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[rp2813]

Hey Buff, can you advise on how to date tupperware? I'm pretty sure there is some early/mid 50's stuff over at my mom's. I know I've seen some lids that have the Tupperware seal depicted. Is there a market for this stuff?

Mandy, I've been lusting after a vacuum like that forever. I hope to find one in decent condition someday. Great find!

Ralph

 

[tomturbomatic]

Why does the TRI STAR look so much like a Lewyt? Or doesn't it?

 

[gansky1]

We used to have the entire kitchen sealed in Tupperware - of those same colors I just found. Canisters, bowls, jars, pitchers, you name it. Those white/clear "Square Rounds" as they are named are great freezer containers - they hold almost exactly one pound of ground beef. I had some that I bought when my sister signed onto the "Tupperware Cult" as she called it, but they've since all evaporated or gone on to other homes never to return. I see boxes and boxes of Tupp stuff at the sales every week, usually it's pretty gooey and worn, but these pieces are in good shape. I should have the Cutco logo tattooed on one arm and the Corning Cornflower on the other ;-)

The Cutco utensils are just a few more of the ongoing hoarding instinct I've developed for Cutco cutlery products. The company began in 1949 and were a division of Wear-Ever. They make lots of different products, but all in the kitchen/knife/utensil category. They have a "Forever Guarantee" so when your knives get dull and the handles get worn, you mail them back to Cutco and they restore them for free - forever. I've found whole boxes at sales, taped up the blades and sent them back to the factory for sharpening and repair. When you open that box upon it's return to you, it's like christmas - all brand new again. The handles were designed by a man named Lamb and they used that in their advertising for many years, but I don't see much mention of it anymore. Like many high-end products, this cutlery is very expensive brand new - up to $2000 for a full set, but thrift stores and estate sales are the best bargain, a little more work mailing them in, etc. but the knives are amazing the that potato masher is one of the best ever.

http://www.cutco.com/customer/guarantee.jsp

 

[petek]

I don't recollect ever hearing about Cutco.

I have an aversion to Tupperware, Gladware, anyWare. I'll admit I just cannot stand it. Dunno why, maybe since my mom never cared for it and so never used plastic storage containers. Now my other half is different. He loves plastic storage ware, usually the cheap stuff and wouldn't know a good piece of Tupperware from a knockoff. Lord I was drowing in mismatached lids, missing lids, warped and mishapen lids and bowls. One time I took it all and tossed it in the trash then they came out with Gladware and he's buying that.. I just toss em out.

 

[danemodsandy]

For Greg- Cutco

Greg:

I'm amazed at the things that turn up in your area! I am in the Atlanta area, and Cutco stuff never never never turns up here. I've been looking for their stove-side tools here for fifteen years, and not a single piece.

Do you have any idea why your area seems to be such a trove of goodies? Atlanta is not great for thrifting anyway, but your average seems to be pretty damn good. If I had found a TriStar in that condition for $25, I'd have to take to my bed for a week, I'd be that floored!