Outdoor Cutlery Set

We at Jacob Bromwell invite you to sit back and relax in your favorite easy chair, put up your feet, and ‘melt’ into the pages of our story. From time to time, you just may notice yourself traveling back in time, much like on a time machine, imagining watching the mastermind, himself, making his very own knives, spoons, and forks as a keepsake or heirloom for generations to come! Should you gently drift off into a pleasant sleep following our story, you may realize you are dreaming about the wonders our Outdoor Cutlery Set provides…

Besides our very own, old-fashioned knives, forks, and spoons, no other American cutlery set can ‘put a fork’ into Jacob Bromwell’s Outdoor Cutlery Set! Invented by Bromwell, the merchandise mastermind of manufacturing, made this merchandise for folks like you way back in 1819 when life was, well, rustic and rough. These utensils are still made today on the machinery first used back ‘in the day’. Just imagine the delicious smell of those pies, breads, meats, and fish spreading around the family kitchen. Know that our very own knives, forks, and spoons are a simple and useful treasure for serving such meals and snack to family, neighbors, and friends around the fireplace or campfire. We know you will enjoy using our Outdoor Cutlery Set the same way ma and pa did in days of lore with those hungry ready to ‘break bread’ over an old fashioned meal made from scratch.

To further understand our very special and one-of-a-kind cutlery set, we believe the more you understand the history of knives, forks, and spoons, the more you will appreciate what Jacob Bromwell was striving to accomplish for the American people. So, here’s our story we’d like to share…

The knife and the spoon are of prehistoric origin. Primitive peoples made knives for cutting from bones, shells, and stones, particularly with flint, that flaked to form sharp edges. The Egyptians later made knives from flint chipped in such a way as to form sharp edges. The flint pieces were then glued into slots formed from wooden handles. The blade was kept sharp by rubbing it in the hollow of a stone. The first spoons were probably seashells or crudely formed stone ladles that provided an easy way to bring liquids to the mouth.

Later, knives and spoons were crafted from copper and bronze, clay, wood as well as ivory, iron, and gold. The fork is a more modern invention. For a long time, food was cut into small pieces at the table with a knife, which then was used to spear the pieces and bring them to the person's mouth. It is believed that the fork was invented to hold down meat (or other foods) while cutting it with a knife. The twelfth-century Italians were the first people known to use a two-pronged fork for eating. By the 1600s, forks and knives were common eating utensils in France and in England. The first fork was brought to North America in 1630 by John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts colony. Today, flatware for eating is made in colorful plastics for picnic or other casual use, or from silver, silver plate, gold plate, or stainless steel for use in homes and restaurants, and for picnics around the campfire…smores, anyone?!?