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    Posted 9 years ago

    Gargoylette
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    I need help identifying this wood / cook stove that came in my rustic cabin. It works extremely well, and we love it. If possible, we'd appreciate knowing the maker and era/ year made. The only clue as to it's identity is 84 OBM-3710 ZC that is inscribed on the top edge of the door (3/8 inch width).

    I have only been able to find one other similar image online, and credit goes to antsypantz_photo, and the image was shown in a section called Montgomery Ward Wood Cook Stove Photos.

    Perhaps it is a MWs stove, but I haven't been able to find proof of that. Another thought was that this was a kit that the purchaser would put together, or perhaps it is just handmade and the builder was able to find a stove door that just happened to have a number on it.

    Thanks in advance to this community for any and all info!

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    1. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 9 years ago
      I agree that it is a Wards stove. Around mid 1980's and one of their "Earth Stoves" as they called them. They could be used as a free standing stove or a fireplace insert. They were air tight stoves and worked really well.
    2. Gargoylette, 9 years ago
      Thanks you fhrjr2! I'll start researching "earth stoves" now that I can put a name to the stove.
    3. Gargoylette, 9 years ago
      I guess my question on this being an "earth stove" is that the wood loads from the side and the main wood burning area is a cylinder. Not sure how it would have been used as an insert.

      Thanks again!
    4. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 9 years ago
      Very logical question. The stove does not actually go in the fireplace, it sits on the hearth. There would be a steel plate covering the firebox of the fireplace and only the stove pipe would actually extend through the steel plate so it can exhaust the smoke up the chimney. Ones I owned the steel insert plate was an option you paid extra for depending on the size of the firebox.

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