Excellent! Cheers Tony
I’m trying to track down a pre-WWII company in Japan. The company is “Strong & Company” in Kobe. This piece of a cardboard and cloth envelope was...
Nice! Thanks for the detailed post. Tony
Larry Some interesting paperwork as well - some of it Coleman, and a cassette tape of a 1998 interview with one company member of the...
Thank you. Cheers Tony
@Buckaroo It need a bit of work: has some holes and creases, and the frame is missing its centre piece, but I’ll get it usable as a display...
Yes, it is a Coleman 318 shade, same as this one (but in better condition): Coleman 118B (Canada; 7/1937) This version of the Coleman 318 shade...
In Herman Lahde’s treatise, Light and Heat from Hydrocarbon Appliances (2000) he has the ‘standard’ for operating pressure lamps at 25 to 30 psi...
The people’s republic of Lutrawita/Tasmania! Cheers Tony
@Paul Wallis Where did you get the 17psi figure for Coleman from? Tony
Welcome, @Fester. A nice thought for father. Have a look at the different Tilley’s here and you might get a memory back of the exact model your...
Thanks to a good stovie friend, a few boxes from Australia landed at my place this afternoon. As I carefully unpack the boxes, I'll post...
Ken I hadn’t noticed it was painted. So may be a “special order”. As I said, I do have bare brass NOS stock of Jim Dick, and these may have come...
Fat finger: … early 1950s!!! For Kayen.
That knob is not original to that model of Tilley X246 — they would have come from the factory with the black Bakelite. Yes, there were war-time...
Handi... Cheers Tony
I test my lamps at low pressure without a mantle. If you end up with a uniform blue-bluish flame your lamp is working properly. Big yellow smokey...
Ok… You need to check everything is firm, including the burner tube and cap. You should also check the vapouriser nipple. There may be wasp...
Welcome, @D Pinsent Are you preheating it for two minutes or so out of the wind? Tony
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