Hi @andrew jack , welcome on board! Always use graphite on these, PTFE is a no-no!
@Firestarter , @Afterburner , @Christian P , When using a N°5 or N°1 size burner on the smaller 00 or 210 and similar stoves with the necessary...
Hi @Chris Harris , welcome on board! I guess yours are Optimus 'discus' 1 3/4 pint stoves, one a roarer burner, the other with a silent burner....
Hi @cottage hill bill , let's not confuse things! I did mention that empty tins were used to improvise cooking or baking 'constructions', but this...
As John already mentioned, in the Great War most stoves were private purchases by officers (they had the financial means!) The Primus N°96 was...
My guess, looking at the wire legs, the way the side shield can be fixed in a slightly more "open" position, the gap(hole) for the pull-push valve...
I bought a similar one, postage was twice what the stove cost (but total cost still under 10euros). Haven't tried it yet. The idea was to fit only...
Villiers made one in the late 1930s but I forgot the name (was it Inferno? :-k )
Things like pips and rubber seals should not be much of a problem, they can be made out of a sheet of VITON rubber or found in a set of O-rings (I...
Sure looks like a (cheap) alcohol burner to me. These were often used to keep food warm at the table, one of their most popular uses (at least...
@Tony Press , I don't like the use of abreviations myself (this is very often quite confusing for people that speak another language). Experience...
It was your lucky (sun)day!
Hi and welcome! This is a nice stove in a lovely tin box. By the looks of it, it may have been test fired but left in the box ever since. The only...
@presscall Thanks John! ;)
Hi Dave, the "Trois Etoilles" (Three Stars) stoves were made by Sievert for the Standard Oil Co (S-O, to become ESSO). The oil company was selling...
That is what is left over from the original pip, it needs to be completely removed, and replaced by a viton pip of correct size for the SRV to...
I may be wrong, but D.R.Patent is most probably Deutches Reich Patent so, pre-war Germany is my guess. (Note; that could include annexed countries...
Hi @Sean Galvin , you mention the Rapido folding caravan, as far as I know they all came equipped with a 2-burner bottled gas stove. Has yours...
Hi @Haggis , sounds like perfect weather for a Sirram kettle to me!
Very nice one! I like the size, simplicity, reliability and stability of the Optimus 8/8r series and their brother, the 99/199.
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