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KYSO (Kentucky Standard Oil) Lamp
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KYSO (Kentucky Standard Oil) Lamp by Dave Benson
Posted: Dec. 13, 1998 @ 14:34.
I am looking for information on the KYSO (Kentucky Standard Oil) lamp. It is almost a copy of the RAYO except for the markings on the flame spreader and the oil filler cap. Like to find someone who has one that would sell it.
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On Dec. 13, 1998 @ 19:59, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary
wrote:
Dave: Not quite a "copy" (although very similar, and certainly the same operating principle), if the image I have seen is the correct lamp. Only seen the ONE image, so don't know. The burner looks like a slotted Rayo, but with a different galley. The font seems fuller, rounder, and the foot has Miller (or P&A) cloverleafs on it. The tripod part that remains is definately Miller. Educated guess is that Miller made the lamp in the image, but don't really know that anything but the FS (that looks like P&A made it...held together with tabs like the Banner) and filler cap are KYSO. I can't even send you the image...it's proprietary (to be used in a book by the owner, I think), else it would have been in The Rayo Book! Sorry. :: Fil ::