Managed to get another Monitor for parts and had the test firing up the other evening. Once the pressure was up I brewed a pot of coffee..!! Very nice too
Pretty chuffed that this old girl is back in working order and looking for a camping excuse to really test her.
NOTE - pics show the initial flame after the burnt off meths has created enough heat to draw and ignite the paraffin. I then pumped her to really get the pressure going and a strong flame to cook with.
Hot ginger and dynamite, There's nothing but that at night,
Back in Nagasaki Where the fellers chew tobaccy and the
women wicky-wacky Woo.
Very cool stove you have there, Paddy!
We have cooked on the WWII GI pocket stoves. For our "regular" camping we had a vintage Coleman 2-burner camp stove that we used for years until it finally bit the dust.
Found a photo!
Last edited by fortworthgal; 08-10-2011 at 09:31 AM.
Here's my Optimus 96L as it came from local freecycle;
And after a quick clean and during testing;
and after use and cleaning;
Working at an outdoor store, I have a lot of stoves - some of them vintage.
Above is my new Optimus Svea 123R, a classic design from around 1890. This stove runs on white gas and is a self pressuriser, which you prime with alcohol or white gas.
The123R is one of the most succesfull stove designs - and was, for many years, one of the lightest and most compact stoves available. It is still highly popular among mountaineers.
I have personally seen examples of 60+ years old 123's still being in use and functioning perfectly.
I also use the classic army Trangia from time to time (the steel version), but I must admit that I - despite it's greas popularity - often finds it too heavy and way too ineffective.
I have recently aquired a vintage 1940/-50's aluminium cookset (pot w. lid/pan and kettle) for my 123R. I will post pictures soon.
Jakob Elbęk Egegaard Pedersen
Ive moved from super compact whitewater expedition boats to an Old Town canoe, so have a fair bit more space to pack gear. Ive been using a MSR pocket rocket for years, but would love something with more class and a vintage feel. The SVEA looks great, but seems not to be available in australia.
You can always order one directly from Optimus; http://shop.katadyn.com/product/1551..._/Optimus_Svea
Jakob Elbęk Egegaard Pedersen
My favorite camping and hunting stoves
The Coleman #590 on the far right is often refered to around camp as the "V-2".....
Renault
"on the town . . . . on the campus . . . . for leisure and pleasure, smoking a Kaywoodie Pipe is, more than ever, the badge of the modern masculine male" (Kaywoodie ad, circa 1960).
I like the choice of a macchinetta as part of the demonstration of these stoves. That is camping with good taste.
Respectfully, if possibly sarcastically,
John
And... South Pacific! Just outside of Philly!
Also, my Food Blog has posts again, so check it out.
Oh man.... I really want one of these. Does anyone have an extra one?Originally Posted by esteban68
Here's my recent Etsy find a British built Monitor 17B, it needs a a good clean and possibly a new leather cup washer on the pump rod, other than that it looks to be in decent nick;
and in its components
and in its original tin
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