Rolls of lamp wick can be purchased on ebay fairly reasonably. Here is a couple sizes 1" and 7/8" but you can find many flat and round wicks sizes on there. I bought a roll quite awhile back. Obviously in many cases you can use the next size smaller in your lamp in an emergency.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338413729&icep_item=111803848238
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338413729&icep_item=121117592115
I did not do a search on ebay to see who had the best prices so if you wanted to order some I would check well to get the best price. So these two links might be higher priced than others.
It is a good idea to have some denatured alcohol around for emergencies. It has many uses for lamps or for cooking or many other things. Of course it does not have to be denatured you can use Everclear or other drinking high proof alcohol products also. A simple cooking stove using alcohol can be made from something like a tuna can. There are many youtube videos on making them.
This is my favourite lantern. As it is hanging it is over 26" from the ceiling to the base of the lantern. It has a fresnel lens to focus the light. It was originally used as a navigational aid on the end of a fish trap to keep ships from hitting the trap and to help the cannery tender find the trap so they could brail it out. The base holds about a gallon of kerosene. Inside has a regular flat wick and chimney.
Fish traps like this were built a hundred yards or more out from the shore. The frames were made from logs with a heavy chicken wire making up the sides and bottom of the trap. there were chicken wire leads further out to direct the salmon into the trap. These traps became illegal in 1959 when Alaska became a State. This lantern was not made in China.
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Fish traps were made illegal because they are so efficient.I wonder if this would burn in an oil lamp? $17.99 a gallon
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That is a very cool lantern. The story about how they were used is equally as cool. What I wonder is why they were illegal? And were you living in Alaska before it became a state? I have no idea how old you are. I remember being in second grade, hearing about Alaska and Hawaii becoming states.
Can be used as a heat source.Isopropyl Alcohol will burn in oil lamps but it doesn't produce any light unless you use it in an Aladdin lamp or other mantel type lamp. Alcohol produces a very blue flame with a mostly transparent look.
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