Petromax 828 1936

This is a shot of my Petromax 828 dated November 1936. There was a date on the bottom of the lantern but you had to catch it in the right light. It's not something scratched on the lantern but actually stamped very faintly in the bottom. In addition, the globe is a Putzler globe (Indifferent) dated October 1936. It may very well be the original globe.

 

Very nice George.

 

A fine example!

 

Bravo. Here in Southern Ontario in Canada the Petromax is an unusual find. I was lucky to buy a Petromax this Spring -1954 Sickentank model 826 in great shape. My Coleman friends are not that familiar with it.

 

Very nice! It must be the big brother of the 1938 827 200cp as it has the same rapid torch valve arrangement. You are very fortunate to have the original glass too!

 

I believe that type lighter was on the petromax from about 1936 to 1939. Then they went to the zink lighter. In my opinion the type on my 828 was better but probably more expensive to make.
Thanks for all your comments.

 

Hello @george
that's a very nice find, in particular with the original globe. I'd suggest that you put it in the reference gallery section!
I've got the same model made in 04/1937 here which now also looks also very nice & shiny, but I had some serious problems to get it going: The Rapid torch fuel pipe was completely blocked, no way to get it free. I had to replace it, but that was not so easy because I didn't get such a thin replacement (they are much thinner than at the later models). Next the threaded foot piece of the preheater broke off and I had to repair it by drilling out the fragment, tapping the bore, and soldering in a new piece of M10x1 threaded pipe. And last but not least the brass bottom of the pump tube showed to be cracked so that I had to solder off the tube and replace the threaded end for the pump valve. It nearly drove me crazy, but now it's all fine.
BR, Martin K.

 

Martin, I know what you mean. I went nuts with my Primus 1020! This 828 was a real find. Got it from a gentleman in Holland a number of years ago. I don't like to burn it with the original globe for fear of breaking it. The old rapid lighters are unique in that you can't swap newer parts without a lot of problems.