Great content my friend, always learning something new from your videos. Thanks for sharing. As for the deluxe navy flake, it is one of my go to blends, great choice! Stay well my friend 👍🏻
Very interesting video. I have a Rayo lamp and a 77 lantern and was always impressed by its output; even compared to my Blizzards. Thanks for the info.
Hi Rob, good stuff, can you review the C.T. Ham all brass GEM model ,I bought one here at a antique shop at steel price ,its responsible for me getting in this lantern hobby. The globe was so😮 black I really couldn't what see what it was. You really have a nice collection .Thank you
Great info Rob Thanks for that I really love and enjoy my Rayo lanterns too and didn’t really know about that model 17 that’s so cool gonna have to try to get myself one.
Hi Rob, Good video! It is my understanding the Standard Oil kerosene wagons would drive down the streets and people who needed kerosene would flag the driver down. The company had the lanterns mounted on the side of the wagon. If you bought 15 gallons of kerosene or more at a time, then you received a free Rayo Pony lantern. This was a heck of a deal and I am sure it increased the kerosene sales greatly.
Over the weekend I picked up a beautiful "Rayo" No. 82 cold blast (copper fount) with a Rayo No. 2 CB Bullseye globe. It is in phenomenal shape! I was told it is a wagon lantern as it has what I assume is a heat guard and a some sort of wire attachment mechanism on the rear. I can't find much on the different No. 82 models. Any idea what I may have found? Thanks!
I picked up a Rayo #90 hot blast a little while back. It wasn’t in the best condition, rusty, missing the handle, fuel cap and leaked. But at least it had the Rayo globe. I solved the leak problem with a whole lot of Seal All. 😀. It really does burn nice and gets frequent use.
Good question. Last I heard was that the Chinese government took possession of the company due to tax issues. That was back in 2019-2020 to my recollection, I’m not sure what the latest is.
Good chance it’s a No.65. The 5 is hard to read on those with rust. It sounds like a Pritchard Strong made Rayo, which easily dates to 1912-1919, give or take a few.
I'm not paying $50.00 a gallon for fuel when it's less than $10.00 for K1 at the gas station, the odor doesn't bother me, and I'm the only one here.**I have found all K1 are not identical!
When did rayo stop making embossed globes with made in usa? Doing a trash cleanout i found a defiance lantern & stpg co NO. 0 perfect with a clear embossed rayo globe. I'm trying to put a rough date on them.
Ha, cool. So, the Rayo marked globes I've seen, and those I have in my Rayo lanterns weren't made by Rayo, Rayo was a brand name used by the Standard Oil Co. Most of the Rayo branded lanterns I own, were made for Rayo's brand name by Pritchard Strong. Embury eventually bought out Pritchard Strong in 1919-1920, and took up the contracts with Standard Oil. Most marked Rayo globes you'll find are from between 1910-1919, to my understanding. I'm not sure Embury continued to mark the globes into the 1920s, by that may be incorrect. I'd wager most marked Rayo globes were for the Pritchard Strong made examples.
Thank you once again for the marvelous history and insights into this amazing hobby, Rob. Truly great vids !
Great content my friend, always learning something new from your videos. Thanks for sharing.
As for the deluxe navy flake, it is one of my go to blends, great choice!
Stay well my friend 👍🏻
Thanks friend, I’m needing to re order some more of that good stuff.
Thanks Rob for all the interesting history and back story of these most excellent lanterns.
I have a prisco hot blast and just found a rayo #19 pony bullseye with the two tone glass, they're both my favorites
Thank you
Great history lesson. I didn’t know much about Rayo other than they are great lanterns. Thanks
Very interesting video. I have a Rayo lamp and a 77 lantern and was always impressed by its output; even compared to my Blizzards. Thanks for the info.
Awesome! They are really nice lanterns. I’d like one of the nickel plated center draft lamps, they are things of beauty. My 77 is a real cool lantern!
Hi Rob, good stuff, can you review the C.T. Ham all brass GEM model ,I bought one here at a antique shop at steel price ,its responsible for me getting in this lantern hobby. The globe was so😮 black I really couldn't what see what it was. You really have a nice collection .Thank you
Great info Rob Thanks for that I really love and enjoy my Rayo lanterns too and didn’t really know about that model 17 that’s so cool gonna have to try to get myself one.
Hi Rob, Good video! It is my understanding the Standard Oil kerosene wagons would drive down the streets and people who needed kerosene would flag the driver down. The company had the lanterns mounted on the side of the wagon. If you bought 15 gallons of kerosene or more at a time, then you received a free Rayo Pony lantern. This was a heck of a deal and I am sure it increased the kerosene sales greatly.
Over the weekend I picked up a beautiful "Rayo" No. 82 cold blast (copper fount) with a Rayo No. 2 CB Bullseye globe. It is in phenomenal shape! I was told it is a wagon lantern as it has what I assume is a heat guard and a some sort of wire attachment mechanism on the rear. I can't find much on the different No. 82 models. Any idea what I may have found? Thanks!
Wow, yes if it has a wire clip and a reflector, it’s a wagon dash lantern. Very rare with a copper fount!
I still LOVE that RAYO 100 !!!
A doubt never entered my mind! 😎
Rob I picked up a Rayo # 90 hot blast. It has similar features to that 17. Any guess on year ? I’m guessing teens. Thanks. Dennis🇺🇸
Oh neat! That’s not as common. The No.17 is a smaller one with square air tubes, but same era, 1910s 🙏
I picked up a Rayo #90 hot blast a little while back. It wasn’t in the best condition, rusty, missing the handle, fuel cap and leaked. But at least it had the Rayo globe. I solved the leak problem with a whole lot of Seal All. 😀. It really does burn nice and gets frequent use.
Why is it time.dietz no.80 come out?
Question. Has the Dietz lantern company ceased production?
Good question. Last I heard was that the Chinese government took possession of the company due to tax issues. That was back in 2019-2020 to my recollection, I’m not sure what the latest is.
I was gifted a very rusty Rayo lantern. I can make out that it says Hotblast and says 66. Any idea how old it is?
Thanks so much for the video
Good chance it’s a No.65. The 5 is hard to read on those with rust. It sounds like a Pritchard Strong made Rayo, which easily dates to 1912-1919, give or take a few.
I'm not paying $50.00 a gallon for fuel when it's less than $10.00 for K1 at the gas station, the odor doesn't bother me, and I'm the only one here.**I have found all K1 are not identical!
When did rayo stop making embossed globes with made in usa? Doing a trash cleanout i found a defiance lantern & stpg co NO. 0 perfect with a clear embossed rayo globe. I'm trying to put a rough date on them.
Ha, cool. So, the Rayo marked globes I've seen, and those I have in my Rayo lanterns weren't made by Rayo, Rayo was a brand name used by the Standard Oil Co. Most of the Rayo branded lanterns I own, were made for Rayo's brand name by Pritchard Strong. Embury eventually bought out Pritchard Strong in 1919-1920, and took up the contracts with Standard Oil. Most marked Rayo globes you'll find are from between 1910-1919, to my understanding. I'm not sure Embury continued to mark the globes into the 1920s, by that may be incorrect. I'd wager most marked Rayo globes were for the Pritchard Strong made examples.