Bakelite – first commercial synthetic plastic

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14 points·gurjeet··4 comments

Still used in Revere Ware pots and pans, which haven't changed much because private equity hasn't found them yet. I have some of my grandma's pots and they're indistinguishable from ones sold today.

This Revere Ware?

In 2023, Full Sail IP Partners announced it had acquired the Revere Ware Brand from Instant Brands. Full Sail IP Partners is a company that invests in brands and licenses them to other companies. Full Sail IP Partners intended to revive the Revere Ware brand, expanding it to products such as dinnerware and kitchen gadgets.

Maybe. If I had to buy any pots or lids, I'd always buy used from secondary markets.

Check out Amsterdam Bakelite Collection, founded/curated by Reindert Groot. It isn't actually a museum you can visit at this moment, but it's a huge beautiful collection, with lots of interesting photos and articles and newsletters online, and parts of it surface in museums around the world from time to time.

http://www.amsterdambakelitecollection.com/

Other interesting Bakelite links from previous Hacker News discussions:

1956 Philips 353A Bakelite Vacuum Tube Radio Repair & Restoration

https://retrorepairsandrefurbs.com/2022/09/06/1956-philips-3...

Bakelite to the Future - 1950s rotary phone ESP32 bluetooth headset

https://blog.waleson.com/2024/10/bakelite-to-future-1950s-ro...

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