Hi here are some images of a Primus No. 100 from 1911. https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/9286 More than fifty years on, in the early 1960s, it is the era of the Primus Trading Company, and they are still manufacturing and selling the Primus No. 100: The stoves look the same, do the same job well, and the parts are inter-changeable! Are Paraffin Pressure stoves one of those rare items where the designers got it right very early on? Regards, Kerophile.
Hi Kerophile An outstandingly restored stove. By the way, great posts on cleaning, polishing and lacquering. One extra point as shown on this stove. How did you manage to get the pan support legs and holders so clean and so bright?
Hi Trevor. On this Pr 100 stove the feet are brass and they were cleaned with GSR and a buff. The legs are "tinned" at the manufacturing stage and providing this layer does not break down, it is relatively easy to reveal the original beauty of the legs by soaking in solvent degreaser and then scrubbing with a Scotchbrite pad, to remove carbon deposits. If the legs are rusty you will need to read Part 4 of a Dummies Guide to Stove Restoration. Stove Collectors in Britain are "Lucky" in some ways. I have a theory that there were ( are) , a lot of "stand-by" stoves which were purchased at the beginning of WW2, in 1939, or during the Power Crisis and three-day week in 1973. These stoves might have been fired-up once,but were then stored away in an attic, garage or shed, never to see the light of day again until they appear at a car-boot sale or on Ebay. In my collection I have found that Primus stoves dated 1939 are vastly over-represented compared with what you might expect from a random sample. I favour Domestic stoves and 1.75 pint collapsible stoves rather than the "Toy" stoves that a lot of our correspondents tend to focus on. I suspect that camping and picnic stoves probably get more use and wear and tear than the larger stoves. Regards, Kerophile
Hi Runegutt. You must just be patient. These stoves do come up from time to time on Ebay and they are not too expensive, sometimes less than £20. Primus produced the No. 100 stove with conventional roarer and silent burners too. Model 4128 had the roarer burner and 4138 the silent. I believe the number refers to the part number of the burner. If you want to see any images of these models just let me know. Regards, Kerophile.
