Digging through some of my stovie stuff and took a good look at this priming cup. Goes above the normal priming cup on a kerosene brassie stove. Neat. Uses Esbit type fuel, do they make them this size? Duane 
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Esbit as a stove priming source
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Hah! Then you need to bring something to prime the ESBIT with! The smaller, 4 gram tablets would probably fit:
Harder to find than standard 14 gram tablets. — Rex
Using Esbit for priming stoves is classic. When I got my first white gas "primus" stove in 91, this was the default way to prime. You could use the gas to prime, but it was so messy, who does that! https://www.google.com/search?q=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81+%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C&safe=active&espv=2&biw=1440&bih=761&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIt87wte31xwIVywmSCh3JdwTH&dpr=2#imgrc=cdl-XeuyR7iijM%3A
Plus the Esbit leaves a residue. It may burn off completely, so close to the burner. I just bring a small bottle of meths/denatured alcohol as a priming fuel, Coleman fuel/white gas leaves black soot. Duane
Coghlan's fuel tablets are roughly equivalent to small, round ESBIT tablets: 
Widely available at cheaper camping supply stores, including Walmart. — Rex
Thanks Rex. Duane
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