Another Stove ID?

[MANIAC]

I am being given this stove and I can't really tell from the picture what MFG/Model it is. I am sorry for the poor pic quality but it is the best I have at the moment. It appears to be some kind of VC but I don't know much about VC's. It has two solid front doors and a side door to the left (facing). It also has some form of a warming plate on the top as well as some kind of brass knobs in all four corners of the top.

Any thoughts.

 

[summit]

looks like an old vc defiant, but it could be a scandia knock off... either way its a smoke / soot dragon, best for camp or shop/garage

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

looks like an old vc defiant, but it could be a scandia knock off... either way its a smoke / soot dragon, best for camp or shop/garage

agreed

 

[mellow]

Looks like a VC Vigilant 1977, I just went and looked at one yesterday, poor thing had cracks all down the sides and the doors wouldn't open. I didn't know those stoves have a thermostat controlled air intake, I would have bought it but way to much work, it would take a whole bucket of Rutland stove cement just to fix it!

 

[webbie]

Certainly not a Vigilant as the style is that of the Defiant Model.

A true Defiant would say it on the side - and probably on the rear, too.

There were a number of knock-offs including Olympic and Scandia.

One way to tell a real VC is to look at the smoothness of the castings - for instance, the top plate. VC will be extremely smooth as they use fine sand and patterns in their casting. Knock-offs will usually have a rougher finish - but, if it is real VC, it is definitely in the side casting above the loading door (the word Defiant).