A little goes a long way; I’ve done my small car( Fiat 500) and my lantern with it twice and still have about a 1/4 of a bottle.
I came accross this on Amazon.
Lamplight 52664 Farmer’s Lantern. It seems about 30 cm high.
I dont know anything about it but I have heard of the manufacturer. They make a couple of other glass lamps as well.
The cynical part of me doesn’t expect much for that specific lantern, although obviously it does the key function of holding a wick and and oil. The Amazon listing I see in the US has a surprisingly low price and reports the weight as a mere 6.2 ounces (about 175 grams). I don’t think that is just a mistake due to Amazon mixing up the weight with the oil capacity like they do on some of the Dietz lanterns, because the listed fuel capacity is 5 ounces. The Dietz lanterns are all over 1 pound (450 grams) as far as I have been able to find.
I see WT Kirkman has some of their glass lamps for sale, so I suspect those are at least decent, since he seems fairly passionate about what he sells.
Apparently Lamplight has been around for a relatively long time. They are now a subsidiary of the same company that owns the Tiki torch brand, but I don’t see the lantern you mention listed on any affiliated website, so that makes me suspect just the name was licensed by some other manufacturer.
https://www.wcbradley.com/divisions/lamplight
The best information I found about the company in general was this 40+ year old article about them when they were still a relatively young company. This is actually a fairly interesting read:
Thanks, very interesting.
Ref to this on eBay.com.au, weight is 1.39 lbs !
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224590601698?chn=ps&\_ul=AU&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-139619-5960-0&mkcid=2&itemid=224590601698&targetid=&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9071360&poi=&campaignid=15791083372&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=9300816&merchantid=494515004&gclid=CjwKCAjw5NqVBhAjEiwAeCa97cSHKHLcT0WjZA4Y15237S4OJPll8aZLmZHUghhV5HEBEAU5Aa3e3hoCYikQAvD_BwE
at USD19 from amazom.com it may be worth a try.
it would cost me AUD30 from amazom.com.au (inc delivery) sold by Amazom US. so returning if faulty would be a problem for me.
Probably made in China where the quality of these sort of lanterns varies a lot. The most common complaint is that they leak.
Maybe ‘lamplight’ has a better quality control etc. although it got lots of bad ( one star ) reviews on amazon.com - maybe not worth buying.
I have just purchased this large table flat wick oil lamp. It cost $21. I inspected it when I bought it and found it to be in good shape despite slight superficial rust . I was having a hard time getting the lamp to light up well with paraffin oil. I got some kerosene but with things I’ve read about low flash point (below 124F) I did not trust the kerosene but then I figured out I could mix the paraffin oil with the 1-k Crown brand kerosene and it would ensure the flashpoint is high enough to be safe and prevent runaway lamp.
Apparently the name “Kerosene” can be slapped on a variety of petroleum products, some of which are unsafe for lamp use even if marketed as such. That annoyed me and worried me but I was only slightly concerned about the Crown brand 1-k kerosene sold at wal mart as the only source I could find online stated that this brand of kerosene has a flash point bracket between 116F and 159F, which is quite a large gap , and some others had given it good reviews so mixing it with closely related paraffin oil was my insurance against having a risk of fuel with too low of a flash point.
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Long story short, I recently developed a minor interest in kerosene lanterns.
The dye that is sometimes in commercial pump kerosene is purported to clog & contaminate cotton wicks used in lamps. The dye is said to not be an issue with kerosene heater wicks, as the business end of those is fiberglass, with the end that is immersed in the tank being cotton. Contamination at the flame (fiberglass) end can be dealt with by dry-burning, then brushing off the remaining ash.
There’s a product by Klean Strip called Klean-Heat, a no-odor kerosene substitute sold at Home Depot among others. Highly recommended for kerosene lighting. Flash point 152 Deg. F. SDS here:
file:///C:/Users/JT/Downloads/510f5764-7af9-4372-a53f-e006deabccb7-1.pdf
Noite that Klean-Heat is often mis-stocked in paint supplies and/or outdoor gardening stuff, on the front wall, etc. Employees might run you all over the store looking for it even when inventory shows 25 or more gallons in stock.
Klean-Strip K1 Kerosene is NOT the same stuff as Klean-Heat; it’s higher odor than Klean-Heat.
I stumbled across this kerosene lantern blog while searching for info on my old Dietz Traffic Gard lantern. Interesting site, with other items of interest to our BLF community:
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It is chinese made hurricane lantern with label 235.
I have it in dark blue, black green, red and silver colour. They are very cheap, about 5-6€, but the quality is not on level with same models from old times. These lanterns have 3/8 - 10mm wick so quantity of light is small, but it is more important that they don’t leak kerosene from the bottom of fuel container. I use it nowadays more from hobby and to tell kids about life in past.
I forgot this thread existed last year when I received a Dietz Junior, along with the thicker, nicer looking WT Kirkman globe, after tons of hints to my wife.
I had been leaning toward the Feuerhand 276 for the reportedly heavier duty construction, but ultimately concluded that since this was mostly going to be used at home, the Junior was the right size and output for me.
It contributed several evenings of use during a power outage this year, in addition to contributing to the cozy ambiance around the campfire on various occassions. Lantern light really is superbly warm and relaxing, somehow even more so than candle light, in my opinion (maybe in part due to the steadier flame).
I find Klean Heat to be entirely satisfactory as a fuel - a little bit of odor when filling, but almost none when burning. I probably should find a smaller container to use for regular filling though, as the normal size Klean Heat comes in is difficult to pour from. It burns little enough fuel under a medium flame that spending the almost same price on a quart of Medallion as a gallon of Klean Heat might a good option.
For lighting inside house, I use this lamp and it is better solution than hurricane lantern because it burn kerosene better without smoke and without smell or odor and give better quantity of light.
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OK, So what is it? Brand? Model? Links?
It does look interesting.
It is made in chech republic.
Brand name is mars. It used to be very popular in my country. They make it in 3 sizes with label 5, 8 and 11 with wick size 12, 16 and 22 mm.
https://www.mars-svratka.cz/cs/p/lampa-petrolejova-zrcadlova-s-cylindrem-147_11
Thank You. 
I am in the US, can’t find a way to order. It does look like a nice lamp. I wonder why there aren’t more of them made with the mirror reflector? I often see old lamps with some kind of reflector. Even if it is a polished brass plate.
Always love a good hanger shot, what a beautiful finish on that too. I’ve been tempted to get the DIetz Air Pilot for the thicker wick and longer flame.
Nice looking wall lamp.
From what I have been able to find, both chimney lamps and hurricane lanterns burn quite cleanly. I have a hunch that they each trade off a couple minor advantages - the taller chimney on lamps like yours improving the draft, and the pre-warming of the air in the draft tubes of hurricane lanterns helping the fuel vaporize to burn more easily - resulting in each ending up pretty similar in brightness. I’ve never found good comparison data, though. Lanternnet.com seems to give slightly higher candlepower figures for the lanterns, but it doesn’t appear that they have measurements to base that on.
But each has their strengths. The lack of any obstructions in a household lamp means light without obvious shadows like the hurricane lantern casts, yours has that mirror to help out further, and they’re inexpensive to make. Removing the chimney also gives great access for trimming and lighting. The hurricane lantern is minimally affected by breezes, and so great for using outdoors, but also relatively unlikely to cause a fire if tipped over, as they tend to go out.
If I had a good excuse to have both types, I would enjoy comparing directly.
Yes it is nice lamp.
I have 2 pcs in size 11 and 1 pc i smaller size 8.
The oldest of them which picture I posted is old more than 45 years and it works prefectly.
We broke chimney maybe 3 times for all that years, trim and change wick and it works perfectly today but I use it rarely in last years. It is not easy to find and buy it in my country nowadays because importer now sell copies of this lamp made in turkey which are very veru lower quality made and which cost about 7-8 €. Copies have smaler wick - 19mm, original has 22 mm, in western sizes this is 3/4 and 7/8 wick. But it can be buy in near countru serbia or croatia and price is about 25€ and 10€ for spare original chech made borisilicate chimney which I think is not pricey.
When I was young grandfathather and my parents teach me that hurrucane lantern which is called ‘fenjer’ on serbian language are for use in outside and chimney lantern for use inside house.
Hurricane lantern are prone on wind and always has more odor than good chimney lamp.
Cause for that is bad quality of production and bad quality kerosene.
Newest productiion chinese hurricane lanterns have problem with bad air preheat because of large air gaps and using smaller wick in big size lanterns.
I found this LED one 10 years ago for $5 at dollarstores “as seen on TV” shelf and ended up using a lot in summer 2017 at night where I either only needed to fire up quickly for a short time or didn’t want to worry about fumes like indoors. Did a whole photo series where I was really “dating myself” with that one as they would say. It was a fun time, no idea where it went after moving since it didn’t have as much priority as my oil ones at that time. Probably hidden somewhere in one of the boxes with all the other electric lanterns. I also had a Rayovac Workhose that used the fluorescent tubes, the bigger bulbed 8D version to instead of the 6v battery.
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