This belongs to a friend,never seen one before.He's missing the uprights(got mislayed over the years,dated 9Z.It's been in his family for over 30 years. |imgRemoved|
Looks like a Primus 110. This was a stove/heater combo. The model number should be stamped on the top of the tank under that grime! http:// http:// http:// http://
Hello, Those ornate feet are unusual. Is the pan ring standard for a Primus? I bought an Optimus 45 that has a similar cast ring. Although mine has a crack. Chuck
Thanks very much for your replies Ross and Chuck.I dropped around to my mates place to tell him his stove was a little'special',he was tickled pink.When I left him he was giving it a polish and found the model number.Duh! I think he maybe a convert now,he's looking for the heater parts to complete it.
I have a beautiful shiny unfired 110 sitting on the top of my office bookcase; kind of the kingpin of my office stove display. These have among other things a very interesting burner and adjustment valve setup. I got this one on one of those lucky "beneath the radar" opportunities on eBay for, I think, about 48 bucks. It'll be a very nice piece when he gets it polished up and finds some legs.
I just took the 110 down from the top shelf, dusted it off, and had a close look at it, for the first time in a long time. The burner arrangement is interesting. It's a single-tube silent, with an inner dome resting in the burner basket and a silent outer dome over. Reminiscent of an old-style 100, except there is an inner dome, which has an extended tube affixed, and the outer dome is secured both by a wire and a tab system. The burner arrangement also looks quite similar to a Spiritbrannare, and the adjustment valve is quite similar to the one on the spiritbrannare, too. I recall either Peter or Ross commenting long ago that this was a rather archaic design which continued on this model into the 50s. Mine is early-50s vintage. It's an interesting stove; a collapsible 3-pinter, it's my largest.
