The difference between old and new copper dishes
In the past, due to the lack of some modern devices, copper handicrafts in Isfahan produced copper utensils, copper utensils (including copper pots, copper pots, copper frying pans, etc.) in several stages and completely handmade copper utensils. Messi can be described in five general steps:
Making the main body of the copper container.
Hammer work.
Casting tin or whitewashing.
Drilling and connecting the handles to the dishes.
The final stage of polishing.
The first stage (ie making the body of copper utensils) was made by cutting and welding 2 separate copper sheets. These welds are well visible from the outside of these containers.
Today, with the advent and introduction of bending machines and press machines into all industries, including industry
Copper, the body of these dishes is made in one piece. This means that instead of cutting and boiling the dishes, the whole dish is made in one piece, which of course is useful in many ways. So it can be said that the only difference between today’s dishes and old dishes is in the way the body is made (today’s dishes are one piece and old dishes are two pieces) and other stages of making these dishes are not different from before.
It is noteworthy that this difference (which is only in the process of building the body) has nothing to do with the quality of the hand and machine utensils, durability and. Of these utensils. It can even be said that the dishes that are made in the form of a hammer machine (one piece) are better in terms of the type of sheeting and the shape of the sheet than the completely hand-made dishes. For example, copper pots
If you look at a completely handmade old one, you can see that their mouths are a little twisted or crooked, and the door doesn’t fit well on it!
Of course, this objection does not prevent the beautiful art of dear coppersmiths and old artists who have spent many years of their lives experimenting and making beautiful copper utensils.
The advice given to customers is that due to the existence of different manufacturers of copper utensils in different cities, including Isfahan, Zanjan; To buy with confidence, try to buy from manufacturers that have a long history and are well known in the copper industry.