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Borde Bivi Stove

Accession Number

989.2012.1

Object Name

Borde Bivi Stove

Created

31/07/2012

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

31/07/2012

Brief Description

Swiss emergency bivouac cylinder shaped petrol stove.

Materials

chromed steel

Dimensions

15(h) x 13(circumference) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Colour

silver

Maker

Borde

Object Production Place

Switzerland

Provenance

Created in 1956 by Swiss inventor Joseph Borde, this little stove has become a bit of a celebrity over the years - one sold on e-Bay for £215 in March 2012.
Designed as a lightweight, bivouac stove, it is powered by petrol, is rather tricky to light and as a result earned the nickname "bivvybomb" Some did apparently come with a windshield but there is no pot-stand, the idea being to nestle it down among the boulders. Joseph Borde stopped making them in the 1960/70's and production seems to have transferred to a guy called Norbert Bader though rumour has it that he has now stopped producing them (2010)
This particular one once belonged to Richard Grieve, mountaineer and one time member of Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team. He kindly donated it to the SMHC in 2011 to become the smallest and rarest stove in our collection.

Acquisition Date

31/07/2012

Condition Check Date

31/07/2012

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

31/07/2012

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