Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

" 'Well at least I don't have to wake up any more.' Is what I want my tombstone to say!"

hikerduane

I hate unfired models, like others, hard if impossible to fire them up. I've used a couple others, an aluminum Optimus 8 and my 199. The aluminum 8 reflected some very cool colors as it warmed up the first time.
Duane

hikerduane

Thank you guys, glad a few I know showed up.
Duane
PS: I think many don't know I have a few used Coleman gpa's also.

hikerduane

Wow! All works of art! I love the color of the 8F's case and the silent burner of the Hiker. Congrats on all. The nickel is beautiful on the 8F, but I'm really digging the case color. Any idea what a good color match would be for that 8F's case? Jim, I've never needed to use that color blue nor rea...

hikerduane

My unfired Swedish stoves, I have a couple MSR stoves also that are not fired. Just got the Optimus 80F, none to be seen anywhere, then within a day two more appeared. Only three I have seen. The 111C was gifted to me by my late Idaho stovie friend, Sam. I tried to refuse as I already had one that w...

hikerduane

Nice!
Duane

hikerduane

Gary at Blue Water Stove Restorations may help. Quality work, may or may not want to help. I've had him fix a few brass stoves. Dean is backed up a couple three weeks.
Duane

hikerduane

Thank you.
Duane

hikerduane

A couple Nulites? One has a marked Akron fuel cap that is identical to the unmarked cap on the other.
Duane

hikerduane

Does the 237B take a unusual size globe? I'm looking for the lantern and they may not necessarily have a globe.
Duane

hikerduane

Try on a fired globe. Randy used some bad acid and it failed, maybe because it was tried on a used globe.
Duane

hikerduane

Guess I'm snow blind.
Duane

hikerduane

Thank you. Didn't know if there was a process other than pushing in place with a finger. My mesh is better than what came out.
Duane

hikerduane

I'd never stay focused enough. Would love to piece together a model A.
Duane

hikerduane

Working on a 200A I got off of FishnChips, cleaned up parts, but the two pieces of light screen material fell out, tried working them back on, but they were made of pretty light weight material and started coming apart. The cap is just rough enough to not want to accept what is left of the two piece...

hikerduane

Very nice. Many of mine are rusty or are missing the old graphics or stickers.
Last year I picked up the different Radius 42 versions, going off of what fuel cap they had. One style I can't believe it works, just doesn't make sense.
Duane

hikerduane

Thank you, many of the Euro stoves we never see are really neat. Duane Is it effectively a predecessor to the 71? Yes. The late 70 I have coming is the same as the early 71, just stamped 70. But you may know how it is, gotta have a full lineup, every model change. My Primus 96's I could have had al...

hikerduane

Thank you, many of the Euro stoves we never see are really neat.
Duane

hikerduane

Thank you.
Duane

hikerduane

Pretty nice.
Duane

hikerduane

My Kerosafe is a lamp, sorry. Is that a lamp whirlpool I think I see, ready to suck in the nearest person?

Duane

hikerduane

My recent find last Fall. Perfection oven. Top of the line, but no thermometer. Other ovens I have fixed game hen, sweet potato, cookies, brownies, biscuits.
Duane

hikerduane

My brother and S-I-L live in Jct. Family by Loveland and Coors country.
Duane

hikerduane

So many are scared of AGM, they make the neatest lanterns.
Duane

hikerduane

I have a Kerosafe, will think if I want to keep it. Sealed as it had a small leak out of the bottom seam and soldering kept moving the leak around.
Duane

hikerduane

My original metal signs.
Duane

hikerduane

Hmm, I may need to obtain something made beyond Canada or the USA.
Duane

hikerduane

Same generator. 413-2621. List I looked at did not list a "A" though.
Duane

hikerduane

Grand Mesa, is that the one maybe an hour or less outside Grand Jct.? I looked around there when I bped Maroon Bells.
Duane

hikerduane

Check for cracks in the genny also, I've only had a couple loose tips.
Duane

hikerduane

Since we've been talking about a few lanterns and newbies have a few questions about same. I don't always pay attention to what lantern or lamp is quiet or loud, but last summer paid attention and realized my LZ327 (newbies, not common) was very quiet, barely a whisper. Have you a model you like tha...

hikerduane

Cool setups, fuel pickups can throw you a curve.
Duane

hikerduane

Sweden is where I have found some really rare stoves. I think all three of my Campus stoves came from there, Great Britain has been a major source. A couple really rare Primus 96 stoves have come from here in the USA, the last a never seen AG year code for 1942.
Duane

hikerduane

I wish they could do a better job of catching the low lifes. I had one friend have hers taken.
Duane

hikerduane

I still use a rotary dial wall phone, upgraded my second phone to a touch tone so I could make some calls. Bought it off of the bay.
Duane

hikerduane

Tempted also. Great price.
Duane

hikerduane

Truly I don’t want to clutter up the Forum (or waste people’s valuable time) with stuff people already know. If you’ll read on, however, I will offer a SUGGESTION. First, as to today’s little post. I started this GPA adventure only in November of last year and, until two months ago, had been unsucc...

hikerduane

RobSchroff wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:11 pm (quote)
Old news.
Duane
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Nice contribution. Very helpful.

Guess I'm sounding like you now.
Duane

hikerduane

The scout camping scenes on a couple of my early Primus 96 stove tins are really cool, plus over 100 years old.
Duane

hikerduane

Stove works like all my stoves. Many of these early stoves had no way to regulate them, on or off, that was it. To turn off you blew the flame out or smothered it. Chain is attached to the handle. The travel cap on the end of the chain replaces the burner bell when the fount has fuel in it when tran...

hikerduane

Old news.
Duane

hikerduane

I obtained this earliest version of a Primus 70 early last year, only knowing it was early, but with a bit more research this morning, found out it was from around 1925, the earliest version of the Primus 70. Stoked! I have coming to me the late version of the 70 in the next week or more from German...

hikerduane

O'Murphy's.

Duane

hikerduane

Were the SVEA and MSR side by side for cooking, or just heating up the tent? Looks like a nice peaceful spot. The turkeys around here stick around all year. I used the MSR to warm my hands in the morning, the 123R for my coffee water. Neither were used in the tent. They were placed as shown on a ti...

hikerduane

Thank you guys. Numerous small washouts getting thru, coming out I stayed to the higher side to save walking thru water where the water had washed away snow. Saw a set of turkey tracks in the snow, surprised they have stayed here for the winter. Geese were making some noise, not much for either with...

hikerduane

The best reason for doing this is my stove time. Look forward to the evening meal and the morning light for more stove time. Repo takes the cold worse than all the dogs I have had. He is only in his pen 3 to 4 months out of the year, 24/7.
Duane

hikerduane

Thank you guys, so many places in my area to do disbursed backpacking, walking just from my door. The rain earlier in the week, settled the dry snow we had, per Repo's dog pen fencing, went from around 4.5 feet to maybe 2 feet. One night the creek by my place came up an inch, but the next morning wi...

hikerduane

Buy high, sell low.
Duane

hikerduane

I've only sent a couple things overseas, one was a tent that went to France, another just a part to Denmark. I did forward a lantern part to GB.
Duane

hikerduane

Repo likes to go, its the cold nights he does not seem to care for, he was shivering some last night. I let him back in the shelter this morning after I fed him and he did his business, I had the sleeping bag rolled up, so he only had my deflated mattress to lay on. I forgot my ground cloth, but not...

hikerduane

Most stuff I get from overseas is via the mail. Should work in reverse Fred.
Duane

Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says: " 'Well at least I don't have to wake up any more.' Is what I want my tombstone to say!"

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Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

" 'Well at least I don't have to wake up any more.' Is what I want my tombstone to say!"