A retired couple have been using the same set of cutlery for 50 years – meaning it has been used 51,918 times. Fred and Val O’Hanlon got the 56-piece set the year they were married in 1964 and not a single spoon or knife has gone missing. Grandmother Val, 73, said: “It has seen 50 […]
It’s the Fall season and the leaves are turning golden. That means Thanksgiving is coming soon and it’s time to start planning the family meal. I’ve been thinking about a “leaf motif” for this year’s dinner and I discovered these salad tongs. The Arthur Court Grapevine Salad Servers set includes a fork and spoon with […]
There is a city in Germany called “Essen” which means “eat”, and “Stahl” means “steel”. So we have from Hampton Forge the Essenstahl flatware set. “Eat Steel” sounds like a good name for a Heavy Metal band. Strange that we don’t see much copper for cutlery. For color I mean, not construction. We see silver, […]