I bought one last year and it came in a Tilley Hospital Box, as illustrated in Ian’s book, the seller told me he’d last used it in Afghanistan in...
Ian, I am a relatively new member of the group but have had a (growing) collection of Vapalux and Bialaddin lamps for a good number of years now....
PS: I put a full set of seals on the lamp before lighting and the jet cleaner took a bit of force to wind it out of the tank, lurking in there was...
Thanks Robbo, that explains it all clearly, I’ve got Ian’s book and have a small collection of lamps but hadn’t seen a crows foot applied like...
Thanks Gary, the label on mine is in a similar poor state, Matthias, is the picture from Gary sufficient or do you still want to see mine? Gary,...
[ATTACH]The crows feet are quite distinctly stamped on the bottom edge of the hood, and the ‘yellow’ warning label is definitely in gold. I hadn’t...
I got some from Ian Wright a little while back, and they look a perfectly good reproduction, very reasonably priced, too! I think he's posted a...
Many thanks, Gary, I've emailed him, Peter.
Thanks Henry, I recently bought a steel tank, slotted cage 300 from eBay for restoration, the nuts on it are slightly knurled, one quarter of an...
Very early knurled nuts securing the handle……?
Thanks Nicky, P.
Is there a date on the brass hood, Nicky?
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