Victor Trading Co. tinware.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool Colorado Stuff - Brief Article

From its headquarters in a century-old brick building that once housed the Star of the West Saloon, the Victor Trading Co. bucks countless trends. Owner-operators Karen and Sam Morrison favor antique manufacturing equipment over computer-aided design - using their feet and hands as a power source instead of a wall outlet - and mass-production is a big no-no. Paying reverent heed to tradition, the Morrisons fashion a selection of retro brooms and beeswax candles, as well as an astounding variety of tinware: 1,200 different cookie cutters, candleholders, whistles, canteens, and miners' lunchboxes. They also make...