Swedish cook stove tip

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I was bored so I thought I would try out my swedish mess kit with trangia cooker. I lit it up in the kitched and noticed a few things. I looked it up on U tube but didn't learn much. No instructions with the stove. If you place the pot square on the base, pot matches base, mine won't come to a rolling boil. It would be good for a simmer but wastes the same amout of fuel. If you turn it sideways on the base, the flame will leap to the lip of the pot along the sides and begin to boil the water, much hotter. If you play a stringed instrument, a wrapped string will clean the holes well. Just put a pigtail loop on end and nip it about 1/2 inch. Easier to grab and use. I just leave it in the bottom of the stove all the time so I know where it is if I need it.
I received a Svea 123 stove with Optimus windscreen and pots for Christmas. The Svea is packed in the kit without a windscreen and you are to use the larger cook kit one. The Svea 123 without windscreen will fit in the Swedish cooker base. I have used it without a problem but have been advised not to do it on this forum. It would seem that the optimus cook kit would have the same problem. Just thought I would pass this on. Has anyone else noticed the same on the Swedish military cook kit? Made a mistake. Had the cooker base upside down and the stove resting on the wire arms. So, learn from this. Don't do that. Regards.
 
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Loosearrow said:
Had the cooker base upside down and the stove resting on the wire arms. So, learn from this. Don't do that. Regards.
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So, you didn't know that the pot sits on the arms when they're spread open??
You place "stove" on ground and light, put base over "stove" (that's why there's a big round hole on bottom), put pot inside of base. Will boil real quick.

I also use the "stove" inside a Sterno folding stove instead of gel can.
 
There are no instructions with the mess kit because there was no need for it.
The conscripts who were to use it were not instructed at all, they just got one and had to figure it out themselves.
There are normally four parts of the kit.
1: the big pot with a handle and hook.
2: the small pot that works as a lid.
3: the windshield
4: the burner.
Originally there were also a kuksa (mug), spoon/fork/knife set, a can opener and a kitchen towel and a small fuel bottle when issued. I used them a couple of times during my basic training as a conscript back in the old days :)

Place the burner on the ground (if it is winter you need to put it on something like a piece of board.
Fill the burner with white spirit. Light it.
Place the windshield over the burner after you have folded the stands towards the middle.
Place the big pot in the windshield. The handle will fit in the cut out and the pot will now sit on the stands above the flame.
Place the small pot on top as a lid.

The rings on the foldable handle is to put a stick through and get a long handle.
The hook on the big pot is to hang it on a stick over a fire.
 
nodh said:
Place the windshield over the burner after you have folded the stands towards the middle.
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Don't you mean after you have unfolded the stands from the middle towards the edge?? The pot will now fit on stands above the burner/stove.
You fold the stands towards the middle to fold them up for storing/carrying the pots.
And one fits better on top than the other. They are bent for that reason.
And yes, I'm holding it in my hand as I type.

BTW, what kind of harness fits on the cooker set?? Leather or nylon belt?? Similar to German setup??
 
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I really didn't know what I was thinking about when i set it up on the stove and lit it. I have used it the other way , right way, once or twice in the past. It's still new to me. I'm sure you could burn wood in there if you had to. I like the hook on the bail of the large pot. Thanks for the help. Regards.
 
There is no harness for the cooker set. You were supposed to put it in your backpack.
 
Loosearrow said:
I I'm sure you could burn wood in there if you had to.
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Indeed.

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I wonder why they show the cookset with handle outside the stand?? As the whole kit fits into the stand, with the strap holder sticking out.
The only picture I could find in my world army book, that looks like a Swedish kit, shows a Polish kit being carried on pack with leather strap going through the loop to hold it in place. The mess kits, of most armies, were carried on back of main pack/lbe, some with just a strap wrapped around it. US had it's mess kit in a meat can pouch that fit over shovel pouch.
 
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