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Hey, good for you Phat!! You beat the ebay market by about 300%.


Yeah I know. I didn't even haggle. when I asked if it worked the fellow selling all the stuff said "I dunno".
It was covered in dust, sitting on a table with with some ratty sleeping bags and a old canvas canadian army ruck, It looks like the brass has been blackening up for well, I dunno. 30-40 years? but no dents.

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My older Svea has the original pricker but I've chosen to never use it. Reason is, the jet is soft brass and the pricker is hardened piano wire. So, instead I use mono-filament or a little piece of 28ga. copper wire. Both work fine....however, I can only remember doing this once. The things don't get all that dirty.
Have fun with your new/old classic stove!
I love the C-130 analogy...yer right!


Well, I can always sell it on ebay if it doesn't do me better than my whisperlight this winter <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Interestingly, it perfectly fits in an old anoidized aluminium pot set I have.

having put it on the scale, it weighs 23 oz with a full tank of fuel. My Whisperlight and bottle weighs 25oz with the same amount of fuel in it! while it's not light - it aint heavy, not for a snow melter!

I remember having some difficulty priming mine in scouts, but perhaps that was the impatience of youth (the same impatience that made me get rid of my "old" stove at the time for a "new" coleman like the other kids had). This one seems to prime very easily, even when left outside here. It hit just below freezing last night for the low, and I left it in the garden shed overnight. This morning I primed it up and lit it with a little bit of alcohol without any difficulty. I'll practice a bit when it gets colder.

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ps...did it come with the cup and valve key?


Yes, came with the windscreen/stand, cup, valve key chained to the stem, and the handle for the cup
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