Perfektus No 73

Hello, also this little stove unfortunately is not part anymore of my collection (sold for the classic offer you can’t reject), but I want to add it to the gallery because it is not present in catalogs or other documents.

Nicola

 

WOW!

 

@janders yes, wow! I regret every sale I made, but this financed a lot of lamps and stoves

 

Very nice!

 

It seems half Coleman M-1950!

Nice stove!

 

Excellent!

Thanks for posting.


Cheers

Tony

 

Hi my friend

I have a very nice collection of Perfektus.
I wish a can find one of those beautiful.


///Fernando

 

Where were they made?

 

@SveaSizzler made in Germany.

Nicola

 

Naturlich.

 

@Nicola Francesco Elia.
Wow, parting with so good an example
of that Perfektus must have been a hard decision, thank you for posting, it is a reference we all can enjoy. Optimust.

 

@Optimust yes you’re right, but some go and some come, in that period this Perfektus was an isolated item so I preferred to invest that money in lamps and stoves more coherent with was my collecting in that moment.

Right now it would fit absolutely, but it’s gone.

Nicola

 

Well, as I said more than 2 years ago, some stoves go and some come… another Perfektus 73 was found by me… unfortunately this time without the top lid.

So, I just add the missing flame shot to this post to complete the reference:



And a short video:



Nicola

 

@Nicola Francesco Elia

As they say, good things come to those who wait

Its a very powerful stove for its size!

Very nice!

Regards
Scott B

 

Cool. It looks like a frankenstove of an Optimus 8R tank and a Coleman M-1950 burner.

 

@Scott B thanks Scott

@SveaSizzler many were saying that probably my first 73 was a modified stove, but clearly this second example confirms the 73 unusual design.

Nicola

 

Do we have an approximate date of manufacture? If it was made after 1950, then Coleman's design may have influenced the Perfectus model. Using a pressure pump on a gasoline stove is also a Coleman feature. Optimus usually uses primed heat to create operating pressure on gas [,,Benzina''] stoves. [Optimus 111B being an exception.] Later Optimus added the pressure pump and cap as high altitude/extreme cold accessories.
The whole works in one base [non-actuating] is a feature we see on Enders burners, also German. And unlike the Optimus 99/199, I don't think you can cook in the lid. [If you had one.]
But your Perfectus looks like it works great. I wish you joy of it.

 

@SveaSizzler It's got to be 1951 or later imho, just because that is the windshield/pot support for an M-1950. I don't mean it is copied. The inner level on the arms is the size to stand the container you can fit an M-1950 (or the earlier stoves) neatly in. The outer arms are sized to hold the Mountain Cook Set. Neither of those dimensions mean anything in this context.

My guess would be that a number of M-1950 stands became available at a good price, so they built a stove around the available parts.

The M-1950 windshields vary with manufacturer, with the early ones having a friction surface for strike-anywhere matches. This one does not. I would guess 1970s or later based on the absence of a friction surface, and I wonder if the "73" refers to the year of design?

 

@SveaSizzler @Scrambler

Well, the above Perfektus 73 must have been produced in the 1950s, on the 1960 catalog we already see the 75 and 77 with the new lighter tin.

73,75,77 are model numbers, not the years of production.

If they used parts from M-1950, they have been modified because are not exactly the same.

Modify one by one each part wouldn’t have an higher cost than producing them from scratch? Unless the 73 was a very small production…

Nicola

 

IMO
No 70,73,75,77 showing evolution from 30-ties to "modern" construction
where 73 and 75 was only "halfway" to final 77
Step after no 77, will be-was Enders baby
From other side - perfect "Perfectus" was to expensive to 60-ties reality
We can compare it with paralel production by Enders
with final army contract products as result.
old traditional good product vs "good enough" cheap mass production

Background of "that time" reality We can find in "VW resurection"
How Major Ivan Hirst and the British government saved VW after WWII - Hagerty Media