1950's Reflective Lantern Restoration 

My heart broke when the glass jar did, but you found something better!

I subscribe to many channels about restoration, but your channel is in my top 5. I watch all the videos without thinking. Thank you.

I can’t believe you found something so perfect for the diffuser 😱 excellent job! 🎉

The before / after is really really impressive, you were very ingenious in replacing this transparent red part 🤩👍

You know you're a fan of this channel if, around 10-15s in, you're saying "oh yeah.. that's getting sandblasted and powder coated, that's getting a 3D printed part to replace ... but I don't know HOW he's going to fix that one piece?!!"

You have boundless patience, an eye for detail and a desire to show what these wonderful old items looked like when new. Bravo to you

I had no idea you could powder coat glass! That is so cool!

I'm racking my brain to try to figure out what this was used for back in the day. So unique! Unbelievable restoration is always. 🙌🏻

Keep up the good work. I would LOVE to see your shop. I can't imagine how much all of your tools set you back!! But...as the old saying goes, you GOTTA have the right tool for any particular job!!

2:30 This is the best sandblasting shot I’ve seen so far! So satisfying ❤️

You never let us down! The detail and level of skill is amazing PLUS the amount of work that goes into the video itself. Simply staggering. Thank you! Dan

That homemade metal finish is ace! You should market that stuff 🙂

I'd love to do this kind of work. So glad you share this stuff. I can live vicariously through it.

You are one of the best restorators existing on RU-vid 😊👍.

That red glass was just perfect! Wow it just matched so well when you powder coated it. Loved it great video!

I was going to say, "Nice work on the reflectors," but then I saw how you hid the switch, so I had to say nice work on both!

Such a strange lantern but very cool in the same time ! Nice job Nicolas 👍 cheers from Romania 🇷🇴

Outstanding Craftsmanship! Thank you for sharing this!

When you don't succeed in replacing the glass, then you buy a glass of the same size and make it in a similar color, that's a brilliant idea 🍻

Fantastic restoration, the glass was genius.

Классная реставрация, безо всякого мыла, всё по делу. Итог на все 💯. Лайк однозначно🙏.

it looked way better with that cup than the original piece of plastic that was in there. great job. new sub

That's some serious scrub action. Kudos.

Great work. Loved that you left the label untouched to show its age. 👍

I wondered about many design issue as I watch this. By the end? Every question I had was answered. Wonderful work OP!

13:10 I never new that you could do that to glass so pretty cool 😎

C'est la première vidéo que je visionne de chez vous et c'est la grande classe. Félicitations et excellentes continuations !

Very smart to look at a local store for the glass you needed! And how lucky it is to find one that's an exact fit.

You make my favorite restoration content because you are proficient in many skills, have very clean editing, and you manage to find wonderfully unique pieces to restore. It is a joy to watch your work. Thank you!

Fantastic restoration

I've never heard (or seen) about that beeswax + graphite paint&protect trick, where did you learn that? Neat.

Nice to see you upgrade the bulb into LED. Now the 1950 lamp is updated to the latest technology. Cool!

Groovy, baby! So, you got yourself a vintage reflective lantern, huh? Looks like it's been through a few battles, just like me. Bet it's seen its fair share of dark nights and creepy corners. Missing battery, broken diffuser... sounds like it's been through the wringer. But hey, nothing a little elbow grease and chainsaw action can't fix, am I right? Took you 15 days to restore? That's dedication, pal. I respect that. Can't wait to see this bad boy in action, lighting up the darkness like a beacon of hope in a world gone mad. Thanks for sharing your restoration journey with us. Now, excuse me while I go battle some deadites and save the world... again. Keep on fighting the good fight, and remember, hail to the king, baby!

That’s a very interesting lantern. Never seen one like that. I actually like how you improvised with the diffuser at the end there. And going for a candle glass was a smart move because it’s already designed to handle high heat. So it wouldn’t shatter when you baked on the paint. Honestly, I would love to have that little lantern hanging in my workshop. But yeah.

It's a win! That's a pretty awesome lamp! I loved the fix for the red lens you replaced. They must have a powder coat for everything.

I love when I see old incandescent bulbs replaced with leds! Well done.

Amazing amazing! OTND, love every video!!!

Well done ! Nice solution!

Woah, the cup from Morocco fit the lamp perfectly, with those ridges. Awesome result in the end! Amazing job, man, as always!

How gorgeous that you found such a perfect replacement for the diffusor!

Amazing restoration.

Again, you do what looks to be impossible. Beautiful piece, this was art. ❤

Le design de cette lampe est incroyable et avec ta restauration elle est encore plus magnifique 👏

What a phenomenal restoration! 👍

Je ne comprends pas tout de l'objet ( = les spirales sur les arêtes, c'est pour protéger les réflecteurs des chocs ? Et dans quel contexte était utilisée cette lanterne). Ce qui est sûr c'est que je le trouve superbe. + bravo pour cette nouvelle resto 👍

Ive already watch all you're restoration including the latest one, its all very satisfying and relaxing while watching it. Im hoping for your new video soon by the way im from Philippines. More power, godbless

Great idea with glass reflector

This item was interesting, and the restoration was excellent.

This was a fantastic restoration. I have a feeling that this might have been a port light (hence red) used in the fishing industry.

Awesome work it's cool to see such old things id never otherwise known existed

superb very impressive work as usual .

Another wonderful job! Thanks for sharing your work❤

Thanks for posting! :) (Edit: re-watching this video. Noticed how much your editing has evolved! Great job! The flow is wonderful. Sped up @ the right moments and brings us back in right when necessary to continue the story! Keep it up!)

Great work.

That's a masterful restoration!

You do nice work. I would recommend looking into a nickel plating setup. Keep up the good work.

Nice job. From the Netherlands

Some LEDs will break when powered on reverse polarity, and so the only thing I would recommend you add, is a diode in series with the lamp. Other than that, very well done. I especially liked your solution for replacing the red lens 😀

The glass cutter normally has a ball on the back where it is used to lightly tap where the cut has just been made to finish cutting, most of the time it comes off perfect, My father usually cuts mirrors and it really works. ☝🏽❤️

Excellent work, good thinking. Salud de Argentina. 😊😊😊

Merci pour cette vidéo !!! Tellement satisfaisant de voir ces petits morceaux d'histoire reprendre vie !

Love your work and videos so so much! Simply fantastic! 👏👏👏

I really like the diffuser! This is a great restoration.

Beautiful 😊

Absolutely beautiful

What an incredibly cool light 🧡

What a neat lantern, great job on the restoration!!! 😃

Looks amazing! True to the original but even better!

Spectacular restoration !!!!!!!!!!!!

This was a magnificent restoration it turned out fabulous well done . Amanda x

Beautiful job, that looks fantastic!

Just amazing work .

Good job mister beautifully restored well done

Talk about enlightening.

I just watch your videos because I think they are satisfying

Yet another bang up, top job dude 👏👏👏. Thanks loads 🙏. 😎

Superb demonstration of your skills. An entertaining watch.

Excellent hard work, and intelligence.

Always have a Plan B - nicely done!

If i may suggest you a next restoration project, you could try to find some old, 1950s-60s pinball machines! This could become a 3-part series, for example

I really like this project and outcome.

Excellent restoration. Cool idea to replace the original diffuser. I think it would be very inconvenient to change the batteries though. Also the box for batteries looks a bit high - they may pop out of the holders on impact

This one was quite cool

Amazing work as always

What a cool lantern!

Who will appreciate as much as you did?

Thank you for sharing this. I don't have the tools to do all of that but at least now i know some tricks to repairs things. Cheers

That thing is beautiful 👍😀

The amount of different things you have to be proficient in to be able to do this has to be ridiculous!

execelnt restoration with the perfect choices.

Amazing restore as usual!!

Great Job!!

Super travail ! Bravo !

14:05 i felt that when the music came on.... sheeeeesh

Крутая работа!

this may sound like a comment a friend who came over to your house the first time would say but you have the coolest stuff at your house

Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

The replacement diffuser was a better choice than the original. You improved the design and brought it up to date with the lithium batteries and the LED bulb. Congratulations on the great work! I wonder, though, why it had springs around the outside.

Nice work, as always. Perhaps it could do with a little counterweight opposite of the battery holder to get it balanced again...

AMAZING!