Restoration of a nearly-century old Feuerhand No. 327 lantern

In this video I restore a Feuerhand lantern No. 327 that I recently purchased from an antique shop. I bought on the same day it was listed so I was very lucky and I am sure it wouldn't stary there for long. This model - an early hot blast design - was released in 1927 and stopped being manufactured in 1935. I was extremely pleased with my purchase — the lantern is in excellent structural condition, was just heavily rusted and clearly had not been used for decades. The original globe is also excellent; no cracks or scratches. Given the condition of this lantern, I took the approach of disassembling the least I could and preserving its originality. I didn’t want to straighten up the hooks on the two arms that raise the globe, so I slightly unbent one side, enough to release the globe holder plate, and then I decided to open one side on the soldered eyelet, which was the most radical step I took. With this approach, I knew that it would be more fiddly to paint and most likely it would be done by hand and in odd order, as I would have to re-solder the eyelet and put the two arms in place to only then paint the body. I also had in mind that all friction points and wires would not be painted. I didn’t like the idea of painting them, and the paint would be scrapped off and gunk up in unwanted areas. I could imagine the burner cap locking/unlocking, the globe rubbing on the globe holder or the arms rubbing on the eyelets, etc. It would be OK if I had a way to do powder coating paint, but I don’t. The downside of this approach is that the metal being exposed will eventually rust, but as I am restoring this lantern for my personal use, I am prepared to maintain it by lightly coating these areas with a protective oil. In the end, it is just maintenance, like any item or tool that you don’t want to rust. I ended up also using white vinegar to assist in removing the rust as the rust removal gel didn’t work as I expected. What did you think of this restoration? I own another lantern that is waiting to be restored, and it will be done in the near future. It is a Chalwyn Tropic made in England. It is also heavily rusted, and I will most likely use electrolysis to remove the rust as now I have the setup to do so. In this video I also used the Stanley No. 803 manual drill that I restored in this video:    • Stanley "eggbeater" drill No 803 restoration   This drill is so smooth and gave me excellent control of the delicate drilling I did, which was 1.5 mm in diameter. If it wasn’t for this drill I wouldn’t have been able to do what I did because my power drill cannot hold such a small drill bit. Thanks for watching! If you like this video please don't forget to subscribe! #camping #lantern #emergencylight #lanterns #drill #kerosene #feuer