A Brooklyn Tradition

A couple in Brooklyn started Hammersmith Copper Cookware out of a love for cooking, an appreciation for the durability and efficiency of copper, and an interest in bringing the glory of what they considered the best cookware to the public. After searching for some time to find copper cookware made in the states, they found it "hasn't been made in America for over a generation, but the last of it was made right here in Brooklyn." A series of happy accidents lead them to Jeff Herkes and his Bushwick shop, who at that time was fabricating the parts needed to restore the HighLine elevated rail line turned public park. "Jeff had acquired all the old chucks and other tooling for the Waldow line of copper cookware when he bought his fabricating shop in the 1980s. It was all there, along with the metal-working talent, ready to be resurrected."

Around the campfire

You don't have to buy your kitchen utensils at yard sales to get great vintage looks. In fact, you can lose the rust and buy them from a company that has been making them since 1819! Jacob Bromwell proudly claims to be America's oldest housewares company, and they are still, nearly 200 years after going into business, manufacturing all their nostalgic classics here in the US. Specializing in campfire, fireplace and kitchen wares..."timeless products that modernization has not improved."