My Tecate beer can lamp, as well as Logan's can lamp, are made from steel cans, which gives some idea of how old they are. Steel cans were pretty much phased out in favor of aluminum in the 1970s - 1980s, so they're likely at least 40 -50 years old.
Mark On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 8:44 PM Mark Minton <mamintonca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bill, > > Thanks for the interesting photos and descriptions of Logan's carbide > lamps. He has some unusual items in there. The artisan kerosene lamp in > batch 15 caught my eye. I have a similar lamp made from a Tecate can with > the same type of bottle-cap wick holder. (Ironic since the can wouldn't > have had a cap!) Mine doesn't have a reflector. I don't remember where/when > I got it; probably Valles or Tehuacán in the 70s or 80s. Photo attached. > > Mark Minton > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 1:42 PM William R. Elliott <speodes...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> *Important carbide lamp collection for sale* >> >> The LM Collection of carbide lamps will be for sale starting April 19, >> 2022. This is the largest collection of carbide lamps you’ll probably ever >> see. >> >> Even if you don’t plan to buy anything, Texas cavers are invited to see >> online photos and a brief video of this diverse collection. There are 66 >> lamps and many parts offered for sale (12 lamps were previously sold to a >> collector). Now the remaining lamps are offered to cavers for two weeks, >> then they will be sold on eBay. >> >> >> >> The owner, long-time Austin caver Logan McNatt (retired), collected these >> lamps over 50 years. Logan asks you not to contact him about his lamps. He >> asked me, William R. (Bill) Elliott, to be his exclusive representative. I >> thank Pam Lynn, Joe Sumbera and Gayle Unruh for helping me catalog Logan’s >> lamps (we did this for free; the proceeds will go to Logan and his family.) >> >
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