The little lamp that everyone loved - Tensor High Intensity
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- Tensor high-intensity lamps were very popular in the 1960s through 1980s as a small source of big light. A favorite of everyone from coin collectors to White House secretaries.
Time flow:
0:00 History
1:18 Design
2:38 Bulb
3:48 Brightness
5:01 Nixon tapes
6:15 EOL
7:24 Color temperature
8:29 Tensor today
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Excellent straigtforward and simple concept with the 6/12-volt selectivity. No resistors or rheostats, just a tapped transformer. Watergate - sheesh! Great report.
Tucker Carlson did a comprehensive report on Nixon / Watergate and now he's been cancelled. Hopefully VWestlife doesn't suddenly go away from proving interference to a tape recorder from a metal encased Tensor lamp is BS.
I feel as if they *specifically* went looking for a knock off that used half-wave rectification for its dimming function (or to use a cheaper but higher voltage transformer); Paused the recording after the time of 'interest'; placed the cassette (without its protective case) on some insulating papers; rotated the base of the lamp that the wall supporting the transformer was down; placed the base of the of the lamp over the cassette; Switched the lamp to 'low light', and left the room so that the buzzing noise and vibrating light wouldn't annoy them while the tape was exposed to the noise and heat. ---
But haven't seen any reports documenting the exact process and tools involved; so I can only speculate that they didn't know that only one reel in the cassette would be affected because of the position of the transformer in the lamp (or maybe it sild to one side while they were away). --
(edit:) But I -feel- think that rectifiers were still more expensive than a center-tapping a transformer at the time.
I had not previously heard about a Tensor lamp being suspected of an 18 minute section of a White House tape being erased, or maybe I had heard it but forgot. But in 1974 I bought the National Lampoon's Missing White House Tapes album. On the back of the album cover is a comment "Play Only Next to High Intensity Lamps" which always seemed a bit arcane. Now it makes sense.
I've got a Tensor Diax 3600 lamp, also uses a #93 bulb that's never burned out despite heavy use. Tried to get A/C voltage readings from the socket for the low and high settings for comparison, but my meter seems to be on the fritz because I'm getting erratic readings.
Awesome! A 50-year-old mystery solved for you! And frankly, under those very difficult circumstances, a pretty clever explanation from Nixon's lawyers for those missing 18 minutes. And YES, old Tensor lamps just run and run and run forever - as long as the transformer doesn't burn out. But the original "Made in Brooklyn U.S.A." ones were solid-built. The later ones made in Hong Kong were decidedly flimsier.
But, bulbs: was looking for #93s in Wal-Mart last night, and no dice. I suspect the local True Value will come thru. Or Amazon.
I used a Tensor lamp in when I was in college in the 1970’s. Spent many late nights (and early mornings) cramming for exams with this lamp. Thank you for this informative video and trip down memory lane. Also, I happen to have that exact same halogen lamp.
Remember when people used to be so driven to succeed they would attempt cram information and it then became a thing for millions of 'stoodents' ... . How much of that info was retained ..is probably zilch. It was funny to watch in College. I was in Film animation studies so there was no cramming. Lots of young folks walking around like zombies drinking too much coffee though.
I never needed to cram anything. I could sometimes pass tests without studying just because of my brain's ability to retain information.
@@brad3042 take with a grain of salt but studies have shown cramming does the opposite of helping retaining information. That's why when people cram they may remember the next day but it goes bye bye and not a working bit of knowledge any longer.
@@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777, yes, that's very true as someone who did enough cramming to do very well on exams, but I did not manage to retain a lot of the information after the exam (but in reality, over time much of that detailed information, particularly dull academic information, would have been and has been lost over the years by my dear brain).
As I have often said, the only information or skills most of us remember over time are either a) very interesting to us on a deep, personal level or b) are things we use regularly in a job or hobby, etc. so the routine of using that information or skill is why we remember it.
@@TorontoJon 😀
I'm in the AV Business as a teleprompter operator, and we call our little desk work lights tensors. I always wondered why and now I know, thanks!
NIce, focused, very bright light where you need it, very little spillover where you don't, right?
When I was a young teenager, I had a Tensor lamp given to me as a birthday present. I loved that little lamp. Still got it somewhere.
The transformer shielding of these lamps was very well done, as I have one from 1967 with a Midland transistor AM radio at the base. The radio has a separate 8V battery for power.
@Vaquero357 to be fair, AM radio isn’t anywhere near the popularity it once was. Even in cars, most people use digital/satellite radio nowadays, analog radios are more for backwards compatibility. Proper shielding is good practice but not really that big a deal now that everything is some form of digital tech.
@Vaquero357 The exception to that was a 1988 Chevy van I owned. The distributor was less than a foot away from the radio just above the fiberglass "doghouse" cover. AM radio was nothing more than crackly buzzing from the engine. Couldn't pick up a thing on it!
@vaquero3579 As someone who listens to shortwave, modern devices are terrible for HF reception.
Oh, This lamp is really reminds me of a Pixar intro.
Where the "Lamp" thing bounces on an I letter and then looks at the viewer then cuts out like that.
What an another nostalgia from my old days. 😊
Btw, I used to watch Pixar movies back in 2010s on a CD and saw this intro playing in every beginning of every "Pixar" movies.
So that's why, I kinda regonnize that.
That's not a tensor, but an anglepoise, a balanced-arm English design from the 1930s.
@@rich_edwards79 Hm, I see.
Thanks for an information! 😄
@@rich_edwards79 nice info, thanks!
That lamp used by Pixar in the film was a Luxo.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxo
Notwithstanding the rest of the light, I wasn’t expecting it to have a metal lampshade. I guess I’ve come to expect everything to be like the plastic fantastic world we live in now, forgetting how something as simple and innocuous as a desk lamp used to be built to last longer than the day you bought it.
Great review of something nobody else would make a video on (and I mean that in a good way).
Plastic must've melted !
I bought an all metal lamp similar to these with the adjustable arms, it's 120vac used on my workbench and takes a regular light bulb or LED, they can be found made of all metal
Brave Little Toaster!!!
Awwww
My nostalgia glands are in overdrive !
A simple yet solid construction, and the light that it produces does appear quite clean which is always a good bonus. Not to mention the essential woodgrain, something that automatically makes it even better! Great video!
Well Fer Sure, LGR gonna
Want One!! ❤😮👌
I had a Tensor lamp next to my bed from as early as I can remember, until I hired a service to help me move out of state to go to grad school. The lamp accidentally got left behind, or maybe one of the moving people really liked wood grain, or whatever. Never made it across state lines. To solve the "too hot to adjust the lamp" problem, I kept an old pot holder in my nightstand.
Some of my aunts and uncles kept potholders in their desks too.
You know, except for the bulb holder and high current transformer, I bet you could make one of these almost entirely from things available at local hardware stores. Brass tubes for the arm, sheet metal for the base and lamp shade, maybe even hand guard from some stiff mesh to deal with the temperature problem.
The bulb holder and high-current transformer really probably are the only problems.
@@absalomdraconis 'High-current'!? Are we trying to run a [at a guess] (1.1A) light-bulb, (7.5A) xenon, or (750A) starter-motor?
I can't speak for your local hardware stores, But I'm reasonably certain that mine -regularly- periodically advertises various {doorbell, furnace, and accessory} transformers that are quite capable of supplying the first two for less than $40 CAD . While I will concede continuously running the later would probably need an order from the welding catalog.
@@absalomdraconis You're absolutely correct. And now I want to make one.
I bet I can get the socket and an appropriate transformer locally. Either at Chester in Kenosha or American Science and Surplus in Milwaukee. Not that anyone is going to know the stores, just name dropping great stores who deserve it.
Awesome. My grandma had a Tensor lamp for years. I don't know where it ended up; but I found a NOS one in a flea market last year. I bought it for $10 and have no regrets.
You got an EXCELLENT bargain! I paid $20 for my first Tensor ca. 1979.
Never seen anything like that in the UK. Great, simple design from pre halogen days.
Yeah i just looked these up as i saw these online a few months ago, god the USA->UK import price is getting insane... :(
Love one of these for my desk. Just love that styleing.
@Vaquero357 yep, and car bulbs usually very easily available
I still have my Dad's! Almost 50 years old and still works as great as the day he bought it! 😊
A fine video, VWestlife! I have four Tensor lamps, and they're all in use. In addition to their numismatic uses, they're essential for philatelists. One hat I wear is that of expertizer for the Ameican Philatelic Society. I constantly use a Tensor lamp to distinguish between certain subtle shade differences.
Thanks for this,I,years ago,ended up in an unnecessarily heated discussion that these lamps didn't cause a magnetic field that could "mess with" tape devices.
Haha, I used one to illuminate the front of my audio system rack for years! At one point, I had 4 cassette decks in that system, and NEVER once did the Tensor light introduce any kind of interference.
My brother & I had one of those lamps, same version, in the late 70's. I remember replacing the bulb, we had some spares bulbs on hand. I liked it because it was very focused light, great when working on electronic equipment or other intricate stuff.
They were classics! I have a 1960's Tensor #6400 that has an attached alarm clock. It still works fine. The label is on the clock's base and warns that any bulb other than a #93 or #93T will cause the lamp to blink. Thanks for the detailed video.
Really cool to see a video of this lamp. I picked one up exactly like this on a whim from a thrift store on my visit to the USA a number of years ago, glad to find out some more information about it.
I was going to say the same thing. Mine is from a thrift store in Elizabeth, New Jersey and is probably the only one in Brazil.
Interesting point: I've been using these lamps for 40+ years, but I never made the connection that the Tensor light used automotive brake light bulbs! VERY clever. And yes, the light is very even and pure white. Just DON'T touch that metal shade if the light's been on for a while. You could literally fry an egg on it.
Lol, I literally just bought one to use for my drawing station! I love these little guys
I still have and use my Tensor lamp. I've had it since the early 1980s. I love that thing!
We still use these lamps at my workplace. I work in a medical lab and we have a dark room where we read microscope slides in the dark and these lamps give us just enough light to write down results while still keeping the room dark.
Holy crap. Core memory unlocked. My parents had these, maybe still have them packed away somewhere.
I always see these at Goodwill here… Never knew much about them. Neat!
I remember changing transformers in "Longines Synphonette" radio / lamp combos.
IIRC it had more windings. That was @1970. It was an early repair for a kid just
starting out. Sure beat building stands & cleaning the crapper ! Not to worry, after
doing a few you got to move on to AA5's then tube B&W's. Fun & good days !
TNX 4 the memories.
LFOD !
I can't tell you how many of that styles of lamp I passed up through out the years at different thrift stores.
What a neat little lamp! We had some gooseneck knock-off version of this in the 80's and 90's. It was fine until the spring wore enough that it wouldn't stand straight, getting the desk very hot. Our current desk lamp is led and runs on usb.
I still have my Tensor which was given to me, new, in 1963. It still works just great. It has resided over various work spaces where I needed good light and until good LEDs came along about 10 years ago did I stop moving it from one bench to another! Thanks for the post!
I picked up one of these lamps sometime ago just because I love lamps. I’m so happy to know these tidbits to share with my friends. (Whether they care to listen or not)
The one my father bought in the 60s is still working great as my music stand light.
A long time ago I used a quartz halogen lamp for my model building. Mine put out a very nice white light, and never burned the apartment down. :) It _was_ bloody hot to be around. Sometimes during the summer I ended up being covered in sweat. The bulbs were bloody expensive too.
The tensor lamp puts out a field of light too small for modeling work. These days a work lamp with a white LED bulb is optimal for that.
The tensor looks nice for smaller areas.
Halogen and any incandescent lamp's color temperature will change depending on the voltage, getting warmer and you go lower. I did TV studio lighting. You wouldn't dim lamps, but instead place metal screen wire to cut down the light. We did use dimmers for effects. LED lighting has taken over lighting for TV. It's still early days and imperfect. Halogen was the last major innovation for incandescent TV and stage lighting, and that was in the 1960s.
My Dad let me have his Tensor lamp when I was a kid. I used it to read long after lights-out by lowering the shade down hear my pillow for minimal light leakage. My Mom came in one night trying find out what that burning smell was... it had melted a hole in my polyester pillowcase and started melting through the pillow!
Now THIS is a Lamp design i'd love to see returning. Of course with an E14 screw. I only saw similar Models in the 90s a lot that had these G4 Sockets for Halogen bulbs and on the cheap models the plastic cases were often really bad. Even the transformer would be buzzing loudly and when turning on the lamp you'd get quite a nice lil electric shock if you touched the Antenna-like Lamp-Arm that was expandable. I must say i really love that V shaped Arm here even more. It's more flexible for adjusting in my opinion.
Anyone else remember the Hong Kong knock-offs called "Well-Lite". Also use the #93 bulb, but instead of a gooseneck, it was two stiff metal arms with three pivot 'elbows'. Most of these were with a square base and square shade with a white 'rim' that could allow for a small amount of light for a night light with the shade folded down onto the base. These were often black, white, tan, brown or woodgrain. I have the woodgrain version on my desk at work, and it works fine.
Oh yeah, I remember Tensor desk lamps, I had a couple back in the day. And I do remember that they got really hot for such a small size light.
From the thumbnail, I instinctively thought I was going to watch a Technology Connections video. When it ended in just eight and a three quarter minutes, I thought to myself, hmm…, nicely clear and concise. Then you added that ten second zinger at the end. You earned a sub and a like!
I instantly recognize the thumbnail pic. I used to have one. Makes me want to dig through the garage looking for it.
One time, I found one at a Goodwill, along w/ a box of bayonet flash bulbs. I stuck one, of the latter, in the lamp and stuck it back on the shelf.
Malicious mischief.
we will find you
Thank you for choosing a subject that not everyone else is talking about.
Interesting! I've never really seen these around at all
Illuminating, but I am left wanting more 🤔.
I had something resembling a Tensor lamp in 1998, I was, I believe, the third owner of it. Mine was made of white plastic with a square lamp shade and a telescopic neck, the low brightness setting was very dim, dim enough to allow me to sleep with the lamp on beside my bed. The one I had could fold down and the lamp shade would slide onto the front of the base, meaning you could very easily transport the unit. Mine did have a problem, there was a loose connection in either the neck or the lamp socket, actually I think the bad connection was in the swivel mount that attached the head to the neck it's possible I was using the wrong sized bulb, I do remember it using stop light bulbs and I do remember them failing quite a bit in the 3 or so years I used it. Eventually I gave up on it because it was just so unreliable. When it worked it made a wonderful light for playing Game Boy games, oh the nights I spent playing games like Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Street Fighter II, Dr. Mario, Pokemon Pinball, Arcade Classics volume 1 and Pac-In-Time by the light of that lamp, latterly I played my Game Boy Advance by that light. In 2001 I retired it in favour of a standard goose neck table lamp with an incandescent bulb in it. That lamp and bulb lasted me about 10 years before it failed. I believe my Tensor-like lamp used a 12 volt 21 watt universal senior bulb. The transformer in my lamp actually did cause interference to a cassette player, I had my lamp sitting beside my talking book cassette machine, and I can remember when the lamp was set on high, my talking book player would hum noticeably. I don't think the transformer in my unit was shielded well, if at all. I actually really miss my Tensor like lamp now, only today I was thinking about it. I kind of want another one now. I don't know how well they sold in Australia where I'm from.
great video. Reminded me of my Father's lamp. When he died in 1990, all the kids squabbled over who would get the tensor. .
I have two knockoffs of these lamps (one in black, one in 70s avocado green) nice to see they are still making bulbs for these
I've got exactly the one seen at 1:14 with the small shade. Still works great. I use it for turntable cueing.
Probably illuminates every stray speck of dust to drive you crazy though.
@@tomsherwood4650 Yes!!
Nice little lamp. Good work on the background story: very interesting. Well done!
Great memories. Well done.
I can state that Tensor was still making lamps in the mid 1980s. Bought one brand new that year. Some git in my barracks stole it only a couple of weeks later.
Wow, I haven't seen those in awhile. I had one as kid in the 90's. Reminds me reading books at night or doing my homework. That lamp lasted me all the way into high school in the early 2000's. One day it wouldn't turn on, figured it was the bulb so after school I went over the Walmart for one. While changing the bulb, I noticed something rattling inside. I never did fix it, instead I just bought a 120V 40W lamp. I don't remember what happened to that Tensor.
This brings back memories. I remember my Dad had one all the years I was growing up and I haven't thought about that lamp in 45 years until I saw this video. You knew things were getting serious when the Old Man got the Tensor lamp out to work on something.
We made a similar looking lamp in my 7th grade shop class back in 1972.
wow....i picked one of these up probably 20 years ago at the thrift shop. I love this little lamp and very surprised and happy to see you featuring one. I went and dug mine out of storage and am using mine again because of this. Neat little lamps. All metal and do a great job at their intended purpose. Thanks for this.
As a moth I can attest to the quality of workmanship of this lamp.
Now it makes a lot of sense why 12v/24v celling light installation were so popular years back, efficiency gain is pretty surprising.
My dad had one of these on his drafting table. I hadn't thought of it in years, so thanks for the memory!
When I was a kid I found one of these in the attic of my grand parents... Same exact model from the 1st one
Super bright super hot but nice considering I found it in the attic after years of storage
I LOVED Those Lamps! - I had one on my dorm room desk at The Berklee College of Music in The 80s !!! 🙂
I have one next to my bed right now! Exactly that one ❤️
Hello I am using an argentine one on my desk right now since the 70's in Argentina to watch your video. 220v to 12 v. Cheers.
VWestlife could never bore his audience!
I did not expect that the bulbs used in these lamps would produce a cooler color temperature than halogen bulbs. Of course, they are trading bulb life because they are running the filament hot to get the whiter light and high efficiency.
OMG! I had one of those in the early 80s as a teenager! Thanks! 😎🤘☮
Had one in the late 70s early 80s. Used to do homework by its light every night. Forgot all about it until I saw this video! Now I wonder where the hell it went!
I actually had one of those halogen lamps with the dimmer switch. I think I bought it sometime around 2000 and had it for many years until just a few years ago when I gave it away. I actually left it on pretty much all the time but almost never at full brightness.
I agree the color of the light was not good. It did get pretty hot but I think probably the fires were caused by flammables being too close to it or something. Anyway, still had the original bulb when I got rid of it. That bulb probably had tens of thousands of hours on it. In the end, I got rid of it because it was just taking up too much space and I didn't like how much heat it gave off.
Are those mains voltage ? In the the late 90s loads of companies including Ikea were selling low voltage halogen lights in iMac style colours with two telescopic aerial type roads to feed the power up to the bulb (and a waring not to drape things like necklaces over them)>
I recently bought (for the novelty only) a new old stock Philips MasterClassic which incorporates a low voltage Halogen capsule and an electronic mains transformer all sealed in one normal shaped glass envelope.
Thank you for your clarity in speech when it comes to your videos.
This reminded me of a yellowish/lime green gooseneck desk lamp that I begged my mom to get me as a kid because I thought it was cool looking. The shade part was made of metal and had a little grid of circle vents; that part got super hot. Also the gooseneck plastic fell off. It was terrible but I wouldn't admit it because of how much I begged for it. 😂
Still have one and still use it!
LOL. Thanks for telling me what kind of replacement bulb to use! - - Now that I realize I still have the same damn Tensor lamp - - mine in a box somewhere with the rest of my early 80s crap like my Sony WM-1. I remember the intense white brightness of it that I really enjoyed back in the 'soft white' days - - and forgot the experience of burning myself on the hot metal lampshade. 😀
Lovely lamp!
Brave little toaster is still one of my favorite childhood movies
Loved the tongue-in-cheek little clip at the end lol
I'm glad you mentioned the Brave Little Toaster because that was the first thing I thought of when I saw that lamp
I had something similar to this when I was a little kid around 4 or 5 and I had it on all night due to me waking up all the time all night long due to the recurring nightmares that I had every night.
As something that did not make it overseas as far as I'm aware, this is especially interesting to watch for somebody across the pond. Looks like a pretty neat solution, actually.
I had an Eagle branded version of the Tensor lamp that I think dated to the early 1960s that was tan colored and had a knob on top of the base that you rotated to switch the lamp on and off with, it even had a wall mounting hook that pulled out of the base, it was a goodwill find.
I have an 80s Italian made Lumina variety of this. Looks slightly more modern and has a longer arm. It is indeed great for reading in bed. Still works like it should, never been repaired.
rather cool video - thanks for sharing. My brass Tensor been with me since 11th grade in 1985 SL11 E17 bulb - all the light needed at night on my desk.
I've got the gooseneck version. Fortunately mine's a platinum grey wrinkle paint finish instead of the tacky woodgrain. I got mine used at Goodwill about 40 years ago. Still works just fine. Added some little round cork pads to the bottom to keep it from sliding around. I've got some Ikea LED gooseneck lamps that mimic the high intensity of the Tensor, but the light isn't quite as neutral. They do run nice and cool though and sip electricity. The Tensor is a true classic though.
I had a “handsome” beige plastic Tensor (or knockoff) on the headboard of the bottom bunk when I was a kid in the late 60s. I fell asleep with it alight one night. The brass shade toasted the wood of the top bunk headboard. I still have those beds and the scorch mark makes me think of those days.
Freshman year in college, 1972. Dorm room essentials: Tensor lamp, flip number clock radio, Peter Max poster.
Simpler times...
I have had that exact model since the early 90s. Bought it brand new then.
Love the video demonstration of being burnt by the lampshade:
"Ouch"
The lamp that is on the floor to the left, the design reminds me of laser scans (yes, those lights that were used in discos, recitals, TV shows, DJ events, 15th birthdays or weddings, etc.) with the difference that the latter use a mirror to reflect light.
I had one of these that had some kind of noise making device in the base...even when the bulb was off. Freaked me out as a kid at night.
Great vid as usual! I live a few blocks from where those 15w GE bulbs were manufactured. Shame how Nela Park in Cleveland has become an industrial wasteland. At least houses are only about $20k.
I live in the Cleveland area too and researched the history of NELA park after digging into 'Millionaires Row' in Detroit. It's a shame, I believe the 'Park' is still limping along or is nearly shut down since 2019 or so. I was trying to find fluorescent bulbs and found they made the majority but since they're banned or going to be, with LED's the predominant bulb, were shutting down. I believe they sold the property and GE (or the company that bought GE lighting) was leasing it back.
Wow! I used to do my homework under one of those when I was in school!
Great video. Very well explained.
a visual staple, along with the green-shade desk lamp
Great video once again!
Great video and that's a lovely Calculator also.
I love my 1970 goose neck desk lamp, it's got a wood grain finish and one silver knob for dimming. It still works beautifully :)
This video really made me want one because the lamp I had on my desk since about 2011 always put almost too much light, and the neck on it was getting hard to adjust, so I finally found one today for $4.99 at my local thrift store. It's nowhere near as good looking as yours, and has a black plastic base that makes me think it was made in 1980s or early 1990s (probably not even a real Tensor, but the construction and high and low switch were the same, apparently it was made in Taiwan and same with the bulb when I unscrewed it later). But it did look nice and was working when I tested it at the store, although the glass was very loose on the bulb itself and I ended up breaking it when I got home (though I was able to get the glass and metal filament out in one piece, and figure out how to remove the metal base of the bulb as it was held in by a spring, the bulb base was rusty and dusty on the inside so probably wouldn't have lasted long anyways), and I've already gotten some bulbs online that I'll be picking up at the store tomorrow. All in all, a great little lamp for a great price, after about a year of no luck locally and old broken examples being found online.
Also has the same spindly little plug like the older ones despite my supposing it being made in the 80s or 90s lol, guess they never changed even if it was real or fake (or a shock hazard 😂)
Dude, you just keep creating gold. I love it.
One of those halogen lamps once melted my MacBook while I was getting lunch! I haven't used one since. I might get one of those Tensor lamps, as it's getting hard to find 120V incandescent bulbs that have a good color accuracy where I live (and LED is just sub-par for a desk lamp in my opinion). Great video!
I had a nice modern metalic silver plastic one bought at the goodwill and sadly I think I got the wrong bulb and it melted the housing for the transformer that sucked!
A Tensor in good condition will cost you a bit online. If you have some good thrift stores nearby, won't hurt to check there. Or garage/rummage sales this summer. BUT the older "Made in Brooklyn" Tensors are build like a rock and last forever. As noted above, I had one from 1979 that I used well into the 2000s. It's probably still at my mom's house! The later "Made in Hong Kong" ones are probably pretty good, too. Usual cautions about the very late "Made in China" ones.
@@lawrenceh1405 good to know, thanks!
It's the lamp the super smart kids took to college in a trunk with a padlock on it . Nice unisonic .
Another clever design of the Tensor era was the Koch Lampette. I loved my Lampette.
I used to have a similar lamp as a kid, I had fun lighting paper on fire with it, lmao.
I have a very similar little Hamilton Industries lamp on my workbench. It was my father's, and it still works great.