This store look familiar to any of you guys?
He had some nice stuff. Thing is you are either a dealer or a collector. I purchased not a single axe from this store.
THis followed me home from an antique fair this morning. The pictures are not the best but it appears to have the initial HGR Cincinnati Ohio etched. Supposely, the initials were the owner of the hardware store. It was an impulse buy but I was afraid to let it go.
Evansville Tool Works. A little the worse for decay.
The single bit is shot but I hope I can salvage this nice old round knob handle.
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Halfaxe; Kinda nice that you found an old Coleman stove that likely hasn't seen much use. Parks up here will no longer allow propane cylinders in their trash so I switched back over to white gas (and also gave up on camping in Prov Parks) 10 years ago. I gathered various derelict Colemans from roadsides and garage sales and put the best of all of them together into one unit. Colemans are not fashionable with the jet set outdoor types but they cook pretty darn good for me. The vapour chamber in newer stoves (less than 40 years old) is formed from sheet steel but the older ones have good sturdy castings.
They are somewhat oversized but I have organized them so the insides (when not in use) are filled with fuel bottles, torpedo level, fuel filters, funnel, oiler, wood shims, maintenance tools etc. I came across a rare 3 burner version a few years ago but haven't had the gumption to take that one out for a spin, yet. Likely those were marketed specifically to scout troops and hunt camps. I did one time see a WWII photo of a Canadian soldier preparing a pot of beans on a Coleman outside the ruins of a building in Holland. Presumably this explains the post-war green colour of Colemans as well as the red paint of their gas tanks.I love Coleman stoves and lanterns, I have a half dozen or so. This is a 413e, the two burner big as a suitcase. It can burn lead-free gas in a pinch, but Coleman fuel is cleaner burning.
They are somewhat oversized but I have organized them so the insides (when not in use) are filled with fuel bottles, torpedo level, fuel filters, funnel, oiler, wood shims, maintenance tools etc. I came across a rare 3 burner version a few years ago but haven't had the gumption to take that one out for a spin, yet. Likely those were marketed specifically to scout troops and hunt camps. I did one time see a WWII photo of a Canadian soldier preparing a pot of beans on a Coleman outside the ruins of a building in Holland. Presumably this explains the post-war green colour of Colemans as well as the red paint of their gas tanks.
I came across a rare 3 burner version a few years ago but haven't had the gumption to take that one out for a spin, yet. Likely those were marketed specifically to scout troops and hunt camps.
The leather cup washer pump rebuild kits are common hardware store Coleman items for northern rebuilds (ie up in the Yukon and Yellowknife) over the ordinary factory neoprene rebuild kits from around here. The rubber/plastic cups don't fare so well in cold temperatures whereas an oiled leather cup is bullet-proof. Yes my stuff (lamps and stoves) all have retrofitted leather cups in them. You do have to remember to oil them though, and always take a small oiler with you. Engine oil from off the dipstick works OK in an emergency.I have an old 1950's model 3-burner stove. Picked it up at a yard sale for $5. Bought a new cap and pump and it works great. FYI - I've found leather diaphragms that fit the pumps for sale at my local hardware store. A couple bucks makes a pump like new. The full size stoves and lanterns all use the same readily available pump. But the PEAK 1 stoves take a shorter pump that is no longer available. So with the PEAK 1 you have to replace the diaphragm.