Homestead Tessie has excellent videos on oil lamps. Using and cleaning them. She's very knowledgeable.

I used to sell beautiful antique oil lamps for a living. I posted all over the world. Ive kept one for every room in my house. I use them for cooking with too, brilliant heat source. Such useful objects.

Funky. I just use UN1223 C1 Kerosene ( Premium Paraffin ) BS 2869 Class C1. In my Oil Lamps / Valor 1 and Valor 3 heaters / Beatrice 33 Cooker. I started using paraffin lamps and heaters in 2021 then the Beatrice 33 cooker in November 2022. When i started using BS 2869 Class C1 Paraffin it was £1.28 a L in 2021. My order for the paraffin in November 2022 is now £2.00 a L. But that's ok as it is still cheaper than gas and electric. I have not used a electric kettle from November 2022. I just use the Beatrice 33 stove 2 burner i Restored works great.

Lamp oil is combustible, not flammable. There is a difference.

Thanks Funky, from Ohio USA, I had purchased wicks when they were 1$ now I am on the search to find a lamp that is cheap. I am poor...LOL not only light but heat as well that will not some of the chill off. read one of the comments below saying she cooks with it what a bonus. 3 in one.

Thank you for sharing, this is knowledge that many do not have anymore. I have a small collection of these types of lamps, some were my grandmothers but my favorite thing to use are olive oil lamps because if they were to get knocked over the oil will but the flame out due to how heavy olive oil is.

@stevesamson3940

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A screwdriver, a hammer and a reel of wick from amazon are all that's required to make an olive oil lamp from a Doritos dip jar.

Fantastic find , Fantastic job !! Great little lamp . Now the big job will be fighting the urge to burn it every evening .

I was looking at some of those old lamps on ebay but in the end went for a Feuerhand like yours (but in olive green), as it's less fragile and can be used outdoors too, car camping etc. I bought that and a new Japanese paraffin heater primarily for the possibility of power cuts but also to heat my room without using central heating. The lamp is a very economical way to heat once I've taken the chill off using the heater, it's very powerful so if it's not down to zero I can then switch the heater off and light the lamp, that also kicks out a bit of heat so it can maintain a comfortable temperature.

Great job the vinegar worked really well.

Beautiful old lamp well done mate

These things were at the height of technological development only a hundred years ago, or even less. I have a few Aladdin mantle lamps, a couple of Primus stoves, a blow lamp and an aladdinette paraffin heater - all of them from ebay. I spent a bit of time on them, the parts are all still available, and they all work brilliantly. The Primus stoves are every bit as good as a gas stove for cooking. I run them all on lamp oil - a little more expensive but no smell. Warning - they don't just switch on and off! They have to be managed. So rewarding though, they have become sort of a hobby for me. Prices are going up though, for obvious reasons. The kids in the street took an interest and were amazed - never seen anything like it!

@LickorishAllsorts

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The Aladdin mantle lamps are still well used on narrow boats and I'm sure elsewhere. I rather like the smell of a burning parafin lamp, takes me back to my childhood.

@jackgrimes6944

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@@LickorishAllsorts Yes, the smell of a paraffin lamp has the same effect on me. Unfortunately the wife doesn't really care for it, so I have to use lamp oil in all of these things. It's a bit more expensive, but doesn't have the smell. I didn't know that about the narrow boats, but I suppose they would be a good idea. Especially at this time of year as they do provide a fair bit of heat too.

@Verradonairun

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Your comment made me buy 2 used primus-type stoves. I'm a low-budget prepper and currently own 6 petroleum lamps, big and small, but the thought of cooking with fuel oil never occurred to me - it's a brilliant idea! Oil is safer to store indoors and more energy-dense than propane, gasoline and alcohol, and I believe it is simpler, cheaper and more robust than any solar panel/battery setup. Thank you for sharing your preps with us.

@jackgrimes6944

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@@Verradonairun Primus stoves are great for cooking on. Just like a gas ring - just a bit more faffing about though.

@Verradonairun

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@@jackgrimes6944 would you say that they're safe to use at sea? My dream is to buy a boat one day and live at sea, so I try to only buy preps that suit that kind of life. I understand that they have to be gimballed first, of course.

Oh by the way! Secret squirrel tip for you…that wick material is amazing made into char cloth in your tin on the fire. Holds its structural integrity wonderfully once charred and takes a spark like a demon! MTFBWY!

@funkyprepper

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Great tip, I haven't the heart to use it that way though. They are in my last ditch (better than nothing box) lol

hey funky prepper here from Denmark. a good thing to do also with your lamp. is to sit a hair pin on the brim the top glass. it will take most of vibrations from the very warn glass. they can break if you don’t. i have it on all my over fifty back up oil lamps. friendly regards Palnatoki 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

I was really lucky in November last year, before people understood what was coming, and got a working 1930s glass lamp, with a glass handle, from e bay for £16.50. It cleaned up lovely, just like yours and works well.

We love your website to bits ,only pls pls don't have the background noise (called music)thanking you and looking forward to seeing your next video.

Funky I wanted to say I’m excited to have some neat little amber glass lamps with copper reflecting rings that have a little hanger on top of each. They’re missing the glass chimney on each one so I’ll have to find those someplace before using but plan to use at cabin once built 🙌🏼 thanks for your vid’s this was a nice one and practical too because we are needing to revisit doing things the right way with older equip

Thanks Mr funky I was glad you did this show I have one like that From oregon

Looks Fab.

Funky Prepper, the 'Lovejoy' of classic oil lamps :)

Really good information I have one almost like that it’s yellow and I love it I also have a Christmas green one and a beige polkadot one which I adore

My wife is gutted because the glass from her old oil lamp has just broke. It wouldn't normally be a big deal but that oil lamp belonged to her great grandad who was the (and I quote) "Commander of the Forces of the Sultan of Zanzibar 1894-1906". Blimey, try to find a replacement for that baby Fuerhand!.. BTW the glass was a very similar shape to the one you've got there but much bigger, probably three times the size.

@daz.r1994

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Sory to hear that. You can try this place John Moncrieff Limited. I fixed up a 1866 lamp. Hope this helps.

Lovely lamp.

You can clean the old kerosene stains inside of the glass font with rock salt and Ice. It works great I cleaned seral of my antique kerosene lamps. just put the rock salt and ice inside the font and swish it around and will clean it and no vinegar smells.

All these paraffin lamps and heaters will burn olive oil but obviously that wouldn't make sense as it's more expensive than paraffin. However regular vegetable or sunflower oil works too, at the moment that costs the same as paraffin more or less but if you have dirty oil from deep frying you just filter it, add paraffin in 1:3 ratio so 250ml to 750ml used veg oil, you have to leave the mixture 24 hours and it will stabilise, then good to go, for a quarter of the quantity of paraffin. Obviously most people wouldn't have gallons of used oil available but still good to know.

@jackgrimes6944

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Excellent tip, thanks.

Thank you so much.

Those biometric cameras are on all the cash machines in Mansfield, except the ones that charge for withdrawals found inside shops

I picked up a tilley lamp from a antiques store yesterday, quite unique one, is a tl116 table lamp from 1935, im trying to get it going, when im pumping the fuel its coming out everywhere and the adjuster its not pumping fuel to the top to the wick, i will look more into it later.

THKS

If the burner is threaded, it's likely repro, not always though, the patina will tell you this, also the shine of the metal. If the collar the burner screws into is threaded onto the font THEN it is most likely a repro, however it could also be a newer collar on an older font, with an older burner. Regarding getting the wick wet, lol, sometimes you do need the lamp immidiately. In this case, wind the wick out the top and let it sit in oil for ten mins, then put the burner in the font, usable lamp in ten mins from a dry font

Thx Funky! Was just looking at my old lamps earlier today this is weird timing 🙌🏼😂

Excellent video, thank you.

Lamp from the church in town? Lamp oil and wicks from Nib’s Hardware or elsewhere?

Get a Doritos dip jar, a wick and fill with olive oil. You can use the cheap olive oil. Tip some stones in because olive oil doesn't burn if the fuel is too far from the flame. Won't catch fire, odourless.

@simonh6371

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Also you can make a replacement wick by cutting strips of old jeans.

I wish there were some good vids on how to service Tilley lamps and Tilley heater

Wow, that came out nice! I use vinegar to de-scale my shower head, good stuff! I used to have a little lamp but it broke in a move. 😞 Probably not a bad idea to get another one! Been a while since I last saw one in a charity shop though. ❤

Wow! That looks almost brand new!!

Great vid Funky

Whats the best oil mate.....the oil fluid i use smokes terribly

@Allen-yv3ue

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I use ''Klean Heat'' (gal) in my lanterns, got it at home depot. Longer shelf life and at the time was a good price. 😊

@Allen-yv3ue

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They may not have Kean Heat in the UK -

@Jimimac73

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Adjust the wick

@simonh6371

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That's why funky says to turn the wick right down. Mine smokes terribly if the wick is too high but it's fine if I turn it down a bit.

@jackgrimes6944

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I use lamp oil (in the UK). It's a bit more expensive than paraffin, higher level of refinement, but no smoke or smell.

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Check your email, I sent a way to make a oil candle using household items and heavy oil only. Use olive, vegetable or peanut oil. No lamp oil or kerosene.