@@doinsngoins Howdy Steve! I was holding out till I found a white gas model. The profane ones are easy to find. The white gas are harder to find and usually more expensive. To find a NOS, never fired was a treat!
I was smiling the whole time,watching you go through the same things as I did on my profane version of the North Star..😊 the snap ignition on mine doesn’t work, so match light, used it for the first time on the 4 th ,Good Lord is it bright! Oh and if you have an Ollie’s store nearby they might have mantles for it, 2 for 4 bucks.. enjoy
What is going on.. cutlers antiques dose a video on the North Star,propane.. I find one on Saturday, now you post one… last week I saw a video on the 576 stove and on Friday I found one… very weird. Nice find…
Stoves and lanterns are one of my hobbies that I do for fun. I am a collector and do not regularly sell. I have given away more as gifts than I have sold.
I love it! I have one on the way. What was that little switch or flap that turned it off and on what was that for? Sorry I am very very new to old lanterns
That is the clean out lever. It moves a needle located in the generator to clean out the jet nozzle. Have fun with your new lantern, and thanks for watching!
How did you get the rust off of the feet as they appear to be riveted on? I was just given a 400 and a 400A with this issue. Thank you for a great video!
Typically I use a small wire brush and #0000 steel wool. If there’s a lot of rust I’ll soak just them in evaporust by filling a container just enough to cover the feet.
Really enjoyed this video. I’m a canoe camper so my Scout goes with me on trips (car camping also). I feel if the KK could somehow be compressed to the size of a typical twig stove, backpackers would use it exclusively. The fire bowl support is a wonderful addition. Without the support, the fire bowl will leave a nice black circular tattoo on a picnic table. I know this from experience. Looking forward to your demo.
Primus 71 [5:21]. They were made from the Mid 1930s. Optimus absorbed or bought out Primus and Svea in the Mid '60s. They kept the Primus label for a few years as a premium. Optimus 80s were the same stove as Primus 71s in this period. They kept the Svea 123 pretty much the same, except they evolved it into the Svea 123R with an Optimus-designed cleaning needle in the tip of the regulator as used on the Optimus 8R and Optimus 99. Domed gas tank cap looks early. This will have a soldered in ''safety pin'' somewhere on the tank body. If the unit gets overtemp, the solder melts, and a jet of vaporized gas goes whoosh. This is considdered safer than it blowing up. Later models had Safety Release Valves in the gas cap. Once blown, a professional fettler can silver solder in a new pin. I have gotten my Sveas overtemp a few times. The flaming exhaust can go a few feet tall. I usually kick it over, and it snuffs itself out, rolling around. But with the built-in SRV in the cap. it resets when cooled. I don't own any Primus units. Check out the stove gallery under Sweden on the *CCS website to research Primus dating. All Primus stoves [until the Optimus takeover] have a 2 digit date code stamped in the bottom. *classiccampstovesDOTcom.
