Photo Thread; Fishers With a 3-Piece Top

[Todd67]

Haven't decided on what I'm doing with it yet. Might sell, I have other fisher stoves and would like to open some room up for another glass door fisher.

Did you buy it from an individual or from a business? Seems odd to have an old 3-piece top Fisher that never had a fire in it.

 

[Mholes04]

Did you buy it from an individual or from a business? Seems odd to have an old 3-piece top Fisher that never had a fire in it.

Bought it from a guy who had installed in his basement and never used it.

 

[Todd67]

That's crazy, and awesome! A good find for sure. I wouldn't burn that stove now. There are too many newer Fisher stoves to heat with. It would be a collector piece for me, like my Coal Bear and Papa Bear.

 

[Lescarpentier]

Here is one with a 3 piece top.

 

[Todd67]

Here is one with a 3 piece top.View attachment 247020

Nice looking stove! Is this a stove that you own now?

 

[Lescarpentier]

Yes.It still has the original paint and fire brick. Here are a couple more pics.If you look close on the upper left leg there is a number 30.This is the only numbers that I can find on it.

 

[Todd67]

Very cool, and a side flue as well.

I wonder what foundry made those misspelled "D" doors.

 

[Lescarpentier]

This stove was originally purchased in western Washington.This should help us narrow it down a bit.It's surprising that these doors were not scrapped.

 

[Todd67]

I think it would have cost too much to scrap them. They probably figured it's not a big enough deal to justify the loss. The economy in the mid 1970's wasn't good at all.

If you haven't read the Fisher Stove Story, I recommend you read the book. It's on this forum in a PDF format, and it's only about 123 pages.

 

[coaly]

The only fabricator in Washiongton was in Seattle when that stove was built. That was Bob's cousin Barb Jorgenson and husband Frank.

 

[Todd67]

Do you know what foundry was making those "D" doors?

 

[Lescarpentier]

Thank you all for the feedback! I found a Mama bear locally with the same misspelled door. They seem to be more common in this neck of the woods.

 

[coaly]

Cast in Oregon, shipped countrywide. My side vent collection has the early first door without trees, but I'd like to find just the mis-spelled door for a wall hanger without adding another stove just for the door..... I guess at this point why not? You know if one shows up locally I'll grab it.

Until your single vent Baby Bear door came along, I've only seen them on dual intake Mama / Papa doors.

 

[Lescarpentier]

I'll keep my eyes open for one. Fisher stoves are getting more scarce as the years go by but they still show up from time to time here,even though it is apparently illegal to sell them.A lot of them,maybe most, have been modified,some irreparably.I know of a Baby Bear with a treeless door but somebody put a newer bent handle on it and the chrome handle and pipe cap vent were replaced by a spring handle and newer vents. As the years went by people sadly upgraded or modified their stoves and lost the early caps and chrome knobs.I spent a year looking for a Baby Bear before I found one. Either they built a lot less of them or people are holding on to them.

 

[Todd67]

Thanks for sharing the pics as info!

I'm maxed out on my Fisher stove collection. But I still really enjoy seeing what Fisher stoves are out there on the market.

 

[Todd67]

I've noticed on these stoves with 3 piece tops that some of the ash fenders are attached between the front legs, and some ash fenders are attached overlapping onto the front legs.

Mine overlaps the front legs...

 

[Todd67]

1976 Grandpa Bear. It's not mine but I wish it was.

 

[Todd67]

1976 Grandma Bear, not mine but I'd love to add it to my collection.