What type of stove is this? Alcohol, kerosene or multi-fuel? What year?

1) I have an old stove that I am looking at buying. The owner says it is a Coleman.

Problem is, I looked through every Coleman picture in the reference gallery, but I did not see the stove.

Any ideas as to the make and model?

2) The owner says it is a multi-fuel, but based on the silent burners look like kerosene or coleman fuel to me. Your thoughts.

2) I am partial to kerosene. Can kerosene be run in this stove?

3) What year is this stove? Pre-50's?

4) My hunch is, it is a camping stove (and not a boat stove).

Thank you for your help.

 

That's a Homestrand boat stove with the good Sievert burners. They were usually sold set up for alcohol use although easily converted back to kerosene use.

 

Thanks!

I had been making my way through the Primus and Optimus pics. You saved me some time.

I'm going to pull the trigger.

 

It's a light weight stove and the Sievert burners are cherished by us all here at CCS.

 

Interesting. Nice!

Any idea of the year of the stove?

It is in the reference gallery under other for the USA. It was manufactured in the USA in Connecticut and New York.

 

You will find these stove in the Reference Gallery under "America" "Other Brands."

If your burner has just a straight riser like this then it burns alcohol:



If the burner has multiple tubes like this then it burns kerosene:



Ben

 

Woo-hoo! Looks like kero from the pics!

 

It has a pump. Do alcohol stoves have a pressure pump too ?
For the ID: ask the seller a clear picture of the knobs. Brand should be on there.

 

This type of alcohol stove has a pressure pump. Other types do not and are either gravity or wick fed.

Ben

 

As Ben @z1ulike said, some do. This also works the other way - kerosene stoves may be wick fed.

There was a particular liking of alcohol as stove fuel in yachting days past. Alcohol, unlike other liquid fuels, can be extinguished with water. While alcohol pressure stoves are not as useful for hiking or car camping they were relatively common in sailboats.

 

I've heard these Homestrands, especially with the Sievert burners, referred to as the poor man's Optimus 535. Even ten years ago you could pick one up for $50 or less on eBay and in the first decade of this century they were half of that.

 

some one had this type up and running on a F/B page in the last few days, works on kerro/paraffin,

 

That depends on the burner.