Hi, A good way to clear tarnish from Speculum plated tanks, is to use a product called Bar Keepers Friend. It's a powder and I just daub it onto...
Hi, So, there might be a cheaper alternative to Naptha possible somewhere ? I hope you're right and there's another viewer able to add their...
Hi HD, Wow, there's some very useful information there that you've very kindly added and I've already got it snipped and saved, I will keep...
Hi Miss HD, Ta very much for those links, I have them saved, though I'll need to look for the German chisels kit, with a bit more intensity and...
Hi Miss HD, Difficult to know where to buy all the clobber from, and maybe it is best to start with inexpensive punch's; but I imagine with the...
Righto Neil, will only try the original NRV with this Higg's fount though, as the other won't thread in and I aren't about to risk breaking the...
Yes Jeff, different designs over time, owing to what was available at that specific time, but I'd say this green Higgins Hong Kong model, was...
Hello Miss HD, I could give it a try, if I can find my login details :oops: !? . . I should imagine there'll be more examples of the Higg's...
Ok, thanks Hanzo . . Jeff . Here's some pictures of the two different NRV's. The right one is out of the older J.C Higgins (HK) model (no...
Yes Hanzo, It's a tricky bit of information to find, but will just be content if I can get the older tank holding pressure; I'm kind of tinkling...
Thanks Jeff, I'd just thought it peculiar, how the pumps nr valve wasn't the same between the two lanterns, presumably both manufactured by the...
Hi Hanzo, It is like the Petromax, Hipolito or Vapalux NRV's, Yes, It is already out of the Higgins lantern fount, with the valve cleaned but no...
Hello, Isn't there no interest there ? I thought that CPL was a good platform and resource, for the online collector and enthusiast in all...
Hi all, I recently bought a J.C Higgins lantern, made in Hong Kong & probably under the Union Metal Works fore runners; it is near enough exactly...
Hi Dan, I've still to find one of these characterful lanterns (still searching ](*,) the right price). The difference in the mantle size's...
Back again. . . Just adding the new pic's of the test burn; oh, & the garden shed shelfie, how it'd originally arrived (sorry, different...
The culprit turned out to be a very small 'O' ring seal, that fits to the outer end of the NRV's main slot screw body; it helps seal properly, the...
Cheers Frank, I'll sort out that NRV problem yet, I've a few NOS but they need a good clean first. Crazy tight is that pump plunger, the one in...
Hi All, Yes, the beauty below was finally equip with its original stopcock valve knob. I have to say though, that I found it very sweet indeed...
Righto there .. . I had a dig around & found the other 300X I've boxed up, is possibly before the Biladdin 1949 AM of mine; as I was reading...
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