An Optimus 22 from Wentworth Park Antiques Fair, and at a fair price too. John from Associated Kero and Oil LAmps has a stall there, and was...
Unable to post pictures at present. The handles have parallel sides and rounded top and bottom, 3.5" high by 1.75" wide. When turned against the...
Likewise I have one without any brand name. There is a small oval stamp on the underside of the flange edge of the burner with "MADE IN SWEDEN"....
Next Sunday is a swapmeet at Morisset, only 26km from home, and the seller will probably be there. Ne nos inducas in tentationem. Fr Laurence
And so to Wollombi markets, where there was a beautiful Aladdin 4 burner stove with oven. Four feet wide plus side tank, cast iron legs, green and...
Originals are indeed made in India. One of my first stoves was bought at an Indian supermarket in Sydney, an average performer. More recently I...
It looks like another brand name from the same manufacturer of the "Original" stove. The common theme of all their products is the shape of the...
Purchased today a Primus date code "P" fitted with an adjustable burner. Nothing out of the ordinary, except that as well as the usual...
A train trip to Sydney today, so thought I would go to Brandts for a burner ring for the latest addition, a Primus No 0. But their row of shops is...
I think Prabhat Enterprises are Indian manufacturers of stoves. Perhaps another example of the Indian product being rebadged for sale elsewhere....
Checked out the stove list on the Base-Camp site before posting my question on the Companion two burner. Noticed for the first time they have a...
Oz ebay item 5233164847, a Companion two burner central tank stove with enamel sides. HandiAlbert does not think this is an Aussie stove, so do we...
A trip yesterday with my antique collector friend from Newcastle. So to Windsor, Richmond and Currajong (at the start of the Blue Mountains). But...
This is one lad who has never ever seen snow. Yes, they got it up in the Blue Mountains far behind Sydney. Cessnock is over a mere range of hills,...
To the Cessnock swapmeet this morning, one thousand stalls, but no ice on the tables at 7am this year. A good showing of wick lamps, a few...
Currently running at 42% kero and 42% gasoline (never thought I would type that word). I suspect that it divides up roughly on lines of UK/Oz and...
Well, Doc Mark, not as many as you, but a quick look at the card index shows 255 stoves. If we were to include wickies and metho burners and...
What makes a stove a particular stove? My first stove has a tank by K F Ericssons, type Atlas No 1, the pot ring is a Radius, and the burner rings...
A free Sunday, so a trip to Newcastle for the once a month Wickham Park markets, and a Svea silent for $1. Missing the burner rings and the pot...
A small correction, I did not mean that all pre-1911 stoves are what I referred to as bell-shaped, but should have said that the ones I have are...
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