Maybe a reason they dont make things like they did in the older days is because they dont sell as much so they design it with things that wont last in order to make people buy things over and over?
@@oksoijusttookafatshit I still own some incandescent decade bulbs. They cost a lot of electricity but actually do last me over ten years so just put in a very high fixture that I can't replace myself (old lady). The LED less electric but not sure about longevity. But I was given 30 free LED used ones from a business that changed them out to have the same color bulbs . Waste not want not!
LOL !! I'm just the opposite,, i use a big tablespoon, way too many years of having to eat quick and move on.. I'm 68 now and still have a hard time slowing down and enjoying my meal..
I had that problem and ate way too fast for many years, then I tried the "smaller spoon" approach at least some of the time and it works especially well for a smaller meal. I cold-soak meals sometimes, which I don't think he has done on the channel, and almost always use a smaller spoon for that situation. I also use a smaller spoon for oatmeal. Something to try and see if it works. I carry basic eating utensils along for situations where they are not available and I always carry a smaller spoon for that purpose (sometimes also a fork, usually a plane trip, so no knife - spoon + fork partially substitutes for a knife for cutting food in a pinch).
We used 2 of those stoves growing up. My grandma used one for her set of irons, and my grandad had one in the barn for coffee, and hot Coco! I wish I had kept them along with the irons. I remember 3 sizes, from a small one, to a HUGE one for sheets, aprons and skirts! You do have the best stuff! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
The great thing you have is your memories from your grandparents ............... I bet at times, the smell of that coffee would take you straight back to your grandad's barn. Memories are forever.
The ingenuity of design, invention and manufacturing of the 1800s continues to amaze me. The steam locomotive, the printing press, the tin can, safety pins, photographs, postage stamps, the revolver and the repeating rifle are just a few examples. This small cast iron stove is another example of a valuable piece of history. Thank you for bringing this item to share with us. - Tennessee Smoky
During the Great Depression my grandmother was a child, they would call a spatula a “meal saver”. Every bit of food was never wasted, hardly anything was ever thrown away. It drove my dad crazy and he would say that his mother was a “string saver”. Anyways I miss her, she wasn’t just my grandmother but she was also a good friend.
I restored one like that. It was a Su mmer girl brand. Was used to heat irons during the summer when the wood stove wasn't lit.I donated it to a museum in Wisconsin.
You know as a kid i found history boring but now that im in my 50s its very fascinating and i really enjoy learning about our past in this great country of ours great stuff james keep up the great work
I was born and raised in Florence. The old factory buildings are still there across from my old elementary school. We produced tooth brushes, caskets, and sewing machines! Thank you for showcasing our history!
Thanks so much for watching! Please leave me a thumbs up and a comment in the section below. Make sure and check out our website at www.waypointsurvival.com where you can sign up for classes and check out the required gear list!
Did I just stumbled onto the perfect heat source for stealth camping? Is being smokeless a unique feature of kerosene stoves or is it just a matter of the construction of any given stove types?
@h.l.malazan5782 It depends on how the stove is constructed but because it is a liquid fuel stove, when it's properly used there shouldn't be any smoke.
Here in the Uk I also grew up using paraffin heaters and living in caravans using all variety of oil lamps. Unfortunately as I moved about so much I lost all the great old things I had and looking in years since I’ve realised they are now expensive or impossible to even find . Love seeing you showing everyone all this great old kit 👍
Sir I want to thank you for teaching people the importance of thanking God. That's awesome of you and I hope children will watch and learn from you. Your doing a fantastic job I'd never heard of this type of stove before never too old to learn anyway I just wanted to thank you
I just found an 1880s Florence lamp/stove just like the one you used here....its in decent condition , no missing parts and works well. I picked it up on ebay and it should be arriving soon! I'll be hunting for a new wick and some new isinglass / mica.....I'll go over the entire stove and ill use it a lot. Thank so much for sharing so much knowledge and craft with us...I'll be watching and crafting.....bless you.
50 of 74 years a hobo. Here's a heads up. I was watching rare classic cartoons on the internet. I came across one called " Happy Hobos ". Made in the early 1930s . The main characters were living in a "Hooverville" when a cop threw everyone out. So they caught a freight train of course. While riding they used one of these to cook a quick meal. The cartoon is worth watching as it truly shows the worst of the Great Depression but in a humorous way.
just watching this makes me think about hobos arriving in homesteads in the Great Depression and trying to get a small meal; the sense of community and gratitude for simple things and saying grace. the last romantic era!
You trim the corners off a lantern wick, just nipping them off, to keep down Devil horns. It has to be a very clean cut, with sharp scissors. The square top corners seem to get oil that will flare up, towering the main flame, on each end. I have used a fishing hook, string to get out a wick that has fallen into a lantern.
It's always amazing. The things for that era were simple. Today most things have become complicated. Simplicity is the way. Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. 😂👍
I love your series, I have never seen this little cooker/heater here in Australia. I must continue searching our antique stores. Thank you for your enlightenment. FYI, it is heat wave conditions on our west coast and some communities have reached 110F. 🥵🥵 We cook without fire lol.
I got one of the Winnerwell Sad Irons! I love it. Got my off grid SHTF cooking/heating/light taken care of. Simply an incredible mostly forgotten piece of technology. There’s just nothing that can go wrong these, they’ll last nearly forever!
@@WayPointSurvival I prefer some of the older styles but until Winnerwell came out with a new one there wasn’t an option to get a new one. It’s hard to find the old ones, they cost as much if not more than the Winnerwell. I live in Alaska, had to order mine from Australia. Winnerwell packages the stove very well so it should survive the trip anywhere in the US if anyone is interested.
My father and his parents lived in Oklahoma during the dust bowl and depression. Then they came to California looking for work in 1941. For some reason, as a kid, I thought they came to California in a covered wagon. My Nana told me they used an old Studebaker. Of course, at that age i had no clue what that was. Anyway, keep up the great work. I am enjoying your hobo series.
When I was a kid, we had a paraffin heater in the kitchen (no central heating back then), which had a wide wick like that, but probably a bit wider still.
The eating with a small utensil has been around a long time, it's said that a lot of Asian countries have better health because they eat with chopsticks which in turn makes you eat slower, thus making sure you feel full when you are full, instead of simply when you are stuffed.
Of course the smoky flame is your wick burning!….I learnt that the hard way when a lot younger😂. There was a variant of that type of stove that had a ceramic base here in the UK, it was called a “Bertrice” it was a popular cooker of the Thirties, it also came as a linked pair with two flues and stove tops, the carry handles were on both sides and only for two finger hooks/ loops to you to lift the cooker so you can move it when lit/ hot. In fact if you dig them up in an old dump you only find the ceramic base with the odd finger hooks on each side…..I have a single type it is a prized era camping item and a thing of beauty. True….You always use a Small spoon and give a libration to the Gods. As ever an excellent video.. many thanks.
One of the best episode of . 8:18 can't f a great program I lost my foot recovering found this you have help me recover and cant wait until I get outside to test so e theorysrecover and cant 6:36 😮 6:43 😮 7:057:077:077:087:087:08
We have one of these that was given to us by my husband's father. He's 79 years of age if my memory serves me right. His father said it belonged to his father. We put it in the "antique living room" where we have furnishing that was from the 1920s and most items are over 50 years old. I was afraid to see how the stove worked but now I think it's possible with the help of watching your video. Thanks.
Nice info on how people with very little were able to make ends meet. While hiking over 800 miles on the Appalachian Trail in 2023, I noticed hikers who were not Thru-Hikers; they were referred to as transients. I also saw very few homeless people living & hiking the trail. The transients were very skilled in their style of campcraft. One transient I recognized in Georgia who I had seen at a transient location in NH 10 years before when I worked for the USPS. He didn't appear to recognize me. I also recognized his Southern accent. He had traveled all over the country on other long trails. The transients all seemed to know each other.
One thing about putting it out (if it's anything like my lanterns) is I found a combination of the two methods works nicely. Where you turn down the wick until it's a little below the top so the flame is fairly low, that makes it easy to blow it out afterwards and minimizes the risk of accidentally dropping the wick below the wheels. Beyond that it's a very good and informative video that helps show the simplicity and effectiveness of this unit in a clear and concise manner. Nicely done.
Interesting video I buy and sell antiques for a living and these stoves are very common and normally don’t bring very much. Another use for them originally was to heat up the tongs used to straighten hair. I’ve had them with the rack that held the irons
What a cool vid! It's great how you're showing people how items from the past can still be used. I have one of those myself. P.S. nice touch using that M1910 canteen as a companion piece. I'm sure there must have been quite a bit of gear leftover from "THE GREAT WAR" for some Hobo's to use as everyday gear. See you next vid. 👍
I was a little sticker shocked at the going price, especially a new one. But it hit me that a single person making one pan/pot meals (for the most part). And doing very limited baking. Fuel costs would be $10 or less per month even at $5 a gallon. Even the cost in wicks wouldn’t be that bad. Now an alcohol/buddy burner set up would be cheaper but doesn’t have the added benefit of being a light/heater in a small area such as an 8’ x 8’ shack/cabin. Would have loved one in my younger days when money was tighter and options were limited. But I have added this to the old list of maybes.
Kerosene lamp stoves were one of my favorite collectible items. I had one burner, two burner, and three burner versions. One of my three burner stoves had the original cast iron cooktop in perfect condition. My neighbor had a rare brass version. I was never able to snag one of those. A fun thing my family did, as the young ones were growing up, was to bring out a lamp stove in the summertime when a storm would knock out power. We set the stove on the brick hearth of the cabin's fireplace, added the kerosene, and cooked by the warm glow of lantern light. When I packed up to test out early retirement in SE Asia, I left with a sea bag over my shoulder, one large suitcase, and my briefcase containing laptops and gear I needed to continue trading options. Collectibles and valuable tools were run through my favorite auction house in Epsom New Hampshire. I am happy to learn that I may be able to own a reproduction unit for emergency use and plain old fun. Thank you James for another excellent video.
Your spoon reminded me of an old poem. Perhaps it is of Hobo origin. I eat my peas with honey; I've done it all my life; It makes the peas taste funny; But it keeps them on my knife!
The way the top swings back reminds me of my antique Perfection kerosene heaters. They could be carried from room to room and boy do they throw off heat. I'd love to get one of these though. Great video, thanks. ❤
That lantern/stove is really cool. Thanks for showing it. I missed Mr. Canterbury's video, somehow, but will certainly check it out, too. I know car camping started and was popular in the early 1900s. Imagine having beaucoup money to spend on the hobby. A person could buy/restore an old Model T then get a full car camping kit of period correct gear or reproductions of same. I've seen a picture online of what looked to be a canvas tent that used the Model T as a the support on one side kind of in place of a ridgeline. Getting a full setup like that, today - talk about some interesting and fun car camping! I would think something like this would fit right in, especially if people used them in the home, anyway. Hey, maybe that is an idea for a few videos or a short series. You could talk about how people who were camping for leisure during the heyday of the hobo did things. Some of the gear might be too expensive or hard to find to do demos (or maybe not) but just the info presented in your style as kind of a companion to the hobo series would be interesting.
There are actually people who do things just like that even today. If you look up Bannerman's camp on Facebook you will find lots of great pictures and resources.
very cool. i love that you bring out old technoligy in the mix of what "modern" today. some of the stuff back then was to be build to last. now i dont like thats its cast iron. i bet some company could make out out of stainless steel now. but if someone were to make that foldable. i think it would have a spot for the homeless community and the outdoors-man.
Greetings from the other side of this gem were FUBAR Thanks for the post, have just ordered a new version of this stove, should heat up my bike trailer setup
Hey James did you ever check out outdoors on the cheap ! He's practical like you ! The information you give is better than most. I'm trying to make me a every day kit for everyday life . I have a small messenger bad I take everywhere , right now Have a Mora 511, Swiss army knife .small wire pliers and a church key . Is there anything you would add ?
I'm not sure if I've ever been on his Channel or not. Thanks for the heads up on that. As far as the small messenger bag is concerned, your kit needs to cover your daily needs and what you might face in a survival situation. Basically, you want to make sure and cover as many of the 10 C's as possible.
Very cool, I've never seen those before. My Dad had that canteen, though, and an early Coleman stove that slid into a pot like container that he used through the depression as he and his mother migrated the Oregon Trail in their 1912 Model T from Lincoln Nebraska to Ugene Oregon. We used to play with them growing up in the early 50s.
@WayPointSurvival my mother sold everything and moved out of the family home when he died 32 years ago. She's been gone 11 yrs now, too. I'm the oldest of 5 at 73 and have but a few trinkets to show of the old days. The others have some, too, as Dad had 2 steamer trunks of memories from the Depression Years.
Oh cool, love cast iron!! Not the best to haul around but great in the home and lasts multiple lifetimes!! What an AWESOME find!! I've got a large-ish salesman's sample cast iron wood cookstove, would actually work but I've never used it. Just a collectors item.
Wow that 1880's hobo stove looks like the new ones that Winnerwell just put out ( I started typing that before you said it LOL) I'd love to get my hands on a old one , seems Winnerwell can't produce them fast enough. Great demo on the stove. As a kid I lived in an area that had frequent power outages and we had to rely on kerosene lamps for light. We had a wood stove for our primary heat. I over eat and too fast I should use a small spoon. Great Video
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Man that’s a beauty Great Job buddy love what your doing warms my heart
Thank you so very much! I really enjoyed your review of The Winnerwell stove too!
I'm going to have to hop over and check out your video now too hahaha
We build for obsolescence now
Oh shit, what's up Dave! I watch your channel as well
They need to bring many of the old time things back into production. So well built and practical.
Absolutely! Winnerwell is making them once again.
Maybe a reason they dont make things like they did in the older days is because they dont sell as much so they design it with things that wont last in order to make people buy things over and over?
@@adamw.7546Yes. So many old items I acquire from thrift stores are 'for life' in their quality.
Thats exactly why, search up why lightbulbs dont last longer
@@oksoijusttookafatshit I still own some incandescent decade bulbs. They cost a lot of electricity but actually do last me over ten years so just put in a very high fixture that I can't replace myself (old lady). The LED less electric but not sure about longevity. But I was given 30 free LED used ones from a business that changed them out to have the same color bulbs . Waste not want not!
The more electronic everything gets, the more anachronistic I get. I like these old tech videos.
Thanks so much!
I had heard "Use a small spoon to make the meal last longer" before, but glad to hear it said in this video. It does work.
Indeed!
LOL !! I'm just the opposite,, i use a big tablespoon, way too many years of having to eat quick and move on..
I'm 68 now and still have a hard time slowing down and enjoying my meal..
I had that problem and ate way too fast for many years, then I tried the "smaller spoon" approach at least some of the time and it works especially well for a smaller meal. I cold-soak meals sometimes, which I don't think he has done on the channel, and almost always use a smaller spoon for that situation. I also use a smaller spoon for oatmeal. Something to try and see if it works. I carry basic eating utensils along for situations where they are not available and I always carry a smaller spoon for that purpose (sometimes also a fork, usually a plane trip, so no knife - spoon + fork partially substitutes for a knife for cutting food in a pinch).
Mess kit spoons were way to big
More like a e tool
We used 2 of those stoves growing up. My grandma used one for her set of irons, and my grandad had one in the barn for coffee, and hot Coco! I wish I had kept them along with the irons. I remember 3 sizes, from a small one, to a HUGE one for sheets, aprons and skirts! You do have the best stuff! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
That's so awesome! You were privileged to go up around folks that knew about many of these things. Thanks for watching!
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The great thing you have is your memories from your grandparents ............... I bet at times, the smell of that coffee would take you straight back to your grandad's barn. Memories are forever.
The ingenuity of design, invention and manufacturing of the 1800s continues to amaze me. The steam locomotive, the printing press, the tin can, safety pins, photographs, postage stamps, the revolver and the repeating rifle are just a few examples. This small cast iron stove is another example of a valuable piece of history. Thank you for bringing this item to share with us. - Tennessee Smoky
You're very welcome! I am continually reminded as well that they were far from primitive in those days.
Pipe dream of mine would be to run a steam powered hobby farm. Honestly I think it’d be really satisfying.
The printing press is WAY older though.
During the Great Depression my grandmother was a child, they would call a spatula a “meal saver”. Every bit of food was never wasted, hardly anything was ever thrown away. It drove my dad crazy and he would say that his mother was a “string saver”. Anyways I miss her, she wasn’t just my grandmother but she was also a good friend.
Those old timers really knew about hard times! We waste so much food today it's almost criminal.
My grandma saved the string from cat food bags. There was a ball of it in her junk drawer. I’m not sure I ever saw her use it.
I restored one like that. It was a Su mmer girl brand. Was used to heat irons during the summer when the wood stove wasn't lit.I donated it to a museum in Wisconsin.
Very cool!
James Bender-Bush crafter, survivalist, part time hobo and historian. Great series where we learn so much. Thanks again Mr. Bender.
Thank you so very much for the kind words!
I enjoy watching how hobos got by.
Thanks!
You know as a kid i found history boring but now that im in my 50s its very fascinating and i really enjoy learning about our past in this great country of ours great stuff james keep up the great work
Thanks!
awesome camp setup! Makes me feel like I'm right inside a hobo camp
Thanks so much!
I was born and raised in Florence. The old factory buildings are still there across from my old elementary school. We produced tooth brushes, caskets, and sewing machines! Thank you for showcasing our history!
Very cool! You're welcome!
Thanks so much for watching! Please leave me a thumbs up and a comment in the section below. Make sure and check out our website at www.waypointsurvival.com where you can sign up for classes and check out the required gear list!
Just saying. I saw a twin-wick version of this on I want to say on a you-tube restoration channel.
50 years a hobo. I'd never heard of this great device. Hurricane lamps I do know about. My granny had one.
Love your channel! Learning so much! Thanx! From South Georgia 😊
Did I just stumbled onto the perfect heat source for stealth camping? Is being smokeless a unique feature of kerosene stoves or is it just a matter of the construction of any given stove types?
@h.l.malazan5782 It depends on how the stove is constructed but because it is a liquid fuel stove, when it's properly used there shouldn't be any smoke.
That stove/Lamp belongs in a museum!
They're cool, but they're not actually that rare!
Here in the Uk I also grew up using paraffin heaters and living in caravans using all variety of oil lamps. Unfortunately as I moved about so much I lost all the great old things I had and looking in years since I’ve realised they are now expensive or impossible to even find .
Love seeing you showing everyone all this great old kit 👍
Thanks so much!
Sir I want to thank you for teaching people the importance of thanking God. That's awesome of you and I hope children will watch and learn from you. Your doing a fantastic job I'd never heard of this type of stove before never too old to learn anyway I just wanted to thank you
Thank you very much!
I just found an 1880s Florence lamp/stove just like the one you used here....its in decent condition , no missing parts and works well. I picked it up on ebay and it should be arriving soon! I'll be hunting for a new wick and some new isinglass / mica.....I'll go over the entire stove and ill use it a lot. Thank so much for sharing so much knowledge and craft with us...I'll be watching and crafting.....bless you.
Very cool!
I like how you and some others are keeping the past alive and showing us how it was done back in the day.
Thanks!
50 of 74 years a hobo. Here's a heads up. I was watching rare classic cartoons on the internet. I came across one called " Happy Hobos ". Made in the early 1930s . The main characters were living in a "Hooverville" when a cop threw everyone out. So they caught a freight train of course. While riding they used one of these to cook a quick meal. The cartoon is worth watching as it truly shows the worst of the Great Depression but in a humorous way.
I did just check that out! Very cool cartoon and as you said an interesting picture into the times of the Great depression!
I once had a three burner kerosean stove I used when I was living off the grid .
Excellent!
just watching this makes me think about hobos arriving in homesteads in the Great Depression and trying to get a small meal; the sense of community and gratitude for simple things and saying grace. the last romantic era!
I'm glad that you liked it!
You trim the corners off a lantern wick, just nipping them off, to keep down Devil horns.
It has to be a very clean cut, with sharp scissors.
The square top corners seem to get oil that will flare up, towering the main flame, on each end.
I have used a fishing hook, string to get out a wick that has fallen into a lantern.
Good point and good tip!
Love the blue and gold outfit today! ❤❤
Thanks!
It's always amazing. The things for that era were simple. Today most things have become complicated. Simplicity is the way. Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. 😂👍
You're welcome!
So many are already living like this and we haven't even had a "real" SHTF" yet.....it is coming; your info is invaluable - Thank You!
You're welcome!
Old but still effective. Love the old ways. Thank you.
You're welcome!
This was outstanding. Never knew it existed. It's definitely something to have in the homestead. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much, brother!
@WayPointSurvival , I think this series is getting some legs. Loving it.
just got lost searching for a hobo stove for a hour 😆
I know what you mean!
This would be great for an emergency blackout or no gas situation thanks for letting me know own about this . Great and useful as usual.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you liked the video!
I love your series, I have never seen this little cooker/heater here in Australia.
I must continue searching our antique stores.
Thank you for your enlightenment.
FYI, it is heat wave conditions on our west coast and some communities have reached 110F. 🥵🥵
We cook without fire lol.
You're very welcome! Thanks so much for watching the video!
Dang. You cooked the heck out of those eggs. 😆
Yes, that is one of the challenges of trying to film and cook at the same time.
I got one of the Winnerwell Sad Irons! I love it. Got my off grid SHTF cooking/heating/light taken care of. Simply an incredible mostly forgotten piece of technology. There’s just nothing that can go wrong these, they’ll last nearly forever!
That's awesome! I really do like the the new ones too!
@@WayPointSurvival I prefer some of the older styles but until Winnerwell came out with a new one there wasn’t an option to get a new one. It’s hard to find the old ones, they cost as much if not more than the Winnerwell. I live in Alaska, had to order mine from Australia. Winnerwell packages the stove very well so it should survive the trip anywhere in the US if anyone is interested.
Thank you God bless you for keeping history alive I really appreciate your work ❤
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it and God bless you too!
My father and his parents lived in Oklahoma during the dust bowl and depression. Then they came to California looking for work in 1941. For some reason, as a kid, I thought they came to California in a covered wagon. My Nana told me they used an old Studebaker. Of course, at that age i had no clue what that was. Anyway, keep up the great work. I am enjoying your hobo series.
Wonderful story! Of course, Studebaker started out making covered wagons so you weren't completely wrong by thinking that!
Fantastic video
Very relaxing and educational.
God bless.
Glad you enjoyed it and God bless you too!
This is so awesome!👍
I gotta get one! 🔥
They are really neat!
I have that canteen and the cup and wool sleeve it came in. I love that thing.
Very cool!
This is pretty ingenious little stove! Thank you for showing us how it works! 👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀💕🌸
You are so welcome!
Thanks, James. You really do come up with some unexpectedly interesting items from the past ... and stories on how they were used.
You're very welcome and thanks so much for watching the video!
When I was a kid, we had a paraffin heater in the kitchen (no central heating back then), which had a wide wick like that, but probably a bit wider still.
Very cool! Kerosene gives out a very nice and warm heat!
смотрю и всегда удевляюсь как ты умудряешся находить такие стариные веши .да еше в таком отличном сохране
Thank you so much! I spend a lot of time doing research.
@@WayPointSurvival это тебе спасибо ты переносишь нас назад во времени
lol now I want to go out and cook some eggs! thanks for the video
You're welcome!
That’s super cool. I also gotta say that I love you’re continually bringing the hobo culture to light.
Thanks so much!
Very cool stove
Thanks!
I want to see one of these people take this on the AT. I saw someone take a leaf blower to Maine.
Right! Please remember that this was never a backpacking stove.
@@WayPointSurvival I know, but you could have made it work.
thats an awesome cooker and light source i love the old technology simple and still practical today thats why i like the old technology
I absolutely love the hobo series
Much appreciated!
Great video James.
I like that Stove, I'm going looking on line for one for our Fishing trip.
Excellent!
the winnerwell made are very expensive. i see one in an online store for $539
I'm a fan of kerosene lanterns but I've never seen that one! Love it!
Thanks! It's pretty cool!
Always something to learn
Thanks for watching!
Was that a M-1910 US Army canteen? Beautiful piece of history in both the WW1 era canteen and the stove
Yes, it was!
The eating with a small utensil has been around a long time, it's said that a lot of Asian countries have better health because they eat with chopsticks which in turn makes you eat slower, thus making sure you feel full when you are full, instead of simply when you are stuffed.
Interesting. Thanks for watching!
Many Thanks James !!! I would love to see a video on a scenario "2024 Hobo" and all the modern equipment you would have with you !!
That would be interesting. You can also watch Hobo Shoestring and the Texas Roadrunner if you want to see some modern hobo gear demonstrated.
Bill I'll be doing a video on that next week as mine is vintage and modern
Of course the smoky flame is your wick burning!….I learnt that the hard way when a lot younger😂.
There was a variant of that type of stove that had a ceramic base here in the UK, it was called a “Bertrice” it was a popular cooker of the Thirties, it also came as a linked pair with two flues and stove tops, the carry handles were on both sides and only for two finger hooks/ loops to you to lift the cooker so you can move it when lit/ hot. In fact if you dig them up in an old dump you only find the ceramic base with the odd finger hooks on each side…..I have a single type it is a prized era camping item and a thing of beauty. True….You always use a Small spoon and give a libration to the Gods.
As ever an excellent video.. many thanks.
Thanks so much for watching!
A similar stove is now being made in the UK. Winnerwell Iron Stove.
Indeed.
One of the best episode of
. 8:18 can't f a great program I lost my foot recovering found this you have help me recover and cant wait until I get outside to test so e theorysrecover and cant 6:36 😮 6:43 😮 7:05 7:07 7:07 7:08 7:08 7:08
Thanks so much for watching and I hope you get well soon!
Good evening from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing this information
You're welcome!
I am enjoying the video
Always enjoy your videos!
Thanks!
Winnerwell is a great company..have their wood stove. Great video..never seen this stove.
Thanks!
Neat video. As you said, I could picture that being used in an old, wooden, tiny, bobber caboose or R/R shack. A cool piece of history there.
Absolutely!
Love these old pieces of history
Indeed!
1:15 -1:40 Cast iron is not often stamped. The marks you're referring to are cast-in letters not stamps.
True. Thanks for the correction!
That’s real nice James. I used an Alpaca TS-909 this weekend in my tent for heat and cooking. Worked nice. Thanks and take care😊
Thanks so much, my friend! Have a good one!
We have one of these that was given to us by my husband's father. He's 79 years of age if my memory serves me right. His father said it belonged to his father. We put it in the "antique living room" where we have furnishing that was from the 1920s and most items are over 50 years old. I was afraid to see how the stove worked but now I think it's possible with the help of watching your video. Thanks.
You're welcome!
That’s a great little stove.
Thanks!
Nice info on how people with very little were able to make ends meet. While hiking over 800 miles on the Appalachian Trail in 2023, I noticed hikers who were not Thru-Hikers; they were referred to as transients. I also saw very few homeless people living & hiking the trail. The transients were very skilled in their style of campcraft. One transient I recognized in
Georgia who I had seen at a transient location in NH 10 years before when I worked for the USPS. He didn't appear to recognize me. I also recognized his Southern accent. He had traveled all over the country on other long trails. The transients all seemed to know each other.
Yes, as I understand it, even today there is a tight-knit community among those who travel.
One thing about putting it out (if it's anything like my lanterns) is I found a combination of the two methods works nicely. Where you turn down the wick until it's a little below the top so the flame is fairly low, that makes it easy to blow it out afterwards and minimizes the risk of accidentally dropping the wick below the wheels. Beyond that it's a very good and informative video that helps show the simplicity and effectiveness of this unit in a clear and concise manner. Nicely done.
Thanks so much!
Interesting video
I buy and sell antiques for a living and these stoves are very common and normally don’t bring very much.
Another use for them originally was to heat up the tongs used to straighten hair. I’ve had them with the rack that held the irons
That's excellent! If you have any for sale, please let me know as I have some friends who are interested.
What a cool vid!
It's great how you're showing people how items from the past can still be used.
I have one of those myself.
P.S. nice touch using that M1910 canteen as a companion piece.
I'm sure there must have been quite a bit of gear leftover from "THE GREAT WAR" for some Hobo's to use as everyday gear.
See you next vid. 👍
Thank you so very much!
Here in the UK they are called 'Beatrice stoves'. Beatrice being the make of them. I have a dual wick version in my collection.
Excellent! Thanks for the info.
Great video, loved hearing a lot of the old time terminology that I grew up with.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful old stove / lamp . You taught me something about the wick smoking. Thanks . Have a great day
You're welcome and thanks so much for watching!
We used to heat our house with paraffin/kerosene heaters back in the 70s I've still got one in the shed👌👍
Excellent!
old mining camps often had them too
Thanks for the info!
I was a little sticker shocked at the going price, especially a new one. But it hit me that a single person making one pan/pot meals (for the most part). And doing very limited baking. Fuel costs would be $10 or less per month even at $5 a gallon. Even the cost in wicks wouldn’t be that bad.
Now an alcohol/buddy burner set up would be cheaper but doesn’t have the added benefit of being a light/heater in a small area such as an 8’ x 8’ shack/cabin.
Would have loved one in my younger days when money was tighter and options were limited. But I have added this to the old list of maybes.
Yes, it's a lifetime purchase that falls into the old saying that you buy once and you cry once.
The size of those wicks, wow. Like you, I was raised up on kerosene appliances. Will never forget those Alladin mantled lamps.
Indeed!
Kerosene lamp stoves were one of my favorite collectible items. I had one burner, two burner, and three burner versions. One of my three burner stoves had the original cast iron cooktop in perfect condition. My neighbor had a rare brass version. I was never able to snag one of those. A fun thing my family did, as the young ones were growing up, was to bring out a lamp stove in the summertime when a storm would knock out power. We set the stove on the brick hearth of the cabin's fireplace, added the kerosene, and cooked by the warm glow of lantern light. When I packed up to test out early retirement in SE Asia, I left with a sea bag over my shoulder, one large suitcase, and my briefcase containing laptops and gear I needed to continue trading options. Collectibles and valuable tools were run through my favorite auction house in Epsom New Hampshire. I am happy to learn that I may be able to own a reproduction unit for emergency use and plain old fun. Thank you James for another excellent video.
Sounds like you had some really cool stuff! From all I hear the new reproduction stoves work just as well!
Always learn something new in your videos. Thank you, I don’t recall ever seeing one before.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
Thankfulness for a little food is something you don’t see anymore
Unfortunately, that is very true these days!
What a cool device! ❤it!
It is indeed!
Your spoon reminded me of an old poem. Perhaps it is of Hobo origin.
I eat my peas with honey;
I've done it all my life;
It makes the peas taste funny;
But it keeps them on my knife!
Indeed!
What a beautiful piece of art. Absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
The way the top swings back reminds me of my antique Perfection kerosene heaters. They could be carried from room to room and boy do they throw off heat. I'd love to get one of these though. Great video, thanks. ❤
Thanks for watching!
That is awesome, I’m gonna look for one for my collection! Thank you Sir. Love the hobo series.
Thanks for watching!
That lantern/stove is really cool. Thanks for showing it. I missed Mr. Canterbury's video, somehow, but will certainly check it out, too.
I know car camping started and was popular in the early 1900s. Imagine having beaucoup money to spend on the hobby. A person could buy/restore an old Model T then get a full car camping kit of period correct gear or reproductions of same. I've seen a picture online of what looked to be a canvas tent that used the Model T as a the support on one side kind of in place of a ridgeline. Getting a full setup like that, today - talk about some interesting and fun car camping! I would think something like this would fit right in, especially if people used them in the home, anyway.
Hey, maybe that is an idea for a few videos or a short series. You could talk about how people who were camping for leisure during the heyday of the hobo did things. Some of the gear might be too expensive or hard to find to do demos (or maybe not) but just the info presented in your style as kind of a companion to the hobo series would be interesting.
There are actually people who do things just like that even today. If you look up Bannerman's camp on Facebook you will find lots of great pictures and resources.
very cool. i love that you bring out old technoligy in the mix of what "modern" today. some of the stuff back then was to be build to last. now i dont like thats its cast iron. i bet some company could make out out of stainless steel now. but if someone were to make that foldable. i think it would have a spot for the homeless community and the outdoors-man.
I think the reason they were made out of cast iron is because it gives it a heavy base which makes it very solid and difficult to tip over.
Greetings from the other side of this gem were FUBAR
Thanks for the post, have just ordered a new version of this stove, should heat up my bike trailer setup
Awesome!
It is very interesting and enjoyable subject. Thank you for sharing
You're very welcome!
I seen one when I was a kid at my grandmother house didn't know what it was .😢 I wish I knew about it.
Indeed. There were so many things that the previous generation had and used that later generations did not understand.
Hey James did you ever check out outdoors on the cheap ! He's practical like you ! The information you give is better than most. I'm trying to make me a every day kit for everyday life . I have a small messenger bad I take everywhere , right now Have a Mora 511, Swiss army knife .small wire pliers and a church key . Is there anything you would add ?
I'm not sure if I've ever been on his Channel or not. Thanks for the heads up on that. As far as the small messenger bag is concerned, your kit needs to cover your daily needs and what you might face in a survival situation. Basically, you want to make sure and cover as many of the 10 C's as possible.
Love the antique stove! You actually have me wanting to get one now, lol Excellent video!
Thanks!
Very cool, I've never seen those before. My Dad had that canteen, though, and an early Coleman stove that slid into a pot like container that he used through the depression as he and his mother migrated the Oregon Trail in their 1912 Model T from Lincoln Nebraska to Ugene Oregon. We used to play with them growing up in the early 50s.
Very interesting! Too bad you don't still have them!
@WayPointSurvival my mother sold everything and moved out of the family home when he died 32 years ago. She's been gone 11 yrs now, too. I'm the oldest of 5 at 73 and have but a few trinkets to show of the old days. The others have some, too, as Dad had 2 steamer trunks of memories from the Depression Years.
That is a neat stove. We will have to keep our eyes open for one
Thanks so much! I'm sure that there are some local antique stores around there that might have one.
Oh cool, love cast iron!! Not the best to haul around but great in the home and lasts multiple lifetimes!! What an AWESOME find!!
I've got a large-ish salesman's sample cast iron wood cookstove, would actually work but I've never used it. Just a collectors item.
Thanks for watching!
That is some cool old gear. 😎 I appreciate the nostalgia of classic camp wears and the antiques as well. Great video 👍
Thanks so much!
I want one,to go with my old hurricane lamp collection! 6 lamps will heat my house,in a power outage.I love that thing!
Sounds good!
very interesting! nice vintage object, I had never seen it in Italy where I am! , so the glass is actually a sheet of mica!????
Yes, it is heat resistant and was used before modern times and a lot of items. People even used it for Windows in their homes.
Wow that 1880's hobo stove looks like the new ones that Winnerwell just put out ( I started typing that before you said it LOL) I'd love to get my hands on a old one , seems Winnerwell can't produce them fast enough. Great demo on the stove. As a kid I lived in an area that had frequent power outages and we had to rely on kerosene lamps for light. We had a wood stove for our primary heat. I over eat and too fast I should use a small spoon. Great Video
Thanks!
Next time, preheat the pan, less cook time. Love your teachings. ❤😂