1880s Hobo Stove! [ Florence Lamp/Stove ]
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Discover the historical 1880s Hobo Stove, a versatile Florence Lamp/Stove, in our latest UA-cam video, showcasing its critical role for the railroad workers, the hobo community, and housewives for heating sad irons. Explore the origins and functionality of this unique kerosene stove, dating back to the decade post-American Civil War and remaining in use until the early 20th century, emphasizing its simplicity and ease of use. Dive into the rich history and practical applications of the 1880s Hobo Stove, an innovation that bridged the gap between necessity and convenience during a transformative era in American history.
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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.
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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.
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!
awesome camp setup! Makes me feel like I'm right inside a hobo camp
Thanks so much!
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!
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!
Love the blue and gold outfit today! ❤❤
Thanks!
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!
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!
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!
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!
This is pretty ingenious little stove! Thank you for showing us how it works! 👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀💕🌸
You are so 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.
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.
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!
Old but still effective. Love the old ways. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Simplicity at its finest ❤
Thanks!
The toast flap is brilliant.
Thanks!
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!
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!
I enjoy watching how hobos got by.
Thanks!
The size of those wicks, wow. Like you, I was raised up on kerosene appliances. Will never forget those Alladin mantled lamps.
Indeed!
Winnerwell is a great company..have their wood stove. Great video..never seen this stove.
Thanks!
That is awesome, I’m gonna look for one for my collection! Thank you Sir. Love the hobo series.
Thanks for watching!
Thankfulness for a little food is something you don’t see anymore
Unfortunately, that is very true these days!
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!
One of the best videos yet
Thank you so very much!
Gotta respect the tradition, given the price of a new one and more modern options.
Indeed.
I've been using kerosene lamps for decades now. Great source of light and a little extra warmth in the winter months.
Absolutely!
i used to hv a Aladdin kero lamp that used to heat my little 1 room shack no matter how kold it got, forgot to leave the window cracked once and died from asfixacation....
🤣 LOL !! just kidding,, but one time i did forget to crack the window and started to wonder Y my lamp kept getting dimmer,opthe door to look outside & it grew brite again,, guess U could call that my near death experience
@@tomcatt998 That place must have had good insulation.
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.
that would be ideal for one person camping! never seen one of these.
Absolutely!
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!
I once had a three burner kerosean stove I used when I was living off the grid .
Excellent!
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
That stove/Lamp belongs in a museum!
They're cool, but they're not actually that rare!
Always learn something new in your videos. Thank you, I don’t recall ever seeing one before.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
I absolutely love the hobo series
Much appreciated!
Always something to learn
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Beautiful piece of history, and still useful. Thanks for the great content, and stay safe bro.🙏🇺🇲🙏🇺🇲
Thanks so much!
That is just so cool!
Thanks!
lol now I want to go out and cook some eggs! thanks for the video
You're welcome!
I like how you and some others are keeping the past alive and showing us how it was done back in the day.
Thanks!
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.
Thanks James
You're very welcome!
I love this thing. No nonsense & still beautiful to look at. I guess its offspring would be the stove with alcohol (liquid or gel).
Something like that!
I have that canteen and the cup and wool sleeve it came in. I love that thing.
Very cool!
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!
Love the antique stove! You actually have me wanting to get one now, lol Excellent video!
Thanks!
Great job, James! Enjoyed the presentation.
Thanks!
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.
So much fun! I enjoy all of this series. I'd like to have one of those stoves.
Thanks!
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
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.
That’s so cool! And the fuel can is just as cool!
Thanks!
Cool little stove and lantern does look perfect for camping great video love the period clothes 2 ! 👍🐆
Thanks so much!
Fantastic video
Very relaxing and educational.
God bless.
Glad you enjoyed it and God bless you too!
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.
That was a great video ! We had one of those when I was a kid in the 50s
Excellent!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Simple just the way life should be great informative vid
Thanks!
Great video.
Love southern Ohio. Cool places like Moonville tunnel.
Glad you enjoyed it!
We used to heat our house with paraffin/kerosene heaters back in the 70s I've still got one in the shed👌👍
Excellent!
I saw how you really dressed up for the part. And so that's why I clicked on this video, 😂 although your clothes do not look worn and dirty enough for true hobo style. You've got the right spirit
Not all hobos were dirty and ragged. Some of them dressed quite well. Thanks for watching!
Great video! 😊
Thanks!
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.
I'm a fan of kerosene lanterns but I've never seen that one! Love it!
Thanks! It's pretty cool!
Thats a really cool stove and a great series really enjoying this hobo stuff its fascinating
I appreciate that!
Subscribed....Very nice...thank you for sharing...love that little stove!
Thanks so much and welcome aboard!
Excellent as always.. I appreciate your videos
Thanks!
Just found your channel. The hobo way. Love it. Subscribed.
Awesome! Thank you so much and welcome aboard!
That's really nice!
Great video, loved hearing a lot of the old time terminology that I grew up with.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thats incredible
Thanks!
The Texas Roadrunner sent me your way. Cool channel.
Thanks so much for stopping by! He's a good friend!
That’s a great little stove.
Thanks!
Cool stove!!! Thanks!!!
You're welcome!
Good video James, thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !
You're very welcome and God bless you too!
Man !!! i like that stove, would be perfect for my little 8'x8' shack for cookn and heating 👍
Indeed it would!
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!
So cool, thank you for sharing 🙏✌️
You're welcome!
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!
I liked this video and gave it a thumbs up!
God bless
(Keep 'em coming!)
Thank you! Will do and God bless you too!
Excellent
Thanks!
I love your videos
Great demo.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing again
You're welcome!
Ty for sharing another great video
You're welcome!
Very cool stove
Thanks!
Thanks for researching a lost way of life. Very interesting. We may have to go back to it.
You're welcome!