Damn fine observation @Knee !!! The blue of Camping Gaz is notably NOT the French royal blue. But it is, combined with the yellow of the Optimus...
My (unqualified) view on this: I guess something like an Optimus Polaris is going to set you back GBP £150, plus GBP £70 for a Bernidawg silent...
@Blackdog I have a specific memory with this particular Camping Gaz stove model: summer 1976. My mother was studying for a degree and so very...
Yup! This is what suckered me in!! In middle age I remembered my childhood sighting of a paraffin pressure stove that transfixed me with its...
I'm just so impressed the first thing you did with it was to make coffee and a bacon sandwich!! Man after my own heart!! :clap::clap::clap:
:lol: My parents were very early adopters of Camping Gaz so I never grew up with paraffin stoves. Didn't see a pressurised brassy lovely until I...
That is extremely amazing! a.k.a. Wow!
Great job. Looks fantastic with the other two, like it was designed to be there. And Valor Minor lurking in the background. Cooks a meal and a...
I am presuming the lack of windshield is because of the giant primer cup? The flames would go outside the windshield? EDIT: Doh! Just read part...
Excellent job Tony. Great to see it up and running after your immense hard work. It's a really pretty little stove.
Ooh this is already hard to chose this month! :-k So much amazing work gone into the stoves and such beautiful results. :clap::clap:
The Valour Packaway was originally a roarer burner. The Valor 55 was a silent burner. I think (I don't have one myself) the Valor 51 was a...
@David Burnett [ATTACH] Compare with Ross' second photo which shows the burner with its old washer in place
@presscall To update this, if it's not mentioned elsewhere on the site, I have just taken receipt of a pressed steel legged Valor 55 which has a...
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Before I put some stove rope in the priming “dish” I would put the alcohol in the “dish” light it and then put the windshield on - I have the key...
yay!!!!
@mr optimus Um...doesn't the date stamp read the other way round (photo is upside down): 08 90 (August 1990) not 06 80 (June 1980)? I thought...
+1 There's always eBay if it doesn't fit into your collection.
Happy Birthday Optimus!! And definitley +1 on the cake front! A thought for June 19th 2029 to celebrate 130 years perhaps?
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