Beautiful burner, nice polish. Cheers

These lamps pulled us out of the dark ages and gave us more light and heat. Kerosene also improved the ease of usage and did a great job in heaters/stoves as well. Besides that it had a way cleaner burn than wood and candles. They are still like magic today! I got two of these and they are like new. The light can be compared with 3 watt LED of 30 watt light bulb with a heat output up to 400 watts (1360 BTU).

Thanks for sharing. I just discovered one of these in my house. The lamp must be over 100 years old. With a little study and and some lamp oil, I got it lit. The light that it produces is amazing for a little lamp. I need to find a wick for it as the one on my lamp is getting short. I don't know about anyone else but the nostalgia and maybe even the spiritual connection with the humans that used these lamps before me really seems to turn on when you light it and get the flame just right. I think that if we all gave a nod to the humans that came before us, and think about the sacrafice's that they made so that we could populate the earth today, maybe just maybe the world could be a place where we could all live in harmony. Cheers and John 14:6.

I've seen people represent the width with lower case L, apostrophes & lower case i. It seems people see this symbol differently? I always thought that it looked like a lower case i, but I'll defer to your knowledge. Yes in the US we mostly have flat wick lamps & use inches. Its a simple system. However I have always liked the circular burners, especially the European ones. My wife's grandfather from Norway gave me my first one. That got me into this "line" business. Thanks for the clarification!

Spajdude. Thanks I knew it was something along those lines. I just remembered that the more lines, the wider the wick. This burner is 20iii but I have a larger E & G that is a 30iii. That is a big burner.

Gotta love these great lanterns. No better kerosene lantern available than original E&G Matador or DHR Ideal Brenner. I you need more light, you got the Alladin and Petromax. I would take this great indoors lantern over any of them (and I got Petromax already)...nice and bright light, no mantle, no sound, no pumping, does not use much fuel and is very beautiful and romantic to boot.

It's a very nice burner with a spreader.

Line is actually a length unit. 1 Foot = 12 Inches = 144 Lines. 1' = One Foot. 1'' = One Inch. 1''' = One Line. :-) For lamp wicks the old french lines are used. For the burners with wicks in a circle, the width is measured with the wick folded in half. But the measuring system isn't consistent. For example, some burners marked 15''' use a 14''' wick.

Thanks, very helpfull

Interesting video, thanks. The burners with the key lift galleries like yours, particularly the Matador ones, seem to be pretty scarce and probably early. Nice to see the flame spreader with E & G logo, as well as the wick winder. I have a hunch that - due to popularity - E & G probably licenced a UK lamp maker (maybe Veritas?) to make the Matador burner for British consumption as the only ones I've seen here have the star on the wick winder knob and the flame spreaders have no maker's identification.

It looks great after polishing no doubt! I'm however a bit split about the question of polishing brass and especially items with moving parts. Polishing agents are by nature abrasive and they do inevitably get in the moving parts increasing wear quite considerably. You could was it afterwards but then it'll tarnish much faster as you was the anti tarnish residues of the polishing agent of. Personally I've come to the conclusion - don't polish brass unless it has a bad patina. That burner I think had a nice even patina so personally I'd leave that at a clean and a lube of the moving parts. Things with ugly spots I polish, wash and then makes sure they get a nice even patina (just touch it all over the place for a few days and it'll usually go without problem). Some items I give a coat of suitable lacquer but that depends on the item. Some alloys of brass gets a very nice even patina in the dish washer but that depends on the specific alloy as many brasses are made form scrap metals with contaminants (fine for the item) or deliberately to give it a special property - lead f.ex. is common in marine use. That's usually reserved for simple items to give them a try in the dish washer. To get an even finish they should be polished first. Especially one Indian plate made of "special" magnetic brass(!! heavy contaminated :-p) got a nice matte patina which is seems to keep very well. Use it so set the cooking oil bottle on.

I have one of these matador lamps but I have not a wick for it. I found 19x7 cm wick in internet, but is it what I need?

Thanks Where I can find like this

Hai bro I have a similar one could you please upload a video how to replace the wick ...am finding hard to open

Hi, thanks for the weary interesting and educational videos. I am restoring an old Lamp myself, and got some questions. How do you know if an old lamp is supposed to have a Flame spreader? My lamp has a center draft, but it’s not a big size lamp. And I can’t find any trace of a flame spreader ever being used. And what would the result be if it was used without one?

I will try to make this burner. From razvi international

I have one, they’re almost impossible to find parts for. Good luck, stick with B&H unless yours is in perfect working order.

+evan h how much money bro ?

Use apostrophes instead if i's for Lines. That's more accurate. ;-) You still use Feet and Inches in the US, and I wonder why you dropped the Lines? Maybe it's easier to say ½ Inch than 6 Lines?