Optimus No. 00

I can neither confirm nor deny that I just purchased an Optimus No. 00, haha. But I did. With cool case:









Addicted much?

 

Nice!! I guess you can cross that one off your list now.. congrats

 

Thanks man. Gonna head to town tomorrow to purchase some kerosene. Was thinking of taking a drive to St. Louis tomorrow, to pick up a couple of Colemans. Not sure if I want to or not. Hell of a deal, but have to drive 100 miles to get to them.

 

Hi @The Warrior I knew I had seen that case design before, but with an Optimus No.45 stove:

Optimus 45 in Rare Case

Optimus 45 - my latest stove

A rare case!

Best Regards,
Kerophile.

 

Thanks man, it is pretty cool. No strap with it, but still cool.

 

Hi @The Warrior . For straps, check out Arno straps. They used to do multi-colour but now seem to concentrate on black.

Best Regards,
Kerophile.

 

Thank you sir. It looks like the strap in the link you provided, has hooks on them, the fit into the tin slots.

 

It is difficult to see, but as you say could be clips on an elasticated stap. The Arno approach could be another choice:

Optimus No.99

Best Regards,
Kerophile.

 

Could be elasticated. I have some 1" nylon webbing. It's probably 3/4" though for the tin. Shouldn't be too hard to rig something up.

 

Nice looking 00. I wish I had a tin like that for mine.

 

Thanks man. Gonna lay off buying stoves (unless I see something cheap at a local sale) and start fettling the ones that need it. As soon as I buy a stove, I order a kit from the Fettlebox for it, needed or not.

 

Looks like you're picking up some nice ones and it's great yours are complete with flame rings, windscreens, tins and wrenches. Saves money right there not having to buy replacement parts.
Of course you realize you still need some Radius and Svea examples.

 

@The Warrior
Great catch - I like that tin!

 

@Ray123
Thanks man. SVEA and Radius are on my radar, haha.

@Harder D. Soerensen
Thank you sir, it is nice. My most expensive purchase to date. I don't mind though, as I knew the tin was rare.

 

Nice catch and really nice tin. I have not seen this type of tin before.

 

Thanks Staffan. Looking for some elastic webbing, to make a strap for it. Will wait to get it in before ordering, to make sure it's the right size. I believe it to be 20mm, but we'll see.

 

@kerophile

I enlarged the photos from the link you provided, and cropped them. It does appear to be elastic strapping, as you can see how the edges are wavy in a relaxed state:

 

00 is my favorite. I've not seen a tin like that before! nice
Ivan

 

Prize find, near-unique tin especially.

 

@IvanN
Thanks, looking forward to using the 00. I went and got some K1 Kero this evening.

@Ed Winskill
Thanks. As I stated earlier, a little more $ this time, but still very reasonable. Less than I thought I would get it for anywhos.