My two were in fair condition, no paint just a coat of surface rust, so I took a wire brush to them and gave them a coat of black heat-resistant paint (much to the amusement of one of my neighbours), found some wick in a local hardware store, and then they found use giving me a little extra light when working on a private narrow gauge railway in the middle of nowhere in N. Beds (now moved).
The better of the two, which saw little use, is a Chalwyn 'Lynx';
The other is marked '"Star" No.111', and is a little scruffier;
This was the one that I used most, mainly due to the protective cage around the glass. The paint is bubbling around the top, from use, and the camera isn't lying, the body does lean over. I think that it must have been dropped at some stage, but it still works ok. I think that it may be made by Feuerhand.
Both are 'hot blast' lamps, the bodies are hollow and direct hot air from the top of the lamp down the 'arms' and feed it back into the burner to give a brighter flame.
The light output wasn't particulary great compared to my friends Tilley lamps, once I aquired a Tilley of my own these two just became ornaments.
Paul.
