As fas as I am aware you will not need to do any conversion. If you can get your hands on a pierceable cartridge you will be fine. I have a system...
My favourite model of stove. Enjoy being a proud owner.
That’s close thanks but there is too much brass. The one I saw was more modern and all steel. I wondered if perhaps it wasn’t a Primus so I will...
Thanks, that’s a good attempt but it isn’t the stove. The one I saw had no legs, the pan support was a plain 3 sided arrangement. 3 rectangles of...
I’ve just been on holiday in Denmark where every other house appears to have a yard sale. Occasionally I’d stop for a look but knew if I found a...
[ATTACH] I was never really interested in the 96 stoves but then, all of sudden, my attention was caught by a 1930s version going quite cheaply...
An Optimus 96 has just entered my collection of stoves and I've displayed it here with my Optimus 00 and 5 (the 5 has a Primus windshield). The 5...
A fabulous purchase. Well done. That second photograph, looking into the tin, is almost like an advertising photograph from the 1950s because the...
Back in this post I had discovered that Karrimor were the importers of Trangia to the UK and in 1972 they were the first distributor outside...
Thanks for the responses. I wasn't too clear but it was a Viton type washer I was asking about, rather than the lead packer. I have a hex shaped...
I've just bought a dilapidated Optimus 96 which I hope to get back into good working order. The reserve lid (2048) is without a packer/washer and...
Having that pre-heat makes a remarkable difference!
Inspired by this thread I thought I'd try out my winter adapter on a Trangia 27 to see how fast it would speed up boiling time. I'd rather...
I've had an unfired (or at most tested once) 111 in the past and while it was good to occasionally pull it out and look at it I eventually reached...
That's a very interesting website. A search under the word "stove" throws up scores in their collection, all with an image, general history and...
Thanks @Staffan Rönn. With your unique Optimus collection I'm sure you'd be very welcome at the Newark gathering when they start up again!
Hej @Staffan Rönn. I'm a bit late to this post but I am just doing some research on CEJN couplings and came across it. I notice the stove is a big...
Surely the number of stoves we all have is one less than we want
Nice pieces of history you have there.
Karrimor imported Trangia into the UK from 1972. In their 1983 technical catalogue here they show the horizontal swivelling simmer lid as being...
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