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by kenmack
Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS Founts 220/228 size
Replies: 11
Views: 423

Re: FS Founts 220/228 size

How is the 9-62? It my B-day fount!
by kenmack
Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS Coleman CL2 “BONACHEA”
Replies: 5
Views: 358

Re: FS Coleman CL2 “BONACHEA”

Mister_Wilson wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:54 pm Heck of a deal boys and girls. Bonachea looks to be done with a paint marker, will probably come of without damage.
I got all excited thinking that this was an original Bonachea, but it does look like it was done with a marker.
by kenmack
Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Gatherings, Meets & Get-Togethers
Topic: Southwest Indiana Spring Gathering Hosted by the Vintage Lantern Collector’s Club
Replies: 14
Views: 871

Re: Southwest Indiana Spring Gathering Hosted by the Vintage Lantern Collector’s Club

I'm only bringing my bagpipes, but don't worry, I won't play them much 'cause I'm just startin' to learn.
by kenmack
Thu Mar 09, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Gatherings, Meets & Get-Togethers
Topic: Southwest Indiana Spring Gathering Hosted by the Vintage Lantern Collector’s Club
Replies: 14
Views: 871

Re: Southwest Indiana Spring Gathering Hosted by the Vintage Lantern Collector’s Club

Then I hope you aren't bringing any junky automobiles, barking dogs, loud and complaining wife or any of that loud rock-n-roll music.
by kenmack
Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:51 am
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: More phony replies to Classified WTB ads
Replies: 30
Views: 749

Re: More phony replies to Classified WTB ads

So, does this mean that louis09 does not have a centennial globe for me? :(
by kenmack
Fri Feb 24, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: SOLD: 120th Anniversary Lantern $300 plus shipping
Replies: 6
Views: 354

Re: SOLD: 120th Anniversary Lantern $300 plus shipping

Thank you for a most pleasant experience making our deal.
by kenmack
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:14 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Found x 2. WTB Svea 123 stove
Replies: 19
Views: 321

Re: Found x 2. WTB Svea 123 stove

Bill, check your messages. I'd like you to approve the address that I'm about to buy a shipping label for before I commit.
by kenmack
Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:01 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Found x 2. WTB Svea 123 stove
Replies: 19
Views: 321

Re: Found x 2. WTB Svea 123 stove

Bill, did you get my last message? It has your total, my PP address and more pictures.
by kenmack
Thu Feb 16, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Found x 2. WTB Svea 123 stove
Replies: 19
Views: 321

Re: WTB Svea 123 stove

Working Svea 123R with snug pot, snug flame spreader, pot handle, built-in pricker, and valve key on chain. $65 plus shipping. 6"x6"x8" @ 1 lb.- 12 oz. from 35763. I forgot to get pictures of the pot, but it is used condition and unremarkable without any dents or gouges. https://i.postimg.cc/HnBX87c...
by kenmack
Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Found x 2. WTB Svea 123 stove
Replies: 19
Views: 321

Re: WTB Svea 123 stove

Are you uninterested in a Svea 123R?
by kenmack
Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

Re: WTB Centennial Globe

Here, Rob Butts by his efforts, attempts to console the sad lantern. Though his effort is sincere, the lantern remains despondent still.


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by kenmack
Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

Re: WTB Centennial Globe

Pic of sad lantern:


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by kenmack
Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:36 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

Re: WTB Centennial Globe

I saw that globe, Steve, but it was missing the lantern that surely should come with it at that price.
by kenmack
Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

Re: WTB Centennial Globe

Lantern still sad. :cry:
by kenmack
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:28 am
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: Lye powder question
Replies: 16
Views: 296

Re: Lye powder question

Just so you know, lye will turn the fats in your skin into soap that will then wash away. Also, skin is mostly fat.
by kenmack
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: OT: Smokey Bear
Replies: 25
Views: 631

Re: OT: Smokey Bear

I got this Smokey salt shaker wanting to give it to Crystal, but that plan kinda fell apart.


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by kenmack
Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:10 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

Re: WTB Centennial Globe

Thanks John, I appreciate it. Here is a lantern picture for your trouble:



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by kenmack
Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

Re: WTB Centennial Globe

Lantern sad. Lantern want globe. Lantern want happy. Help lantern.
by kenmack
Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:46 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB Centennial Globe
Replies: 10
Views: 398

WTB Centennial Globe

I kinda need one.
by kenmack
Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:52 am
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?
Replies: 12
Views: 478

Re: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?

I don't think that anything intentional was done by the auction house. They merely mixed up the shipping for boxes for lot 449 and 447 which were two similar enough lanterns. I was really wanting to find out if anyone has received a 202 that they did not win but I was trying to be discrete so as to ...
by kenmack
Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?
Replies: 12
Views: 478

Re: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?

Well, if they want to buy a 202 but get shipped a 220D with no pump assembly...
by kenmack
Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?
Replies: 12
Views: 478

Re: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?

macwacs wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:06 pm email me
RMW
Did it.
by kenmack
Mon Jan 02, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?
Replies: 12
Views: 478

Has anyone bought from Littlejohn Auctions?

Have you?
by kenmack
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:25 am
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Crown vs. Coleman fuel
Replies: 231
Views: 6912

Re: Crown vs. Coleman fuel

I wonder if the it was not so much a change in product as it is a change in testing and labeling. IE same stuff, but better results. Toluene is a neurotoxin and is the ingredient in silver paint that is so popular with the huffers.
by kenmack
Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:15 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: What's the most you would pay for Jafe Red globe?
Replies: 68
Views: 1605

Re: What's the most you would pay for Jafe Red globe?

I saw two for sale at $87, so bladed at 45 and fent for both. I then fent home had some chili with beans (sorry, no dinner pics) while I pondered 9mm vs. .45 and also planned my next corn garden. When done, I took the trash to the Herby Curby. I later took a cookie to the shower because that night ...
by kenmack
Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:43 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: What's the most you would pay for Jafe Red globe?
Replies: 68
Views: 1605

Re: What's the most you would pay for Jafe Red globe?

I saw two for sale at $87, so bladed at 45 and fent for both. I then fent home had some chili with beans (sorry, no dinner pics) while I pondered 9mm vs. .45 and also planned my next corn garden. When done, I took the trash to the Herby Curby. I later took a cookie to the shower because that night I...
by kenmack
Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: ceramic burner caps
Replies: 10
Views: 302

Re: ceramic burner caps

Well, there is that "coolness" factor to consider, too.
by kenmack
Thu Nov 24, 2022 4:37 am
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Removing dents from fount??
Replies: 29
Views: 695

Re: Removing dents from fount??

When you froze the fount in ice, did you also fill the air space that would be under the fount if you merely placed it bottom down in a pan of water to freeze? If not, this could be why your fount bottom was affected since it had no ice supporting it. My plan is to first fill the upside-down fount b...
by kenmack
Sat Oct 01, 2022 3:30 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: From rags to somewhat cleaner rags...lol
Replies: 16
Views: 331

Re: From rags to somewhat cleaner rags...lol

Q: What do you get when you salvage a globe off of a lantern?

A: A lantern that needs a globe.
by kenmack
Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:42 pm
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Long term GPA storage
Replies: 56
Views: 1167

Re: Long term GPA storage

Something not mentioned here is that the greatest source of intrafount H2O is that which is condensed from the ambient air when it is pumped into the fount during normal operation. Florida, with its high humidity would be especially problematic. The chemistry posted above in layman's terms: The heat...
by kenmack
Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: 11/51 US Coleman 200 OCD Lantern Unfired!!
Replies: 15
Views: 1014

Re: 11/51 US Coleman 200 OCD Lantern Unfired!!

Does the one you are keeping also have a corrected SN?
by kenmack
Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:32 am
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: BREAKING NEWS!!!
Replies: 47
Views: 1255

Re: BREAKING NEWS!!!

But Murff, how ya' gonna handle the burden of your duties? Are ya' gonna suffer? Do we start with th' pity now, or wait until you're really suffrin'?
by kenmack
Mon May 23, 2022 3:28 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: USPS just LOWERED Pirate Ship’s rates 😱
Replies: 2
Views: 180

Re: USPS just LOWERED Pirate Ship’s rates 😱

Arrr, avast ye mateys and me hearties, though the scurvy dogs have lowered their rates, they ain't so low to the bilge to shiver me timbers yet. Arrr.
by kenmack
Mon May 09, 2022 1:36 pm
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Anchor Brand Mantles?
Replies: 9
Views: 383

Re: Anchor Brand Mantles?

Thank you Mr. Wilson for your offer, but I have plenty of mantles and the Butterfly brand is not those that I am now contemplating. I have egret mantles and like them very much, but now I cannot find any more. In lieu, I am wondering if Anchor brand is the same maker or the same quality as I can get...
by kenmack
Wed May 04, 2022 1:51 am
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Anchor Brand Mantles?
Replies: 9
Views: 383

Re: Anchor Brand Mantles?

Any knowledge on their durability?
by kenmack
Wed May 04, 2022 1:51 am
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Anchor Brand Mantles?
Replies: 9
Views: 383

Re: Anchor Brand Mantles?

Pancho, they make several sizes. Do you know what size, ie candlepower, that you've experience with? Maybe a starting with an oversized mantle would be the thing to do.
by kenmack
Wed May 04, 2022 1:32 am
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Anchor Brand Mantles?
Replies: 9
Views: 383

Anchor Brand Mantles?

Are Anchor brand mantles any good? They are sometimes branded Butterfly.
by kenmack
Tue May 03, 2022 2:32 pm
Forum: Technical Assistance
Topic: Single Mantle Ash Flash
Replies: 4
Views: 249

Re: Single Mantle Ash Flash

I think so.
by kenmack
Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: Gatherings, Meets & Get-Togethers
Topic: Southeast Coleman collectors gathering Hartford Tennessee buy/sale/trade thread.
Replies: 7
Views: 601

Re: Southeast Coleman collectors gathering Hartford Tennessee buy/sale/trade thread.

I need bails for an invert and two Aladdin PL-1. I like236, 237, 242, 200 and 200A vents in very good condition. I also want Sears vents in very good condition.
by kenmack
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:25 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: 242K find
Replies: 17
Views: 630

Re: 242K find

It's now the Canadian 242K on the T. Marsh page.
by kenmack
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:16 pm
Forum: Gatherings, Meets & Get-Togethers
Topic: Southeast Coleman collectors gathering Hartford Tennessee buy/sale/trade thread.
Replies: 7
Views: 601

Re: Southeast Coleman collectors gathering Hartford Tennessee buy/sale/trade thread.

I need some 327, 427, small brim, 200, 200A, and Sears ventilators in very good condition. I also like inexpensive globes; the earlier the better.
by kenmack
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: CQ catastrophic failure
Replies: 43
Views: 1119

Re: CQ catastrophic failure

It's all fun and games until someone gets t' blazin'.
by kenmack
Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: Weekend fun: re-plating a fount
Replies: 34
Views: 1242

Re: Weekend fun: re-plating a fount

Is the compound and amount used for the electrolytic bath? If so, what is the water volume?
by kenmack
Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:10 pm
Forum: Just Bull
Topic: 242K find
Replies: 17
Views: 630

Re: 242K find

Might the fount bottom also have a date stamp? Here's a before picture of my 242K with double date stamp:

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