Nor the glossy finish. See theese for comparison. Please prove me wrong....
No clue on the stove, but welcome! Having just gone down the alcohol fuel path myself, bio-ethanol for indoor ventless fireplaces seems to be the favorite.
Welcome, you have a nice stove you can be proud of. Yes we are a friendly lot, lots of help for new and old members to. Romember to post lots of pics. Others will post alcohol suggestions, and don’t be afraid of asking lots of questions, remember the only silly question is one not asked. Cheers Rob
So I do have the instructions with it and the guy swore it was new out of the box. I don't believe every thing I hear, but it sounded good to me...lol. I don't have a clue as the more I look the more variance I see in Desca stoves. Here is a similar one sold as "seltene Wk2 Desca Spirituskocher Campingkocher Kocher Schwarz" I think the war was getting in the way of production so who knows what the heck is going on with these. I do think mine might be early as you say it is. Before all heck broke loose in Europe. Thanks for your input as this is the only way we will crack these mysteries.
@In The Dark It certainly has a “new in box” look to me. It’s hard to reproduce that entirely over a used stove. Tony
And it would be an odd stove to restore to 'concourse' condition. Not a great deal of added value for the effort I think. My Turm was really a basket case when it turned up but they are simple enough to turn round with some effort, and I have a user as a result. Would love to find another but not putting myself out hunting one down at this moment.
Hi, this little stove is produced in Hainewalde Germany in my house. There was just produced stoves with two flammes too. I hope you understand my english is not so good. You see the house with the factory.
