Just got this - its unfired, but what triggers me is the pot support. The Pot support is definately professionel made with sharp edges, angles and measurements. Its a tight fit when opening/closing the pot support in/out of the tin. (The tin and the stove seems to be the same as all the other Radius 46). Have any of you seen something similar - havent been able to find anything in the Radius catalogues here?
Thanks for being OBS - I think the light played a bit - here is the same area from another angle after a rubbing with a nail
I don't know if it's a prototype or not. But the fact that it's different from the others makes it worth having. Thanks for sharing.
@Harder D. Soerensen Very nice indeed i really do like Radius stoves in fact they are my one if not the favourite the 43 and the 46 i would love to have, sorry i cant help with the pot support
I'd be inclined to think that although the pot support is well made, it isn't factory made. It's bare steel, and likely even a prototype would have been plated, after all the facilities were on site! Lovely stove though!
Thank you for all your kind comments. I not much for keeping unfired shelf-queens, but this one won’t be lit by me.
What makes you conclude that it isn’t fired? My R46 is that clean and it’s fired. A lot! I’m quite sure the stand is handmade by a previous owner, Radius would have included a heat shield. The original pot stand rust easily, I have never seen one without some, or a lot of, pitting. The stand looks nice, great idea for making me a spare, thank you sharing! Kind regards Tron
I did wonder the same, is this in actual fact a used stove which has been restored, with the pot stand fabricated in absence of an original. The paintwork under the burner shows no sign of scorching, although the original paints were far superior to anything widely available these days .
I'm also curious about the prickers in the bottom of the case. The Radius 46 has an automatic pricker needle like the Optimus 8R. Are there versions of the R46 without an automatic needle? I'm not an expert on these stoves... Or is it just lacking in your R46? Kind regards Tron
@Tron The wick is pure white and has no trace or smell of fuel at all - You might be able to polish the brass - but not the wick. You can change it - but there are no traces of the stove being handled by tools to change the wick. These small stoves can be a PITA to separate the burner from the fount - and you will most likely leave tool marks in doing so. And as mentioned above - no burn marks on any parts of the stove or on the box. (The jet seems closed/and very firmly fixed, so I can’t confirm right now if it has/hasn’t got a pricker)
As I said, mine is very clean, wick and everything. No toolmarks or other sign of it being opened. But I know it has been completely apart at least twice, one time in my hands and sometime before in the hands of some McGyver type who installed a rubber tube in the fuel inlet instead of a wick. I don't mean to argue, you have it in your hands, I only know it from the pictures. Your assessment is more likely to be correct than mine. Kind regards Tron
