Collecting ONLY Vintage Dynamo Flashlights

[vladman]

After weeks of trying to figure out how to insert photos, here they are! Sorry about the way the flashlights are displayed but I haven't built a display case for them yet. If you have any questions I'd be happy to respond. Also, I'm always looking for information, articles, advertisements for any of the flashlights that I have, so any leads are welcome. If anyone has dynamo flashlights to offer, I'll be happy to consider buying.
Vladimir


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[Speedfreakz]

Neat collection!

 

[Backpacker Light]

OMG! Very nice collection.

Curious....Do any of them still generate light? Or is it common for them to be found in good operating condition?

 

[stienke]

http://www.museumbeverwijk.nl/cgi-bin/objecten.pl?type=add&file=13922_a.pdf , you can take a look and translate it with google , it's in dutch and german because the production was in WWII under supervision from the SS ,and the knijpkat was patented in 1942.

 

[vladman]

Thanks.
All of my flashlights are in working order. I wont collect broken or with missing parts. Sometimes I'll buy two of the same model in order to complete a good one.

 

[Swede74]

That's quite a collection you've got there! :thumbsup:

I'm curious about the red, cylindrical one in the top left picture. I don't see a handle or a crank on it. Is it removable, or do you shake the light to generate power?

I found this in a Swedish mail order catalogue from 1952. I thought you might be interested.

 

[vladman]

Thanks for the ad!
The red one works rotating the cylinder lower part. Once the coil spring if fully loaded, it'll give you 2,5 minutes of decent light. Very cool mechanism!

 

[Keithuk]

Hi I have been trying for some time to find any information about this dynamo torch, I think the factory was bombed out in 1945, that's about it.
I cannot find anything about the MELAS torch and next to nothing about the makers name, anyone come across this make before?