Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog
Lehman's is a 50-year-old company in Ohio's Amish country, with a unique bunch of well-made, carefully selected and useful tools for "sustainable" living. Emphasis is on cooking, homesteading, farming, gardening, and doing things for yourself. Country living for sure, but some of this could appeal to urbanites who want to bring some country into the city. Kitchen equipment, canning supplies, copper kettles, cheese-making supplies, grain grinders, toboggans, kerosene lanterns, axes, water pumps. A large selection of wood-burning stoves, as well as cookstoves. Old-time farming and gardening tools (for old-time skills still viable)-on and on. Most of their items are USA-made.
The hard copy (172 pp. catalog) is way better than the electronic version. If you're into this stuff, and/or you live in the country, you'll end up reading it like a book. We've had their catalogs around for over 30 years and I still find myself leafing through one from time to time.
-- Lloyd Kahn
Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog
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gmoke
I was just mentioning Lehman's to a friend today. A friend asked me about where to get oil lamps and Lehman's filled the bill. It's a great resource and will be increasingly useful in the coming days of turmoil. We have to learn how to fend for ourselves.
Hikaye
The hard copy (172 pp. catalog) is way better than the electronic version. If you're into this stuff, and/or you live in the country, you'll end up reading it like a book. We've had their catalogs around for over 30 years and I still find myself leafing through one from time to time.
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Eyebrows McGee
It's like crack for people who like to do things themselves.
A lot of it isn't even "old-fashioned" -- I'm a gardener, and I got the best hoe I have ever owned there. It's also a great place for green and energy-saving implements, like high-quality clothes lines/indoor hanging driers, that kind of thing.
And with Christmas coming, it's a great place for high-quality traditional kids' toys, from Lincoln Logs to sleds with runners. (I got my husband a runner sled from Lehman's the first winter I made him move with me in places that have snow. He is now a fan of the sledding.)
Glenda Lehman Ervin
Thanks so much for the kind comments about Lehman's. I will make sure my dad (founder Jay Lehman, who is still very involved in the business) sees this blog. Glenda
cohnsey
that catalog looks great. down with electricity!