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Item 1163

Some of you may not know this but I love old kitchen knives.  Old carbon steel blades were probably some of the best blades ever made for kitchen use.  They keep an edge well, are easy to touch up with a steel (or ceramic), and cut better than almost anything made today.  Most professional chefs, love and pamper their carbon steel knives as lesser replacement knives can cost anywhere from $150-500 each.

I wish I could tell you about the manufacturer of this one, but what I know is this,  Kottle Cutlery was based in New York City, from at least roughly 1890-1920 and produced some very interesting knives with interesting shapes.

Knife features  hidden tang with curved horn handle with bottom cap (to hold the blade in place and give the knife balance), elongated ferrule, with a 9” blade.

Marked:  “Keen Edge”, Kottle Cutlery Co New York (on the blade)

This Knife has been professionally restored,  polished and sharpened it is RAZOR SHARP.  It has some nicks and scars from use.

$60 shipped

*High carbon steel knives are highly sought after knives loved by professional and home cooks alike due to the quality of the steel, the edge it maintains and the hardness that is not matched by other knives.  If you don’t believe me, take a look the opinions of Alton Brown.  Please note these are NOT stainless steel knives, they do require a little bit of care (prompt washing and drying after use, occasional sharpening, etc), but hey, if you can maintain a cast iron pan you’ll find this a piece of cake.  Over time they will develop a patina, and even stain.  But they are probably the best quality steel knives you’ll ever use.

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1414
Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece.  Additionally all our pieces unless marked otherwise are fully restored and seasoned.  Just wash them and start cooking.

Amazing older piece and I’ve never seen another like this.  More of a half skillet/shallow skillet than handled griddle because of higher walls than you see on griddles (1/2” deep on the interior).  This one reminds me very much of the Martin shallow skillets.  Handle is hollowed on the underside, outset heat ring, high lip raised letters on bottom, decent cooking surface.  Sits flat. Casting quality overall is decent with some casting flaws.  Bottom shows some long time wood stove use with considerable light sulfur pitting and some deeper pitting from earlier in it’s life   Some minor roughness to the cooking face from past rusting, but very fine roughness that will smooth out as the pan gets used.  This is a really cool piece.

Marked:  “NE 8” in raised letters 1/2” high

12” 3/4 diameter

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips, or wobble when tested on a sheet of glass.   Cooking surface primitive  but better than most comparable piece with some casting flaws and not fine polished like later pieces were..  Will only get better with use.

$80 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1515
Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece.

Unrestored.  Sold as found.  All original.

This is an oldie – and in truth I didn’t even want to attempt restoration as it would have meant dismounting this gorgeous piece of the coffee makers art.  This was saved from a  demolition of a 18th century farmhouse.  Carriage bolts holding it to the wood are blacksmith made, as is the nut attaching the handle to the body, and the wood itself is adze formed so it’s probably pre-1900 and maybe pre 1850.  It could definitely use some oiling – but the handle turns and the piece is in remarkably good shape.  Taking this back to working shape would take very little time (and we can do it for an additional fee if you so desire) but this is a piece of history and it should be displayed somewhere.  Name plate is peened into place and appears to be brass or copper.  Hopper is steel.  Piece seems to have most of the original japanning or paint.  S. shaped handle with wooden handle.

Marked:  “King’s Improved Patent Coffee Mill”

Body approximately 6” long, 6” tall, handle is 5” long with wooden knob.

Unrestored

No cracks or chips.  Designed to be counter or wall hung.

$200 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1494

Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece.

As found!  Item has not been repainted or altered.  Mechanism has been lubed and lightly cleaned.  Outside wiped down only.  No restoration has been done.

This is an unrestored L. F. & C (Landers, Frary and Clark) #11 coffee grinder made over 100 years ago around 1905.  This is a table top, hand cranked model with original paint, iron coffee ground catching drawer with ceramic knob, and details.   Mounted on a square of wood.  You could put this back to use or just keep it as a display piece.  Complete.

Marked: “L.F. & C. New Britain, Conn, U.S.A” at the base above the drawer.

~12” tall including base.

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips.

$300 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1137

Please note all our pieces unless marked otherwise are fully restored and seasoned.  Just wash them and start cooking.

This is a round rimmed kettle with a great shape, New England style ears, D shaped legs, and a a hand wrought bail.  These features date the pot to between 1830-1860.  It is bottom gated and a beauty to look at.  This one was made so that it could be used on a wood stove, which you can tell as the rounded bottom actually extends to below the legs which were to meant to sit on the stove top.   This piece is really more of a display piece than a user although it certainly can be used.  Interior is heavily pitted.

Unmarked.

10” 3/8 diameter, roughly 7’ 1/2 tall.

Stripped to bare iron using lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips.  Designed to sit on legs in a wood stove.  Interior is heavily pitted.  It could be used, but this one is more of a display piece in my opinion.

$85 shipped.

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1133

Unrestored.  This one was lightly cleaned so as not to damage original seasoning and a new layer of seasoning was added for additional protection.

This is a old spider skillet with the round bottom a type that was popular until just after the Civil war.   Bottom gate marked, sits on three stubby legs.  Small hanging hole.   This one is a little deeper than the ones you usually see.  Condition of the interior is remarkable – smooth as glass with only some casting voids as flaws.

Marked #10

11’ diameter.

cleaned so as not to damage original seasoning and a new layer of seasoning was added for additional protection.

No cracks, may be some minor edge chipping on the handle but i think it is casting flaw.  Sits on it’s legs.  Cooking surface is just stunningly smooth with only a few casting voids marring the perfection.

$120

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)