Welkom nuwe lede

[Pharos]

Kom ouens, moenie skaam wees nie, gesels 'n bietjie!

[Pharos]

Welkom  aan Johan en Jan! Vertel ons asb. so 'n bietjie van julle self en julle veramelings.

[weddosay]

Hi Guys, Im Peter ,Christo says hes a 50yr old fart well Im a 55yr old one who has always used paraffin lamps , stoves and heaters, and have wonderful memories of a childhood where it was normal. I will have to take some pics. I have a Valor 308 Blue Flame stove with loose oven (dont know why noone makes these anymore) some Alladins with mantles that I just got from USA for the load shedding, a '51 Coleman, Valor Heater and a whole lot of Victorian and pre-war lamps, which I should sort out some day. 

[Pharos]

Welcome to the place, Peter!

We'd love to see some pictures of your stoves and heaters. I have posted a few of mine in the Gallery. I just love the Valor heaters and have some 525s, 207s, a Valiant Deluxe, a 625 blue flame, a 685 blue flame, 3 Aladdins, and a Valor 66 stove in the frame with the oven on top. Also have another similar oven.

Do you use your ovens? How even is the temperature distribution inside for baking muffins, bread, etc.? Any paraffin odours in the food?

-Phil

[Pharos]

Peter replied:

Hi Phil, I also have exactly that setup, we used it as a side oven, I used to also have the Perfection double oven, wife wants to kill me for selling it. They give a very good even heat if the wicks are well maintained and the "v" plate at the bottom wasnt burnt through, its a moist heat so bakes beautifully too, no odours just a wonderful warm smell in the house. Our Valor 608 , 3 burner upright blue flame was the main kitchen stove, also had a Coleman double oven 4 plate white enamel big thing , even our fridge was paraffin and worked well, wont say like a bomb because everyone had one and our neighbours one burnt the house down because they didnt keep the flue clean. This was all at Little Brak river 

outside Mossel Bay. I must take pics, I am in the process of stripping and redoing the Valor 608 stove, amazing that they were all kits. I also have a few hand manuals and cookery books that went with the various items. We dint have electricity at the river until 1965 and the house dated from 1913 so was entirely reliant on paraffin and later gas.

Peter

[Pharos]

We would be very interested to see scans of the paperwork! The British collectors forum actually has a section dedicated to it, and chaps like Jeff Johnson in the Shetlands would be very excited to obtain a copy.

I think I'll try baking muffins in mine this coming weekend...

-Phil

[Christo]

Welcome fellow farts(s) :-) , nice to see more and more people joining the forum. I am now starting to understand why it is becoming more and more difficult to pick up a bargain, there are just too many of us nutters around!

Peter, cant wait to see your and of course everyone else's pics. You still residing in the Klein Brak area?   I have asked in the classifieds but will repeat here as well - I am urgently looking for a Perfection/valor glass heater chimney for a friend of mine. PLEASE let me know if you have one or know of one.

Lets see those pics guys!!

[weddosay]

Now you make me think I must dig all my stuff out! Sounds wierd perhaps, but to us its all everyday equipment and very handy to be able to rely on with the load shedding, the paperwork I will scan..You must use your oven, do you have an oven thermometer? also check that you have the "v" plate or deflector on the bottom rack which should be fixed about 2/3rds in above the apex of the flame chimney, all I lost in our last move was the spreader :( 

[Pharos]

Welcome to two new members Heidelberg Tilley and Chokka. Please tell us a bit about yourselves and your collections.

[Pharos]

Welcome, Craig! Tell us a little about yourself.

[Pharos]

Welkom, Jurie; vertel ons bietjie oor jouself en jou belangstelling in lampe, ens.

-Phil

[Pharos]

Welcome Liam! Tell us a bit about yourself and your interest in lamps?

-Phil

[Pharos]

Welkom, Henk!  Vertel ons gerus van jou belangstelling in lampe en dies meer!
Dit staan jou vry om in Engels te antwoord as jy so verkies.

-Phil

[henk van der weide]

hallo

ik ben henk uit Nederland ( Holland ) en verzamel Coleman lampen stove,s en heaters ( eigelijk alles van Coleman) maar ook andere merken zoals hasag ditmar petromax agm optimus primus.

ook verzamel ik Optimus stove,s zoals de 11 en 11 explorer 8 en R8 111 enz.

ik kwam toevallig op dit forum terecht na mijn zoektocht naar Coleman lampen via bob en vind het leuk om de oude Nederlandse taal te lezen of zuid Afrikaans.

vriendelijke groet

henk

[Andrew Potgieter]

Hallo Henk
Welkom by ons.
Andrew

[Heraldus]

Dank je Andrew

[Pharos]

Welkom, Andre! Vertel ons gerus bietjie oor jouself en jou belangstelling :-)

[Pharos]

Welkom, Martin! Vertel ons gerus bietjie oor jouself en jou belangstelling :-)

[MP van Rensburg]

More Phil - dankie dat ek kan deel word van die forum. Ek en my vrou  - Marieta woon in Mosselbaai - hou van oudhede - antieke goedere - en het die lampe al n geruime tyd dop gehou op 'n aan en af basis. Koos Barnard van George het ons "mantle" behoorlik aangesteek met die lampies en daar het die soektog begin na lampe. Ek het nog baie om te leer maar die tyd en wysheid sal kom van julle. Ons is groot kampers en hou daarvan om die horlosie so 'n tyd terug te draai toe die moderne kamp geriewe nie daar was nie - daarom dan die belangstelling in die lampe. Tans het ek net 'n '74 Coleman 639 en n '64 Coleman 249 en twee Calwyn primusse???

[Jurgen Van Tonder]

Goeie dag Almal.

Net om hello te se en myself voor te stel.

My naam is Jurgen van Tonder en ek lei aan dieselfde siekte as julle colemanlamptites....

Groete uit Oos London

[Pharos]

Welkom, Johan!

Jy het geskryf: "Good Day Phil and other Members. I am a new but very excited pressure lamp enthusiast and hope to learn from all of you. I am from Polokwane and currently have a restored Optimus 930 350CP (thanks Phil) and work in progress Tilley LP-146IP."

Ons sal graag fotos wil sien van die Optimus en Tilley!

-
Phil

[Pharos]

Welcome, Rowan! Please tell us a bit about yourself and your interest in lamps.

-Phil

[Pharos]

Welcome to the forum, Alan Dee! Please tell us a bit about yourself and your interest in lamps.

-Phil

[Alan Dee]

Thank you , am based in KZN and have started collecting Coleman and Primus lamps/stoves, wife is starting to show definite signs of concern whenever a parcel  arrives. 

[Pharos]

Welkom Bakkies!

Vertel ons gerus bietjie oor jouself en jou versameling.

-Phil

[Bakkies Du Plessis]

Phil

Ja dankie .Het by Martin Eybers gehoor van die groep , Is maar  n Coleman versamelaar .Het so 100 plus van hulle by my .Het probeer om die groepe van Coleman lampe bymekaar te maak .Van oud to nuut soos die nuwe multifuel lampe, asook hulle strykysters waarvan Ek 2 het

Het lanklaas daarmee gespeel maar Martin het 249 generators gesoek waarmee Ek hom kon help.

[Pharos]

Welkom Rudolph, vertel ons gerus bietjie oor jouself en jou belangstelling in lampe.

-Phil

[Rudolph]

Dankie, Hallo almal, Ek woon in Oos Londen en ek het so 7 jaar terug begin om lampe te versamel. Meestal Miller end Kosmos lampe. Ek is nog nuut met die pomp lampe - maar hou van alles wat met parafien werk.

[PIETER LOUW]

Goeie naand almal,

My naam is Pieter,  en ek is nuut  by die forum, so ek is nog nie baie vertroud met die prosedures om deel te neem aan al die afdelings

van die groep nie. 

Ek het 'n paar Colemans en Primusse, maar ek is nie 'n volbloed versamelaar nie. (kan dit nie bekostig nie!)

Al my lampe is permanent op standby, en kom load shed, so kom Coleman!  

Ek hoop om by die "ou hande", wat al die nukke van parffien masjiene ken, kers, of lamp op te steek, en moontlik parte te bekom vir

my ou staatmakers.

Groetnis

Pieter

[Pharos]

Welkom by ons, Pieter! Vra gerus jou vrae in die toepaslike afdeling. Baie lede met kennis wat graag sal help.

Ons wil ook graag altyd fotos van jou lampe sien!

-Phil