[TowerTalk] Butane soldering iron recommendations?

[Roger Parsons]

I've been holding off from commenting in case I am laughed at. However, the climate here is quite similar to Mike's - perhaps a few degrees colder.

When I want to solder in the field, I use a very old fashioned iron, which is basically a large lump of copper on the end of a handle. This can be heated red hot on the kitchen (gas) stove, or with a propane torch, and will hold its heat for many minutes even in windy, freezing conditions. If I am within a few hundred metres of the house I use the kitchen stove. If I am in the bush I use the propane torch.

I have no idea whether such an iron can be obtained these days. Mine came from my grandfather....

73 Roger
VE3ZI
(North-Eastern Ontario)