sirram redcap

i want to find out about my sirram redcap 1pt when was it made etc self contained pan stove and metho can. lived with it in the bush for two weeks with extra metho 1 litre. can boil 0.5 litres on 15 grams metho

 

The original design for this type of stove was protected by Patents Nos. 125923 and 152239 which George S. Marris (hence 'Sirram') applied for in January and December 1919, both being subsequently accepted. Having said that, I think there can be little doubt that the 'Redcap' versions were decades later...

There were four versions available:-

No. 1 - 1/4 pint, which sold for 2/- (10p)
No. 2 - 1/2 pint, which sold for 3/- (15p)
No. 3 - 1 pint, which sold for 4/- (20p)
No. 4 - 1 1/2 pints, which sold for 5/- (25p)

These prices suggest to me an approximate date of around 1955, but I could be wrong.

I have the No. 1...

(the pricker is just to give some idea of scale)




...which is a piddling little thing you might just be able to boil an egg in.

I'd like to own the full set eventually. I know another member living nearby who has the No. 3 - I'd like to have it out of his sweaty mitts one day...

 

I resemble that remark!!

I presume you mean this:








I presume we should be adding these images to the Stove Reference Gallery - so much to think about nowadays!!

 

Ah, b*gg*r it, Trevor - if we leave it, surely one of the Mods will do it for us...

 

thanks everyone. mine is a bit diffent. it has a pad thing you fill with metho. and sit that in the bottom of stove. sit pan on top. not shiny cos in regular use. and has a tank inside which holds 1/4 to 1/2 pint enough for couple of days. i can not work photo bucket but will post some pics in couple of days when freind comes over thanks.

 

Nice ones!
I love those small stoves, not that they are very practical, but they don't take too much space and are very light to carry with you. Those "redcap" stoves seems to have very much in common with the "meta" stoves, except that meta uses fuel tablets and not spirit.

Anders

 

Other ones in the series (I suspect they're later but that's only a guess) were marketed as having a sort of 'dual fuel' capability - meths and meta. There's one such illustrated in the Stove Reference Galley...