For the love of it
Stuff I use
Stuff I use: Wright’s copper cleanerFor serious tarnish, Wright’s is more effective — but also more abrasive — than Bistro.
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36cm Pommier tall stewpot with tapThis is my first pot with a tap and I have to say, I am absolutely delighted with it.
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27cm 3.8mm Gaillard sauté panThis gorgeous piece is a snapshot of Gaillard’s work at the end of the 19th century.
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32cm saucepan for Blaser & CieThis handsome fellow epitomizes the graceful copper of the inter-war period of France.
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This rondeau served passengers on the finest railway lines in Europe.
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Stuff I use
Stuff I use: Wright’s copper cleanerFor serious tarnish, Wright’s is more effective — but also more abrasive — than Bistro.
Retinning & restoration
Guest post: Removing the layersI’d been watching this pan on eBay for over a month and what attracted me to it was the stamp — “Specialité Hotelière Journel”.
Buying online
Weight matters.