Geeeze, ya had me going at 150.00, but what the heck would I do with a 4.5" bowl? Just kidding, of course. As much as I admire Duparquet, much as I admire Ferrari, it is so out of reach I do not even fantasize about it. Most of my copper is 3 mm or 2.5 tinned, and I am pretty sure that 6.5" fait tout from Duparquet costs more than any of them did. I have no illusion that heavy tinned copper is essential to good cooking, but I started collecting it in Paris in 1972. It is fun for cooking and is a good way to ensure my wrists are still strong. Plus, not often but more than once, its ability to cool quickly has been a blessing. I also enjoy the tradition of polishing it all, along with sharpening all the knives and oiling all the wood, twice a year.
Of course you know these posts are mostly tongue-in-cheek. I wouldn’t mind trying a solid silver pan just once, though. I’m glad to know they exist, that somebody said ‘enough of this crap, we’ll go straight to the mountaintop.’ I sort of like that.
Thanks for your feedback and nice information.
I tell my wife sometimes that I’m having a “Farberware Day” referring to the 1960’s vintage, very thin and light SS cookware that my arthritic hands appreciate during a flare. I have a few pieces around that I manage to get by with on bad days.
Re: Grip…I’m moving in that direction with supposedly per the neuro, a mild case of carpal.
There are times where I lose my grip:sensation and don’t realize it. I can still for the most part flip…with the heavy stuff but there was this one time…something dropped out of my hand and I wasn’t even cognizant about it till it reached the floor.
My daily CU’s are somewhat in between daily use and now supplemented in the same shape:volume in the Industy5 line
Is he advising surgery for your CTS?
The older I become, the more importance I place on handles. Even a large carbon steel or copper beast can be much more easily tamed and managed with good handles. I still own one piece of All Clad, a saucier I bought when two large and larger saucepans spent the holidays being re-tinned. Despite being a useful shape and size, 24 cm, I use it less and less because of its handle. Not only is it the unfortunate All Clad design with the handle I am supposed to have learned to use as God and All Clad intended, that handle is woefully short, narrow, and poorly (minimally) angled. I can more easily handled my gigantic (a shade over 36 cm) Lyonnaise carbon steel fry pan, which I use mostly as a griddle.
No. I never went back after the initial diag…was advised it was mild but I do feel like CTS is probably going to be on the cards for me one day. It was not like this a year ago, but these days, there is a constant slight numbing in one hand.
When it starts waking you up at night, that’s when you’ll know it’s time.
