Hello, after the mythological 9, another great and rare stove enters in my collection thanks to a trade with a very good friend! The most interesting thing about this 6 is the box, hand written by Meinrad Aschwanden or Eugen Schatz, coming, this stove, from their store in Switzerland. So nothing much to add, enjoy! A short video of the burn test after fettle: Nicola
@Nicola Francesco Elia Brilliant score Nicola on a very nice and rare example, you have a superb collection of many rare and wonderful stoves
Congratulations Nicola! A beautiful, rare stove! Plus that box.... A truly exceptional specimen. I momentarily do not have access to catalogs. I wonder if it was actually before the famous SVEA 123?
@mr optimus thanks Brian! @Knee thanks Stanislaw, the 6 should be datable pre ww2, we have catalogs from 1939… the Svea 123 came in the 1950s, so around 15 years later We have a 1937 French design patent about Optimus 6: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/optimus-no-6-french-design-patent.39446/ As you can see the design of the body is a little different. Not sure if it ever went in production and then updated or when it was first released it had already the design we know and that we can see in the gallery examples. Nicola
Congratulations on getting the No.6 after the No.9. I've been reading a lot about the No.6 lately. I'm amazed that such a rare stove is still available. As far as shape goes, the No.6 really does look like the father of the 123.
@The Warrior thanks! @BagheeraNZ yes, the similarities with the earliest Svea 123 (version 1) are really evident! But we are used to see identical stoves made by different makers, so the thing doesn’t surprise me, it’s a winning design. Nicola
@Stanisław Grajewski thanks @Spiritburner well, remove the maybe. Absolutely rarer than 9, if that is what you mean... and with the box that tells us a so special provenance is even more extraordinary! Thanks Nicola
