hexamine stoves

here are some stoves from mreinfo.com. the russian and french are the easiest to make using tinsnips. there could be more, but you look for it.



russian:










french:







pic source:
http://mreinfo.com/

btw, the top photo also shows a can opener. here's a close up:




the yellow pill is a multivitamin.

I need one of those Russian can openers for my collection.




1. British style can opener sold by Highlander Adventure Equipment (purchased from store in Britain)

2. Chinese version of British style can opener

3. East German can opener. Stamped on side "Standard EVP 0.1C"

4. Belgian can opener

5. US can opener, similar to p38

6. US p38 can opener, stamped on side "MIL-J-0837"

7. Chinese version of p51, sold by Stansport as G.I. Style Can Opener

8. US p51 can opener, stamped on side "US SHELBY CO"

9. US p51 can opener, stamped on side "US CLARK METAL PROD"

10. US p38 can opener, stamped on side "US SHELBY CO"

11. US p38 can opener, stamped on side "US SPEAKER"

wow, that is quite a collection. i have #11. do you have more info and stories about them? is that a spoon on one end of #1 and #2? i can't tell from the photos if its concaved enough.

Yes, a small spoon. About the size of a thumb print and very slightly concave.

I also have a Vietnam era p38 still in the original wrapper, never opened.

This page might be of interest.

I use the base of a Vargo Triad XE Ti stove B/C I can fit 2 ESBIT or FireLite tabs in when I want a faster boil. My BPL Ti folding stove holds only one tab so that's my survival kit stove.

But I do use my Triad EX base a lot lately and its other good feature is that I can blow out unused tabs & re-use them the next meal. I just put the Triad XE & left-over tabs still stuck to it into a small ziploc sandwich bag to keep my "cook bag" kit clean.

If an ESBIT stove can't hold partially burned tabs when stored it's a PITA.

Eric