My main challenge with this early (1908 or a bit before) Primus is to cut through the grime without destroying any patina that remains, since I don’t want it to revert to shiny brass. A barely-detectable hint of the trade mark ‘stove’ image sandwiched between ’Pri’ and ‘mus’. The original burner most likely. Correct for the year certainly. Period-correct non-return valve too … … and pump assembly, movable to-and-fro on the shaft, mating against a leather disc backed by a fixed brass disc stop for the ‘push’ stroke. ‘FW Lindqvist’s Patent’ inscribed on the pump tube cap. I’ll post more in due course. John
Nice project, all looks impressively original and unmolested, and timeframe could extend back to as early as 1899. The occassional examples, like this, with the cut back legs always intrigue me, why was this done? Possibly to fit more easily in a frame or oven?
@igh371 I was thinking that was the reason for the chopped legs Ian, indeed. This example of a British fixed-leg stove was taken one step further with the legs removed and the stove base soldered to a sliding plate on my Clyde Cooker.
