Herald Stove Coming

Simon,

Wilson sent me a picture of a small kitchen range. Also in the picture was your Herald - all decked out in it's new nickeled parts. She's a beauty !!!

Paul

Well where's the pic then. The anticipation is killing me

Sorry Kevin,
At the risk of inflicting more pain, I'll let Simon decide if he wants pictures posted of his beauty yet.

Paul

Simon just has see above. It's just me being stupid.... and anybody else post away.

That picture shows it even better than the picture I have !

Paul

Beautiful stove. Looks like it has a clean out door below the ash door.

franco b wrote:Beautiful stove. Looks like it has a clean out door below the ash door.

I believe it's a nickel plated shelf. If you enlarge the pictures, you can make out the reflections of the two round ash door dampers and the cast design in between them.

Paul

So just a little discussion of merits of various BBs. Clean out door yes. The Herald takes a little more work to shake but burns more completely. Stevezee takes the unburnt coke from other stoves and the Herald eats it up and leaves dust. Not a super rare collector stove but unusual and that's great. The good thing about that class means the stove does not rot in a dealers yard forever, sometimes waiting for parts that never come. I also don't have to fret about making copies of parts before using. I'm a happy camper.

So, Simon,
Are you going to do the trade-wind route ?

New York to Maine, pickup the #8, then down to RI, drop off the #8 and pickup the Herald, then back west to NY ?

Paul

coalnewbie wrote:So just a little discussion of merits of various BBs. Clean out door yes. The Herald takes a little more work to shake but burns more completely. Stevezee takes the unburnt coke from other stoves and the Herald eats it up and leaves dust. Not a super rare collector stove but unusual and that's great. The good thing about that class means the stove does not rot in a dealers yard forever, sometimes waiting for parts that never come. I also don't have to fret about making copies of parts before using. I'm a happy camper.

Did Steve say how he sorts out the unburned bits ?

Paul

That's what I am looking for a galvanized bucket with a screen base. Yes, the trade wind route is being put together but I'm not quite sure yet. Sort out stoves and coal when it's 90*. Winter is for surviving. My final observation is what do people like Emery actually use themselves for heat, you know the guys that have the pick of the litter... yep... it's a Herald. So I will buy one and then find out what he already knows.

Ah, ok.

I've been looking for a clinker shaker, but they are tougher to find than a base burner.

Paul

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370636802074?_trksid=p205 ... EBIDX%3AIT

Too pricey for me but perhaps an offer?

I didn't see the pic when I commented. I sure does look awesome. No matter how many stoves I have or buy , I still feel inadequate. The dreaded coal stove disease. I'm holding my breath for my herald. Great looking stove. Kevin

Well merc let me diagnose your problem. You failed to serve the apprenticeship required for admission to the BB club. At least three winters suffering with lousy stoves and bad coal gets you used to things. If you just jump into great stoves immediately you get sensory overload and feeling of an inability to cope. Two are two paths to enlightenment. Give me your BBs and I will look out really terrible stoves from the Hudson Valley NY CL. The Second course is tougher - just get used to feeling inadequate - warm and cozy but inadequate.

This disease in it's final stages is not pretty. You will feel the need to be in 1899, run around with bowler hats and spats while listening to scratchy music on a Victrola. It's a pretty depressing future my friend. LOL.