NOT a classic stove

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  1. Ed Winskill

    Ed Winskill United States Subscriber

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    Is that when the British forced the Muslim Indians to make their Primus pump cups out of pig skin?

    I had never heard that the Indians were against leather, and it seems that they are not.

    The fact strikes me as wholly unremarkable.
     
  2. Murph

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    IIRC, didn't A&H have a few of those for sale a few years back?
     
  3. Blueflame

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    Last night I decided to use the stove for a friday fish fry. It was quite windy so I had to cobble a temporary windscreen using my gas BBQ and a sheet of aluminum. Fired up nicely and was able to enjoy my meal. An old Coleman 327 lantern helped to light up the process.
    I will have to make some new leather pump cups as the provided ones will not fit even after a 24hr soak in oil...seems they are quite a bit larger in diameter...or is there a trick to get them to fit?

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  4. Blueflame

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    Although quite satisfied with this stove I am having a hard time convincing the vendor that the supplied leather cup spares are NOT correct.

    As previously reported, the leathers are very hard and even a 48 hr soak in oil does not help. The vendor claims they are correct, as smaller leathers won't pump correctly. I beg to differ. Does anyone have a solution to those I have on hand...?

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    thanks for the pictures! i like the brickwork on your house too and that is a superb terrace good workmanship and BIG, around these parts anyone pours a concrete slab that big it will be getting a house built on it