Those are really nice. Love the knobs on your cupboards, btw!
Those were a junk store find, came from a laundromat that had refurbed at some point. There was a whole box of them, more than enough to do the kitchen.
They were an awesome find!
Those are really nice. Love the knobs on your cupboards, btw!
Those were a junk store find, came from a laundromat that had refurbed at some point. There was a whole box of them, more than enough to do the kitchen.
They were an awesome find!
Nice lamps. I suspect these will be valuable again.
And with the way things are going, useful.
Cool bongs... Wait wut?
I've always liked the look of Dietz lanterns. Cool video (youtu.be) covering some lantern history I watched awhile ago. I enjoy how this guy geeks about stuff.
You're close enough to Kidron that you could visit Lehman's and see a bunch of them.
That place does look cool. I'm going to have to make a detour stop there sometime.
I love lamp
lamp make light and heat make bird much happy.
Nice
This is so cool! I never thought of collecting oil lamps, but what a great hobby. I used to have a few but gave them away because I wasn't using them.
What sort of fuel do you use? Just regular store-bought stuff? Or is there a particularly good fuel?
Also, I've been interested in getting a few lanterns for emergency purposes. Any suggestions?
I use regular clear kerosene I get at a gas station. You can use lamp oil if you want, it's more expensive but comes in easy-to-stow containers. Kerosene is an oil, not a solvent, but it will gel with time (years.) Don't use ultra-pure or oil candle oil, that's a different grade and weight and will clog your wick.
As far as Lanterns, you can still get Dietz branded models. They're made in China now and have been since Dietz sold it off to them in the 1950s. Pretty much all of the modern oil "hurricane" lanterns you see these days are made off of original Dietz patterns. V&O, Rayo, etc...
These units have a big tank and tend to burn for a day straight: https://lanternnet.com/product/dietz-1-little-wizard-large-fount-cold-blast-lantern/ - these have been made for decades, burners, globes, and wicks are interchangeable with models made on Day 1 of this device's production.
I don't really like the colored ones, the paint smells, but you can't get black ones easily these days. They all work the same, tho. Don't bother with ones you see in the antique stores, they want too much for them and they're probably rotted out in the tank. Only reason I'll buy one of those is if it's super-cheap and has a nice embossed globe on it, or I find some like the new tagged USA made units the guy only wanted $20 for because one needed a little repair.
Holy shit thanks!
No prob. There are many places that sell the oil lanterns, but Kirkman's price is usually decently reflective of what current prices should be.
They look like bongs.
Not everything is for weed.
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