Can you identify this stove just from the picture above?  No?  How about if you heard it's distinctive sound?  https://youtu.be/qLwsqcdLbKI This is the grandfather of all modern backpacking stoves.  It's a brick by today's standard, but has served generations of backpackers.  True to form, I inherited it

That's me on the right on my knees.  This would have been in the fall of 1983.  I was a Tenderfoot Scout at the time, after having attended Mount Norris Scout Reservation the summer before. I remember the names of most of the Scouts and adults in the picture with