I have plenty of lead I could use, but the often resisting-to-extracting of the NRV due to a spread out lead washer made me look for an...
No problem! There are several names for the same article, not seldom a result of many languages and interpretations as background. Still the...
@Johnnie19 If with hood you mean the ventilator or chimney (hood is usually reserved for top screen, reflector or shade), is it you then that...
What little I know of Phoebus is that most, if not all produced lamps after the war were steel tanked. Bulgaria seems a quiet corner for these...
How does it not stay lit: does it peter out? Does the lamp light up again after pumping? Are you sure you have an airtight lamp? A definite check...
Goes to show that recognizing quality is timeless.
What a wonderful set and time capsule! Collecting to me means assembling items that in detail tell their story. This chest contains many of those,...
Although not based on facts (yet) I like to think of the M-1 as the last model W&B introduced. Sure, the difference with the Bialadiin 305-II is...
I understand @Robert Radcliffe has a sublime korean E41, and there should be more among the subscribers here. I am keen to get one of the E41 or...
Aha, I simply overlooked the good chance the Coleman society would have something on offer. Indeed not cheap, but a good investment nevertheless...
Yes, by all means: I found it the best investment as in 'the most used' of all my W&B items. Thanks to the labours by Ian, the small, if not tiny...
The above info is based on the book by Ian Ashton, and by looking at lamps offered for sale in several countries for several years, that mainly...
Alex, I have little knowledge of the Petromax brand, but I know green was an original colour before WW-2 on some of their lamps. It only makes...
There is also the possibillity that Jae-Jung Won is simply not able to run the business any longer, due to any scenario. Irrespective how many...
And this is how confusion is spread. The Vapalux M1 was introduced in the late 60's, after Aladdin Industries left and with them, the Bialaddin...
Despite the good-humored narration by David I find it a rather sad story. But I guess most endings of once proud enterprises are not of the...
Yes, I heard that one time and again, but I doubt any serious explanation was ever contemplated, not even worldwide. It never was a mainstream...
I consider myself lucky that none of that ever happened to me, at least not on my own account. About 10 years of hopping out of flying aeroplanes,...
@rayw The black knobs were introduced on the Vapalux 320 model lamp, so perhaps as early as the late 60's. On the model M-1 the green knobs were...
Addendum: albeit for not much more than 10 years when production of the M-1 ended late 70's. By then the Vapalux 320 was the only model left and...
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