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Thank you gentlemen. The cookset is unfortunally unbranded. It came in a very nice and sturdy cardboard box though. I'll snap a few photos. I am unsure of the age of the set, 40s maybe?

As promised; some photos of my Optimus Svea 123R and vintage aluminium cookset:

My point exactly :)

Todays catches: 1808 Coopered Tankard This is one of my better finds. Picked up at a car trunk sale in Horsens. The tankard is dated 1808 at the bottom and 1818 on the lid - and is a typical coopered beer tankard from that period. The tankard measures 18 cm. at the rim and 22 cm. at...

You can always order one directly from Optimus; http://shop.katadyn.com/product/155157/8016279/_/Optimus_Svea

Yemenite mid. 18c Jambiya dagger Austrian 1860 cadet's sabre (a shortened down officer's sabre) 1940's Japanese shin gun-to, bringback from the Pacific War Possibly Japanese 16c naginata, refitted as a wakazashi around 1900 in a naval gunto saya, bringback from the Pacific...

Mora Bushcraft Triflex Custom whalebone arkansas toothpick by JJS Custom medieval style knife w. bog oak handle, pattern welded blade and mammoth spacer by CB Custom medieval bollocks dagger Vintage German Eye Brand machette

I have been collecting knives (mainly Scandinavian variants) and bladed weapons for a long time. Here's a few of my favourites: Large vintage sami leuku, approx 1950-60 Some mid 20. c. Finnish Iisakki Järvenpää knives My father's Mora from 1957 Finnsih Kauko Raatiniemi...

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...

Wednesday morning: Proraso Cutting Edge Cleansing Clycerin Bar Proraso Green Tea & Aloe preshave GEM 1912 w. GEM Personna SE Omega 10098 prof. boar Mitchell's Wool Fat Thayer's Witch Hazel Regards. Jakob

Saturday and sunday morning, at my parents' farm at Fuen: Brit. Gillette NEW (in bakelite case) w. Derby Extra Dovo silvertip travel brush Proraso Green Tea & Aloe preshave in travel container (used both as pre and post) Palmolive shavingstick Unscented Thayer's Witch Hazel in travel...

Thursday morning: Proraso Cutting Edge Cleansing Glycerin Bar Proraso Green Tea & Aloe preshave Gillette Slim Adjustable w. Derby Extra 23 mm. Shavemac silvertip Cella Thayer's Witch Hazel Regards. Jakob

Still alive and kicking around. Just busy as a bee in a candy store. Sunday morning: Brit. Gillette NEW w. Derby Extra B&B Essential Proraso Green Tea & Aloe preshave Mitchell's Wool Fat Proraso aftershave Thayer's Witch Hazel Regards. Jakob

Saturday afternon: Proraso Cutting Edge Cleansing Glycerin Bar Proraso Greeen Tea and Aloe Pre-Shave Brit. Gillette NEW w. Derby Extra (1) B&B Essential Mitchell's Wool Fat Proraso Aftershave Thayer's Witch Hazel Regards. Jakob

Wednesday morning: Proraso Cutting Edge Cleansing Glycerin Bar Proraso Greeen Tea and Aloe Pre-Shave Shavette w. Derby Extra (2) Restored Butterscotch super badger Tabac Proraso aftershave Thayer's Witch Hazel Regards. Jakob