These irons were manufactured by The Akron Lamp Co., Akron, OH.
The iron on the left, in Craig Seabrook's collection,
is also marked with their Diamond brand on the plate at the base of the handle.
The iron on the right, in Glenn Knapke's collection,
is only marked Montgomery Ward, Chicago, on the filler cap.
It differs from the iron on the left in having a fluted base and wood grain painted wood handle.

The Akron Lamp Co. made this iron for Montgomery Ward
who sold it as No. 4045.
The sales slip that came with this iron, in Joe Pagan's collection,
is dated July 18, 1939; the patent date on the iron is 1936.
The handle is brown plastic as on the similar Radiant model below.

Radiant Products Co. was apparently a subsidiary of the Akron Lamp & Mfg. Co. in Akron, Ohio.
This Radiant iron, Model R-9-G, came with a sales slip dated Oct. 31, 1947.
The iron can be rested vertically on the fuel tank
when not in use.
The pump on this model is built into the handle.

The Albert Lea Gas Light Co, Albert Lea, Minnesota,

made this Gem iron between 1910 and circa 1914

when the company became the Brite-Lite Co.

The thin brass generator tube (lower image) is kept hot by

the heat rising from the burner (lower cylinder with slits below)

that otherwise directs the heat downward to the base plate of the iron.

An early AGM iron,
this model features a cylindrical side tank.
Loren Abernathy has restored this iron,
which is in his collection,
including having the metal replated.

The Model 67 AGM iron is listed in a parts catalog from circa 1930.
This is a torch lighting model
with an ivory enamel finish.
Stress cracks in the tank prevent this iron from being used.
The trivet is the original that was supplied with this iron.

Based on the valve wheel, Jan Dyke believes this iron

in his collection was made by AGM.

The tag on the front of the handle

identifies it as Sears Model 710.2434.

Jan returned the body and tank to their original silver paint color.

This unlabeled gasoline gravity iron was identified

by an instruction sheet as the Standard Self-Heating Iron

that was made by the C. Brown Mfg. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

This iron, in Glenn Knapke's collection,

required heating for 5 - 7 minutes with a teaspoon of gas

in the body of the iron prior to opening the valve to run the iron.

The self-heating HydroCarbon E-Z sad iron
was manufactured by Enterprise Tool & Metal Works, Chicago.
Based on the address on the instruction sheet that came with this iron,
the iron was made sometime after 1914.
This iron is in John Carriere's collection.

Handi Works Pty. Ltd., a company in Brisbane, Australia,
made this "Pumpless" iron, probably between 1960 and 1980,
according to Albert White, the Curator of the Handi Museum.
The iron and its box are in Jason Tyler's collection.
The black knob on the cover of the body of the iron
is a screw to hold the cover on the iron.

This "Self Heating Flat Iron" was made by the Imperial Brass Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL.
Manufactured after 1911,
it has a wood handle and valve knob; the rest is nickel plated brass and steel.
This model is unusual because the "external pump"
can be left threaded on to the top of the tank.
This iron is in the Engbring's collection.

The Monitor Sad Iron Co. probably made
this early gasoline gravity model prior to April 14, 1903
as this iron is marked Patent Pending
and others of this model have the patent date information.
George Rocen, whose collection this iron is in, says the wood handle has the original black paint;
the body is nickel plated.

This iron, in Jerry Engbring's collection, is a Monitor Model A,
another gasoline gravity model.
The Monitor Sad Iron Co. was located in Big Prairie, Ohio.

National Stamping and Electric Works was located in Chicago for many years.

During this time they made this model which is only stamped 5986,

perhaps for one of the mail order companies.

Through the long slot in the body you can see the brass end of the burner

opens right below a metal flange on the generator to transfer heat.

This Model 598 iron was made by
National Stamping and Electric Works in the 1950's
after they moved from Chicago to St. Louis, Missouri.
The body of the iron, which burns kerosene, is aluminum;
the trivet is original to this iron.

The Royal Self-Heating Iron Co. of Big Prairie, Ohio, may have succeeded the Monitor Sad Iron Co. (above).
Their models include The "Royal" Iron (left) and Model D (right).
The "Royal" Iron, in Glenn Knapke's collection, is gravity fed
and came with a wrench to adjust the fuel flow.
The Model D is pressurized with a pump
and came with the box, a wrench, and 3 alcohol torches.

Thomas Mfg. Co., Dayton, Ohio, made this Kerosafe iron
This kerosene fueled iron, in Jerry Engbring's collection,
came with the case and pump.
Image by Neil McRae.

This Tilley DN6 iron, in Kenny Connolly's collection,

dates to the late 1930's, when an advertisement for it appeared.

As other liquid fueled appliances by Tilley, this one is kerosene fueled.

Tilley Model DN 250n (left) has a cream-porcelained body
while Model DN 250A (right) has a chrome-plated body.
The 250 was introduced in the early '50's and sold until the late '70's
while the 250A was probably sold for only a few years until the mid '80's.
These irons, in Neil McRae's collection,
have a regulating generator which enables the user to control the heat.

 References on irons call this a Standard Model for Sears, #5947.
The unidentified manufacturer was Turner Brass in Sycamore, Illinois.
This model was introduced in 1935,
according to an article in an iron collectors publication.

We do not know the manufacturer of this gasoline gravity iron

The top plate casting states: MODERN GASOLINE IRON,

MILWAUKEE WIS, NON EXPLOSIVE PAT APLD FOR, NO 26.

This iron is in Bruce Strauss' collection.

Please contact me if you have any information on the manufacturer.