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carbide lamp - 12/23/2011 12:35:02 PM    Ben   Posts: 154 Joined: 11/19/2011 From: Northern New York Status: offline this found me a few days ago well I was trying to dig in frozen dirt... I think it is kind of neat.... give me something else to research over the wither... and now I have a lamp for when the digs get deep... it is in kind of rough shape though, maybe I should retro fit it with LEDs and a battery Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: carbide lamp - 12/23/2011 12:36:42 PM    Ben   Posts: 154 Joined: 11/19/2011 From: Northern New York Status: offline any ideas on the best way to clean something like this? thanks (in reply to Ben) Post #: 2

RE: carbide lamp - 12/24/2011 3:05:59 AM    surfaceone Posts: 7141 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Hello Ben, Is it all Brass? Did'ya consider Brasso? (in reply to Ben) Post #: 3

RE: carbide lamp - 12/24/2011 8:41:27 AM    Ben   Posts: 154 Joined: 11/19/2011 From: Northern New York Status: offline ahhh yes, brasso... I think it is all brass... I will give that a try.... thanks and Merry Christmas!!! (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 4

RE: carbide lamp - 12/24/2011 9:00:49 AM    bombboy Posts: 427 Joined: 3/2/2008 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Ben, Some of those lamps can be worth some cash, if you plan to sell, and like most collectibles, the serious collector wants it in an as found condition. Cleaning it can reduce its value. I picked up a lamp similar to yours last summer and did some research on it and found out it was worth a few bucks. I left it as is and will soon sell it. Do some research online and you might be suprised, some lamps are quite rare. Merry Christmas Mark (in reply to Ben) Post #: 5

RE: carbide lamp - 12/24/2011 1:30:21 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline Looks fairly clean to me,id leave it like it is _____________________________ PROUD TO BE FROM THE SOUTH! (in reply to bombboy) Post #: 6

RE: carbide lamp - 12/24/2011 3:51:22 PM    L C   Posts: 3447 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline Minors lamps are quite common . I used to sell them for fifteen bucks , and that was in shiny good condition . On eBay they bring around ten to fifteen bucks these days unless it is something quite different about it . I see them listed on eBay for twenty bucks , but they seldom ever get a bid . When I was a youngster , I had a lantern size carbide lamp . Me and a friend would camp out on a lake and night fish with it . It did not put off a whole lot of light , but it sure did put off a smell as well as a gargling sound lol . Ah yes , the good old days . < Message edited by L C -- 12/24/2011 3:53:34 PM > (in reply to carobran) Post #: 7

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