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                        Hearth & Camp Cooking

                        We offer a wide variety of hearth tools, period cooking tools and utensils, and fire and hearth equipment that makes excellent cookware and will enhance the appearance of your home and you will be proud to have it on display.  

                        Pot Lid Lifter
                        A common (and very necessary) tool for traditional hearth and camp cooking. Ours has a hook on the end to hang it up with your other utensils when not in use. Used for lifting hot and heavy lids off pots, dutch ovens, etc. Also  for moving hot pots from one part of the fire to another - on to and off of hot coals.
                        $
                        14.00    
                        Small "S" Hook
                        The small "s-hook" is extremely useful. It has many uses in cooking, but is really intended for use as a pot hanger. It can suspend a pot over a fire, hang something off a fire crane, etc. Those who know hearth cooking know how handy it can be to have these. About 5" long.
                        $
                        8.00    
                        Large "S" Hook
                        Large version of our "S -hook". About 8" long and heavier stock - for heavier applications.
                        $
                        12.00    
                        Adjustable Trammel Hook
                        The trammel hook is fully adjustable and goes from about 10" long to about 18" long. This makes it easy to position a pot at just the right height over the fire.
                        $
                        55.00    
                        Three-Piece Fire Set
                        This incredibly versatile set has been used in one version or another for centuries. Superb reproduction for living history and reenactors as it has been used for so long. Also great for traditional cooking at home, cookouts in the back yard or your next camping trip! It has three rods which can be connected and set up like a tripod (pictured on left). Pots and food can be suspended from it over a fire. It can also be set up like two uprights and a cross-bar(pictured below).

                        This set is heavy-duty! Made for a lot of use - out of extra-heavy 1/2" thick bar-stock. Three pieces in set - each piece is hand forged and has a decorative twist. Pieces are 36" long. No camp should be without one.
                        $
                        75.00    
                        Picture
                        Set up in the corss-bar and uprights style(tools and utensils NOT included in the set!)
                        Small Spit Set
                        This small spit set is great for camping, living history re-enactments or even use in the back yard at your next cookout! Has two small uprights with hooks that stick in the ground and a 24" spit. Great for roasting chicken, small fowl or any small roast over an open fire (intended for outdoor use). Also see our cooking skewers below to help stabilize your roast on the spit.
                        $
                        65.00    
                        Cooking Skewers (Set of 2)
                        Set of two sturdy 1/4" thick meat skewers for hearth and fire cooking. Two can be put into a bird or roast perpendicular to one another to stabilize it on a spit. Approx. 10" long.
                        $
                        16.00    
                        Cooking Skewers (Set of 6 With Mounting Rack)
                        Lovely set of six skewers (2 - 6" skewers, 2 - 8" skewers and 2 - 10" skewers) for a variety of cookling applications. Come with beautiful hand-forged traditional rack to hang them near your hearth or in your kitchen. 
                        $
                        70.00    
                        Iron Spoon
                        9" Iron Spoon. 100% hand forged.
                        $
                        30.00    
                        Meat Fork
                        This reproduction two-tine meat fork is about 12" long and has our small hook on the end of handle for hanging it up when not in use. Forged from a solid piece of iron.
                        $
                        32.00    
                        Large Ladle
                        This large "dipper" is a superb reproduction of a traditional ladle. Has our small hook on end of handle to hang it when not in use. Two-piece riveted construction.
                        $
                        40.00    
                        Large Skimmer
                        Reproduction skimmer - similar to a ladle, but with holes in the bowl. Two-piece riveted construction with small hook on the handle to hang it when not in use.
                        $
                        40.00    
                        Turner
                        This period "turner", or spatula is forged from a solid pieceof iron. Approx 12" long with traditional hook on the end of the handle to hang it up when not in use.
                        $
                        40.00    
                        Tasting Ladle
                        This small ladle is perfect for a specific cooking or serving task. Has our small hook on the end of handle to hang up when not in use.
                        $
                        35.00    
                        Full Set (5 piece) Cooking Utensils
                        Purchase a full set of our cooking utensils and get a discount over buying them individually! (Set includes: Large Ladle, Large Skimmer, Meat Fork, Turner and Tasting Ladle.)
                        $
                        180.00    
                        Picture
                        Detail of hanging hook on utensils and handle decoration