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Approved fuels for
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1.  Non-Dyed (Clear) Kerosene
2.  Synthetic Kerosene
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(Use Klean-Heat or Standard Clear Lamp Oil for odor free use indoors.)

*Clear-Lite Synthetic Kerosene is no longer being manufactured and has been replaced by Klean-Heat Kerosene Substitute.

Dyed kerosene or lamp oil will eventually clog the wick and inhibit proper operation.  It can also permanently stain the lantern.




 
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W. T. Kirkman Oil and Electric Lanterns, the only Tubular Oil Lantern manufacturer in the United States, is proud to offer the broadest selection anywhere of new kerosene lanterns and parts in our newly expanded E-Store.  Many of the items we offer are exclusive to our line, and won't be found elsewhere.  We also maintain an ever changing inventory of old stock replacement lantern parts and lantern globes for Dietz, Adlake, Handlan, C.T. Ham, Embury, Paull's Leader, Regal, and several other lantern manufacturers.     If there is something special you are looking for that you cannot find, or if you just have a lantern question, visit our "About Us" to view the various ways to contact us.

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JULY 13TH. 2008 UPDATE

To say things are keeping busy here would be an understatement.  In addition to the larger custom electric lantern projects we are currently working on, (Including lanterns for the Boise Idaho Zoo, Walt Disney World, Dry Gulch, U.S.A., and the Cleveland Ohio Zoo,) kerosene lantern sales have been very brisk.  There seems to be an emergency preparedness movement that is going un-reported in the mainstream media.  Is it Y2K all over again??

In Other News. . . .
Lehman's Hardware in Kidron, Ohio, famous for their Non-Electric "Amish" Catalog,  is adding our Galvanized No. 1 Little Champ and No. 2 Champion Lanterns, and our Polished Brass No. 2 Climax Lamp to their product line.  We have just sent the initial shipment to their warehouse, and these items will soon be available in their catalog and retail stores in Ohio.  (Plan on spending at least a few hours if you visit Lehman's newly remodeled retail store.)     

Dawn is continuing to compile a new e-mail mailing list for the monthly bulletins she is working on.  To be sure that you are included on the list, send a request to:  

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We have several more projects underway, stay tuned. . . . . . . .

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Woody and Dawn Kirkman

NOW IN STOCK!!
W.T. Kirkman Champion and Little Champ Lanterns

The long awaited W.T. Kirkman #1 Little Champ and #2 Champion lanterns have arrived and are now in our warehouse and ready to ship.  Both of the globes sizes from the new molds bear our trademark in raised lettering, and the #852 size globes for the Champion have LOC-NOB ears, a feature not offered on new globes in over 40 years.

UPDATE:  We now have both Little Champ and Champion size Red globes in stock!!  More colors scheduled to arrive soon.

 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


What a surprise to see where the above lantern turned up when we went to see the latest Indiana Jones movie.  Actually, there were five of these that we hand made to a very specific order about a year ago for Genre Productions, a prop company that was working on a "secret" movie project.  The name of the movie they were to be used in was never revealed to us, not even a working title.    "The lantern" is used and seen for about 5 minutes in the first half of the movie when Dr. Jones is "visiting" an ancient cemetery.  The lanterns were built with specially cut "vent" holes to cast light back onto whoever was holding the lantern.  The prop company used an ultra high powered, and very hot lamp as a light source, so the lanterns were made with welded and riveted construction so that they would hold up to the heat.  Although these were not based on any specific lantern model of the past, they certainly "looked" the part.

 

Cirque Du Soleil

Below are pictures of two types of the nearly 200 custom lanterns we produced for the upcoming Cirque Du Soleil show at the Luxor in Las Vegas.  We also customized several standard Dietz and W.T. Kirkman lantern models for the show.   The lanterns will be a prominent part of the yet un-named show, and will utilize the newly developed 12 Volt version of our Fauxflame modules.  The "Police" type lantern was made for the ushers to use while collecting tickets and seating guests.  It features an ultra-high powered LED with a rechargeable battery pack.  The much larger (Photo not to scale,)  "Inspector" lantern with the crinkled top was made for use by the performers, and uses the brightest High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamp available in its size.  Because of the time required for the HID lamp to "warm-up" these lanterns were built with a rotating blinder, just like their counterparts of 100+ years ago, so that "instant" light could be called upon.

 

Walt Disney World

We have just completed four custom solid copper and brass post lamps for Walt Disney World to match lamps that were originally built by T. A. Greene when the park first opened in the early 1970's.  One of the four is shown below.     

 

Other Projects

Martin Scorsese is making a new film with Leonardo DiCaprio in Massachusetts that required oil burning lamps and lanterns.  Among the assortment we shipped to them was our W.T. Kirkman #1 Climax Lamp.  The working title of the file is "Ashecliffe" but the story is also known as "Shutter Island."

Just being finished are some custom Bow and Beach lamps that are facsimiles of the original lamps of the same name produced by Dietz 100 years ago.  I'll post some pictures here to show them off soon.
 

New Items Update

July 13, 2008

After several years, and several attempts, we finally have our #525 replacement globes for Dark and Deck Lanterns in production.  We are very happy with the way they've turned out, and are sure you will be too.    The clear #525 Globes are in stock, and red, green, cobalt, and amber will be in stock shortly.   

August 10, 2007

Our new solid brass #250 threaded oil pots for Dietz #39 and  #999 lanterns are now in stock.  They are a great alternative to the plain steel oil pots susceptible to rusting out heretofore available.   They will are usable with either vintage #1 threaded Convex burners, or our new #391 Solid Brass Convex burners. 

June 16, 2007

Our new solid brass #275 Dark/Deck Lantern Oil Pots are now in production, and fit most all makes of Deck or Dark lanterns: 

Our spectacular #203 Pullman size globes are in stock in Red, Green and Clear and ready for shipment:

We are continuing to work on tooling for more tubular lantern models in our Heritage Series.  One of the next models we are working on is a #2 Cold Blast, stay tuned. . . . . . .


April 8, 2007

Our first production run of Vesta globes should be arriving at any time now, and I have placed the order for our first run of Macbeth #203 size "Pullman" lantern size globes.  The #203 size is 4 3/4" tall, and will fit the C.T. Ham #3 1/2 size railroad lanterns, as well as the Adams and Westlake "Pullman" marked conductor's lanterns.  I have ordered them in both annealed red and green in addition to clear.

We are proud to now offer our exclusive authentic replacement decals for the Embury Luck-E-Lite lanterns.  Click on the decal image below to be directed to the appropriate E-Store page.

 
We have also started producing the early style candle lamp wall brackets.  These cast brass reproductions are made on a mold that we made using an original bracket.  They will work with the slotted type candle lamps made by Adams & Westlake, Dayton Mfg. Co., Safety Car Lamp Co., and the Hicks and Smith Mfg. Co. 

We are now making authentic replacement globe plates for the Dietz #60 Beacon in addition to replacements for the C.T. Ham #40 Mammoth Wall Lamps.

Also in the works this month is new tooling for making replacement oil pots for Dark and Deck Lanterns to go along with our replacement #1 threaded Convex burners.  The tooling should be ready to go into production next month.


February 1, 2007

We have sent our original 1940's Corning Dietz Vesta Globe mold to West Virginia to begin producing this size globe again.  It has been almost 50 years since Dietz stopped making the popular Vesta lantern, but with the increase in lantern collectors in recent years, there is a new demand for replacement globes.  As these globes are being made on an original mold, they will have all of the familiar raised Dietz and CNX markings, with an additional WTK marking to be able to distinguish them from originals.  If you would like to be placed on our list to be notified when the Vesta globes are available, send your request to: 

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Last month I located the 1890 patent for the tooling to produce square air tubes.  I have forwarded the patent and a dissected piece of original square air tube to our tool maker in hopes of making new tooling to replace the tooling that was destroyed 50 years ago.  Our current method of making square air tubes is not conducive to the level of authenticity that we would like to offer in our new Heritage Series lanterns. 

We have started making our third generation of one piece #500 9/16" Dia. Solid Brass Fuel Caps which are now available in the late style coarse thread, commonly used on the later Dietz King Fire Dep't lanterns, in addition to the earlier style fine thread.

In response to several requests, we are working towards re-introducing replacement filler spouts for the Dietz Crystal sometime this month.  These spouts are often missing on glass fount lanterns, making an otherwise good example incomplete.  (These spouts will also fit the C.T. Ham and Winfield glass fount lanterns.)

If you have been collecting our lantern company catalogs on CD-ROM, we have added a combo disc from the International Guild of Lamp Researchers that includes over 200 pages (PDF Format,) of Full Color and Grayscale scans of the complete 1914 Ontario Lamp & Lantern Co. Catalog, 1916 Warren Stamping Co. Catalog, and 1916 Winfield Mfg. Co. Illustrated Price List.  A great resource!!
 

December 1, 2006

As anticipated, we have exhausted the remaining inventory of solid brass #10 and #30 lanterns.  The #76 Original lantern is the remaining model available in Solid Brass, and once they are sold out, we most likely will not be offering them again for an undetermined period.  As a result of selling out of the #10 Monarch in solid brass, we have also removed the #10-FD Fire Dept Lantern from the E-store.  The #10-FD will be replaced by our new Heritage Series #0-Fire Department lantern.
 

October 17, 2006

Our shipment of #2500 Jupiter Lanterns has arrived, along with a new addition to our line, the Dietz #2000 Millennium Cooker Lantern.  We are anticipating selling out of the remaining inventory of solid brass #10 and #30 lanterns well before Christmas.  If either of these models are on your shopping list, order early to avoid disappointment, as they will most likely not be offered again.  The factory has not been able to resume production of solid brass #20 Junior lanterns yet, so they will not be available until sometime next year.


September 24, 2006

We are very proud to announce the addition of "Rinaudo's Reproductions" historic styled lighting fixtures to the W. T. Kirkman Catalog.  For more than a quarter century, Rinaudo's Reproductions has produced the finest Victorian and Edwardian type lighting fixtures used worldwide in theme parks, hotels, casinos, fine restaurants, as well as posh residences.  Each fixture is built to order, which allows for any custom requirement.


August 26, 2006

We have re-engineered the air injectors on our No. 300 Frontier Lamps for an even stronger assembly, and anticipate discontinuing the #2 burner version of the No. 300 Frontier by the end of the year in conjunction with our re-introduction of #3 size burners.  It is also planned to have tooling made for use on our new press for making the old style flip-type fuel caps that were used on the Dietz #30 and #60 Beacon Wall Reflector Lanterns, and #3 and Pioneer Street Lamps.

We are working on new molds to make both styles of solid brass mounting brackets for the Adams and Westlake, and Dayton type railroad candle lamps.  The older "reverse" style brackets have not been available for many years, so they will be a welcomed addition to our line.

Our foundry is working on finishing the pattern for our new No. 1888 Street Lamp Wall Bracket.  We used an original Dietz "XXXX" style bracket from 1888 to make an impression and starting point for the new pattern.  The new brackets should be in production by January.

I have ordered additional embossing tooling for our Climax series of lamps, and expect it to be ready by October.  We will be adding a #1 size Climax Lamp to our line to join the popular #2 Size, (shown below:)


The W.T. Kirkman No. 2 Climax Station Lamp


  June 29, 2006

Our new Kingsland 50 ton hydraulic press is set up and currently punching holes and parts for electric conversions.  This press will be used with our new embossing tool and dies, and for punching holes and forming parts.

Our custom built tank embossing tooling with interchangeable dies has been completed and undergoing testing on our new Kingsland 50 ton press. It is performing exactly as anticipated.  Photos will be posted here soon.

We have just installed a Pexto #298 Circle Shear in the shop, as well as a new slip roll, brake, and straight shear machine.

Our new American made Mittler Brothers power bead roller has had a workout while we have been building solid brass marker lamps for the Purdue University "Boilermaker Special" locomotive, (shown below.)  The bead roller will also allow us to make wire edges and hems on irregular shapes.


One of Four Solid Brass Marker Lamps Built by W.T. Kirkman for the
Purdue University "Boilermaker Special" Replica Steam Locomotive



We have ordered tooling to produce replacement burners and cones for Dietz #3 and Pioneer Street Lamps, and #60 Beacon Lanterns, as well as C.T. Ham #9 and #10 Street Lamps and #40 Mammoth Lanterns.  We have also ordered tooling for reproducing authentic replacement globe plates for the #60 Beacon and #40 Mammoth lanterns.

We have received a stunning sample from a new glass mold that we commissioned last month to produce authentic replacement globes for WW1 Deck and Dark Lanterns.  We hope to have inventory by October. 

 

April 6, 2006

Our new tooling for producing brass threaded #1 Convex Burners is almost ready.  Our new Convex burners will be used in the dead-flame lanterns in our new "Heritage Series," and will be an authentic replacement for vintage Railroad Lanterns, Dark and Deck Lanterns, &c.,   

Our 7 1/2 ton Di-Acro 18E Turret Punch has been outfitted with custom made punches for square air tube production and punching special hole patterns for chimney sections, air chambers, &c..  We are now making patterns for each part to be punched.

Our custom built tank embossing tool with interchangeable dies is on track to be ready by the end of April.  It will be used for stamping model names and numbers into the lantern tanks and reflectors.      

We are now expecting delivery of our new Kingsland 50 ton hydraulic press around April 15th.  This press will be used with our new embossing tool and dies, and for punching holes and forming parts.


OTHER NEWS:  April 6, 2006

We have just purchased a third globe mold from West Enterprises which will allow us to reproduce the Macbeth #203 size globe which will fit Pullman type and C.T. Ham #3 1/2 railroad lanterns.  We previously purchased from West Enterprises an original 1940 Corning mold for producing the Dietz Vesta Globe, and a pre-1915 C. T. Ham mold used by Rodefer Glass to produce #39 railroad globes.

We are in the process of creating new molds to reproduce the black plastic fuel caps commonly found on pre-1947 Paull's Leader lanterns.  The will be added to the Replacement Parts section of our E-Store as soon as they are available.

 

 

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