where to buy period correct cookware

[7thNJcoA]

im in the market for some cookware ie... skillets and utencils and was hoping for some good sources!

[amontalvo915]

I usually buy my gear from here.

http://www.csa-dixie.com/villagetinsmith/

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Ashley Montalvo

[Ephraim_Zook]

Hi,

Village Tinsmith has some good items. For a set of authentic mess kettles, try Wendy Osman in Minneapolis. No website that I know of, but this email address may still be good: CALIRVINE (AT) AOL.COM.

I've picked up a couple of large forks, skimmers, a ladle, some measures at a local flea market and in a large antique dealer co-op here. (Also some period tools).

Apologies in advance if I'm suggesting something you already know, but DO NOT buy cast iron skillets, dutch ovens, speckled coffee pots. Keep it simple.

Alfred Bellard, in Gone for a Soldier, writes of obtaining a large piece of beef but having nothing to cook it on. He found a broken shovel, cleaned it up well, and voilá -- instant frying pan. When relieved from their position the next day, they left the rest of the meat and the shovel for their replacements.

[HighPrvt]

Upper Miss. Valley Merc. Co., has a very nice skillet. That's about the only thing I'd buy from them, but it's very nice.

[jerryeberg]

As long as this is a new post, can I ask if the Pressed Steel Frying Pans that I see at almost every reenactment are accurate? I can't seem to find any originals that look like that, but some sutler sell them.

[Frenchie]

This is a correct pattern: http://www.carterandjasper.com/dinnerware.htm

This is not: http://www.fcsutler.com/fctin.asp (NB: 'For a more period look, the handle can be removed, and a "Hand Forged" iron handle applied by a blacksmith').

[HighPrvt]

Here's the one from Upper Miss.(it's on the left).
Not a bad deal for $20.

http://www.umvmco.com/web%20images/IW127_TW320.jpg

[7thNJcoA]

i used to have a cast iron but got rid of it when i started campaigning more and now I have a winter quarters event in a few months and we are trying t get some period skillets and such are the cast iron period?

[Frenchie]

I think yes, for winter quarters you could use cast iron, but don't get anything with modern-looking trademarks. KISS. One Dutch oven, one 10" skillet.

[reddcorp]

If you are industrious, you can simply cut the handle off a coldhandle skillet and rivet a plain steel handle on the pan. The flat steel can be bought at Home Depot or Lowes. Heat and hammer to get a handforged look.

Andy Redd

[7thNJcoA]

all I am going to get is like a 10inch skillet (cast iron) for my mess its only 3 of us at the event and that should be fine for some salt pork taters and a few veggies.

[Crabby]

We carry tinware from Patrick Cunningham,ie cups, coffee pots (large & small), wash basins etc. We also carry skillets, forks, knives and spoons.

[tompritchett]

all I am going to get is like a 10inch skillet (cast iron) for my mess its only 3 of us at the event and that should be fine for some salt pork taters and a few veggies.

If you are in a fixed camp, cast iron is no problem. However, if you have to carry that skillet for any distance, you will quickly find a substitute. I carried a six inch in my haversack for one event and that was enough for me. It seemed like a week before my shoulder forgave me.

[jerryeberg]

but don't get anything with modern-looking trademarks.

Yea, make sure you look at the bottom for that. I got one from Cracker Barrel thinking it was perfect and a good deal. I got too excited and bought it too soon. It has a huge Logo/picture that takes up the whole bottom. I guess I could grind it off or just leave it face-up all the time.

[WestTN_reb]

I'll definitely give a plug to the Village Tinsmith. I sent him an order for a funnel, utensils, hardtack cutter, and a peach can boiler on a Friday, and the items came in the mail the following Tuesday (that's only 3 days). Best service I've seen so far.

[RJSamp]

I'll definitely give a plug to the Village Tinsmith. I sent him an order for a funnel, utensils, hardtack cutter, and a peach can boiler on a Friday, and the items came in the mail the following Tuesday (that's only 3 days). Best service I've seen so far.

I didn't see a mucket up there, does he offer one? One of my favorite quotes is from Oliver Norton's "Army Letters". He was with the 83rd PA. They used individually issued 48 ounce muckets.....one day they 'acquired' some chickens...they scooped ocean water and made a stew.....no seasoning required beyond the brine.

[Ephraim_Zook]

I didn't see a mucket up there, does he offer one? One of my favorite quotes is from Oliver Norton's "Army Letters". He was with the 83rd PA. They used individually issued 48 ounce muckets.....one day they 'acquired' some chickens...they scooped ocean water and made a stew.....no seasoning required beyond the brine.
RJ --
Page 1 of the on-line catalogue (after the cover and the history of tin). BUT: (shhhh...) it's stainless steel. :-(