Hammered flatware and handle materials, made to specification

Hammered flatware: two ways to get the look

Hammered means a surface covered in small facets or dimples that catch the light. It can be made in two ways, and the choice changes the look and the cost.

Press-formed hammered field: a die presses the texture into the handle, so every piece matches. In our commercial catalogue the Martello pattern has a square-section handle with a press-formed hammered field along its full length, finishing in a mirror bowl and tine.

Hand-raised hammering: the texture is worked by hand, . Our commercial catalogue lists a hand-raised finish as an option on the hammered pattern, with no tooling.

Related textures include faceted handles, where geometric facets are pressed along the handle, and engraved handles, such as a cross-hatch lattice, as well as laser-etched patterns like chequer and mosaic.

Handle materials we work with

Flatware with wood handles: FSC-certified wood, turned or carved and fitted by hand to the metal. Wood suits cheese tools, serving pieces and warm, natural tables.

Natural handles: our master catalog groups wood and natural handles together; ask about a specific natural material.

Flatware with marble handles: marble handles appear in our cheese sets and servers, often with a brass finial, and give a cool, stone look.

Bone and horn handles: natural materials with a distinct grain, used on cheese sets, servers and spoons.

Resin handles: solid resin in marbled and tortoiseshell patterns, which allows colour that natural materials cannot offer.

Enamel handles: a coloured surface for decorative ranges.

Beaded flatware: glass bead and beaded resin handles, shown in colours such as green on gold-finish steel.

Cast and sculpted handles: bow, animal and ornamental shapes, cast in sand, lost-wax or die casting depending on the design.

How a handle is fitted

Fitting is done by hand and is covered stage by stage in how flatware is made. For a designer the practical point is to give us the handle thickness and the joint style you want early, because both affect how the sample is built.