Mystery Midnight Stove Pic

trevor; hi again. i addressed the steel bottom in the post above the one you replied to. hope it answers your question mike...

 

Hi Mike

Your argument sounds very sound indeed.

But . . . . . . most of the 'traditional' stoves have their tanks made of brass only.
Many of them are approaching 100 years old and have had no problems, but most steel-based tanks are rusting away.

I haven't looked for my Speedster yet and just hope that the base has no holes in it!

 

It a lot easer to roll seam them together then solder

 

trevor: might i suggest you store your stoves inside. that said the pre war coleman bottoms were tinned then plated and painted after that. i have lived in wet areas in the past and have never seen one of the pre war coleman bottoms rusted through that was stored indoors. have you and was it a pre war stove or lantern and if so did it live outside? mike... p.s. i am not up on coleman product history post world war 2.

 

robert: they were tinned, seam rolled/crimped the rolling-crimping was done by machine. mike...

 

Well, this answer should be up higher in the thread. That's my fault, but, oh well.

Here's the answer:


Yep. A Coleman 500! Don Tom got it correct right out of the starting gate!

I received the stove with the paint already stripped off. The last image shows the "as received" condition. I just finished up the job and did a polish. The rust was removed and I painted the steel and cast iron parts with high-temp paint. I did the usual gasket/leather renew and cleaned the tank and flamed the generator of carbon.



Thanks for playing "Guess That Stove"! I'll try to find another so we can play another round in the future.

Cheers,
Gary

 

What's this then?

 

British - lot's in common with a well known lamp?

 

I think you've been staring into those little flamelets again, Ian...

 

All I can tell is it's burning and it's beautiful....

 

The wick of a paraffin heater, taken through the vent holes at the top?


Regards,
Alan

 

If it's a wickie parrafin/kerosene heater, it's prettier than any of mine!
How about a bowlfire type heater with some sort of reflector involved in the photo? (WILD guess)

 

Oddly enough, a wick is involved; but only in a very indirect way.

 

Nope, beats me !

Regards,
Alan

 

Tilley ?

 

That's a beautiful image whatever it is, Ian! Thanks for adding in to the thread. I have to say that my brain is worn out with figuring what it could be. But, while I'm looking forward to finding out I'm enjoying the suspense, too. Don't tell us too soon.

It almost looks like it's "not of this Earth"! Oooooeeeooooeeeooo!

Whatever it is, I think I'm gonna want one so I can look at that whenever I want in person.

Cheers,
Gary

 

Could it be this one seen from above?

 

It could indeed!

 

Know how to use my eyes .....

Then it is a Tilley CS56.
Have a look at this thread.