I’ve gone over to heaven forbid, battery powered tea lights that flickered like candles for indoor tent use. Out of sight to public view. It much safer especially for folks who like to enjoy a number of adult beverages around the fire. I too have had wax fires in candle lanterns. Luckily in a lantern hanging from a steel lantern post in front of my lodge. No open flames in my tents, in a lantern or not. BJH
My lantern caught fire because the candle had burned down to make a puddle with a wick in it. I caught it in time to save it. Charred some but still usable.
It is not so much about the use of a candle, but more about how it is used and managed. You will find very few original wood candle lanterns. Most were of tinned sheet iron for a reason. Wood lanterns are relatively safe even inside a tent, BUT, they must be used with common sense precautions and vigilance inside or out.
Very cool !! We always called the wooden lanterns " barn burners " , LOL ....but just gotta be careful with em ..Here's some I made back when I was a tinsmith / lantern maker . Love the ole colonial lanterns ...candle lantern I paterrned after barn lantern.
Wow ! ... Thats a very kind thing to say .Thank you Sir . I really enjoyed making lanterns . I was intrigued by trade guns at the time but was married and like to build the lantern so my wife and I could work together . After she ran off I dropped the lantern work and started tinkering with my beloved smoothbore trade guns .Rob, is there no end to your talents?
Wow bud those are are pretty awsome you need to move to gods country
LOL ... Thanks bud . I dont make em anymore , sold all the sheet metal , tinsmith tooling etc. They were neat for awhile , long while . I sold some to the studio that made Pirates of the Caribbeans too , the second movie I believe but wouldn't swear the it . She said shed get some pics of the actors holding them but she never did ,that would've been great . Neat stuff ... I gave one as a gift to Hershel House years ago , he seemed to really like it .He sent me a great forged spoon ,fork combo he made to me as a thank you . Sure made me happy , someone I really admire makin a thank you present for me .Wow bud those are are pretty awsome you need to move to gods country
you and me could do a lot of good stuff hear .
Wow that’s pretty cool you got em hung where every one can admire emLOL ... Thanks bud . I dont make em anymore , sold all the sheet metal , tinsmith tooling etc. They were neat for awhile , long while . I sold some to the studio that made Pirates of the Caribbeans too , the second movie I believe but wouldn't swear the it . She said shed get some pics of the actors holding them but she never did ,that would've been great . Neat stuff ... I gave one as a gift to Hershel House years ago , he seemed to really like it .He sent me a great forged spoon ,fork combo he made to me as a thank you . Sure made me happy , someone I really admire makin a thank you present for me .
Ive got a few I made for myself in the house , if thats what ya mean. The ones used in the movie they kept , of course ....they paid for them. Oh !! Ya mean the forged spoon and fork ....just hangin there with the pots and pans an such , ready for being used ....
I bet my kitchen is smaller than yours ! My house I built is 16x24 so the kitchen is about 8 x 10 ! LOL !
