Now this changes everything:D Mystery solved:idea::shock: Recently acquired, a second, slightly more recent, but still unbranded stove with...
Very true:lol: Economy wins. But I still wonder why reducing the jet output has so much more influence improving flame quality in the case of...
Very interesting idea John, and nicely brought to fruition. Some similarities to an attempt I made to recreate a Primus R118 burner by coupling a...
[ATTACH] Prompted by need to check some details to compare with @Håvard Kvernelv's excellent new 1897 Primus No.6 gallery post, here is my long...
and neither, I find, does my 2nd 1897 Primus No.6; which otherwise has a fully complete correct pump assembly. Not sure why the production...
I have now had a chance to check out this question. Of the 6 examples in the gallery 2 have later filler caps, only mine has the '*'s, the other 3...
even without the Lindqvist inscription your pump rod cap looks contemporary. More important is the cup-end assembly, there is a good photo of the...
Actually, Håvard, 1897 really does seem to be 'it'. All of the documentation, adverts and sales figures seem to converge on the original Primus...
Pyro 'Tourist-Facit' c.1910 The Pyro 'Tourist-Facit', a quirky early integral-tin stove which ended a failure from both commercial and user...
Current status of the stove that this thread centers around is that it has been given a 100-style 'user status' make-over based on one of the...
Update, the new found example pictured above has now been posted in the SRG here, posted by @Patrick Louis Dit Picard. The complete original...
As the owner of that 'other example' I am thrilled to see this new much more complete example. I am sure that the marvellous burner basket and...
Yes, a standard no.5 type inner cap is inside:thumbup:
[ATTACH] Ooh, there's pretty! This is a reproduction slit pattern No.5 size silent burner cap from South Korea. This was a pattern sometimes...
@Håvard Kvernelv What a wonderful discovery. Not just the stove but especially the burner. A real moment of revelation. I feel sure that you are...
Really interesting outfit. With the wing-nut riser as well as bun feet could easily be first 1/2 of 1920s?:-k
Primus No.215 'C' 1913 No.3 Compact Outfit Gallery link: here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Punch there are only 1/2 dozen later Svea No.4s in the gallery (eg Svea No.4*, 1950s?). Comparing with those I think the burner on your No.14 is...
Tremendous piece of analysis @Pharael. Confirmation of when the elaborate 'Patent' tank top legends were ended can be found elsewhere in the SRG....
Excellent outcome:thumbup:
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