The point I was trying to make was apparently at some point in time the Junior Loc-Nob globes were an acceptable substitute for the #00 sized hot blast globes, the different styles of nobs may have been the manufacturers. I suppose the purist would rather have the hot blast globe. In the first photo on the left is the globe in the ad and to the right is the junior globe I see most often used as a replacement, I've also seen the Rayo #00 hot blast used as well, I've seen those in red and clear I have yet to find a red Dietz #00. the second photo is of my Little Stars waiting their turn to get cleaned up, from left to right; I'm hoping the first is going to turn out to be a first production, globe reads, Dietz U.S., New York U.S.A., G I (roman numeral I think). The second still does not have the reinforcement beads on the face of the air tubes but a slightly different and larger fount with the formed wire wick raiser and strap wire guides and is stamped Dietz on the top. Globe reads Rayo No.00 Hot Blast, made in the U.S.A., G I, The third has the beaded tubes, larger fill spout with a S-21 in a font larger than the patent dates. The globe, shaped like a #00 sized FitzAll reads, Dietz in an oval, Little Star, New York U.S.A., R 2. The last one is the same as the third but with an S date of S-8-28. The globe reads, Dietz in an oval, U.S., New York U.S.A., G V . As a note the last three have a small stub soldered to the top of the air tube on the globe lift side, I understand this was for attaching a standing bail clip to the Dietz square tube lanterns, but as yet I haven't seen one intact.
Regards,
W.M. (Willis, not William)
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