Thanks Vash!
It is cool!
It's the mighty SVEA 123 white gas stove, all new design in 1955!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svea_123
Brother Scott gave it to me not long after we started hiking together, 1975 I believe.
He had bought a newer version with a built in cleaning needle. They rarely clog and running them side by side mine would out preform his so that "upgrade" was a step back.
This one's been a lot of different places and even though I've tried 5 or more newer designs (MSR Firefly, Coleman pumper, etc, etc) I continue to carry this one because it's superior in most ways. Particularly in entertainment value.
Plus, there's starting it.
A bit finicky sometimes, normal operating procedure is to open the tank, dump fuel in the cap, dump the cap over the burner of the stove and fill the little diviot in the top of the tank, screw the fuel tank cap back in.
Then and only then set the whole thing on fire.
Let the gas burn off just enough to heat and pressurize the tank and juuussst before the flame goes out, open the valve and off she goes.
It also sounds like a little helicopter at full rip once she's completely warmed.
And it put's out pretty efficient heat like crazy, boils water very quickly.
Brass on it still shines up great, and a newfangled Jetboil fits it perfectly with 3 dremel slots to slide over the adjustable pot racks on the Svea
It gently let's you know you didn't let it warm enough by burping eyebrow remover size gouts of flame.
Good times, keep this stove way away from your tent and private parts
