A small family business with a passion and respect of American craftsmanship.
OUR STORY - PHIL AND RENEE
Like the origin of many businesses, ours began out of a passion for what we discovered was an amazing way to cook in our kitchen. Cast iron cooking is not new, and neither are our products. However up until a few years back, we had looked at cast iron as "heavy" and not a slick surface to cook with. So we dismissed it entirely and our newer pieces just sat unused in the cabinets. Then...something that was old was new again.
Our grandmother, Clara Bell Jones was a Tennessee born southern seamstress that brought her 1930's Lodge #8 skillet and Southern "Mystery" Dutch Oven up to Philadelphia, PA. Not that long ago, we began using her pieces, almost 100 years after they were made and discovered just how much better these handcrafted pieces were. It gave us a new appreciation for the amazing lightness, design and craftsmanship of vintage cast iron cookware and bake ware. AND, it fueled our desire to start building our own vintage collections for not only us, but our three boys who will one day inherit collections of their own.
Our passion for these amazing one of a kind pieces is carries through in the care and time we put into restoring your cast iron. Our method is an old one, and we have learned much about the cast iron community of restorers that have been doing this a long time. This has become a small family business now which we are grateful for. But it would be hypocritical for us to not tell you that while we restore anything cast iron for our business, there are two pieces we will never restore, Clara's skillet and dutch oven. Those were seasoned with love, plus she'd chase us around the house with that #8 if we did. - Phil and Renee