I'm very new to this, having started collecting lamps last month. Left to right: New Petromax HK500, with replacement ceramic nozzle from Base Camp, the original having been cross threaded at the factory and crumbled. The pump is rubbish ; takes more than 100 pumps to get any where. 1957 Tilley 246 Guardsman with welded carrier handle 1949-1954 Tilley 246 Guardsman with bent carrier handle. 1972 Tilley 246B.
A nice little collection. Yes, it is addictive! I particularly like the Toyotomi radiant paraffin heater. There's a video posted on here showing them being made: Trains & Tilleys & more. Very fascinating to watch, and to think that a technologically advanced country like Japan is still making and using paraffin heaters. Even though they are old technology, they're still hard to beat.
The paraffin heater is both surprisingly effective at banging out heat and also pretty economical. I'm very pleased with it. It lives in my greenhouse which has a couple of chairs and a small table between them, so I can have a coffee/drink a beer when it is nippy out side.
Thanks Martin ! I've a Bialaddin on it's way which will arrive this week. The previous owner has stripped the army green paint on it, so I'm tempted to see if it is possible to get the right hue of enamel and put it back. I imagine with all the army re-enactment stuff that somebody will sell it.
Ah, maybe it isn't an army one after all - it doesn't have a crow foot or date on it (thanks @podbros)
