Tinsmith
Welcome to your premier destination for quality metal supplies tailored for tinsmiths and metalworking enthusiasts.
The craft of tinsmithing originated during the Middle Ages and flourished in Colonial America as artisans skillfully manipulated tin and other metals to create essential household items. Although the rise of industrialization in the 18th century led to a decline of traditional practices, a resurgence of interest in recent years has sparked the revival of tinsmithing. Now, modern artisans combine traditional techniques with contemporary tools to create both practical and decorative metalwork.
Our supply of high-grade tinplate steel provides the perfect foundation for your next crafting masterpiece. Whether you’re fashioning timeless household items, intricate decorative pieces, or durable architectural elements, our carefully sourced metal ensures unparalleled craftsmanship and durability.
Rediscover the working tinsmith's raw material. Our bright tinplate sheet is made for the hands-on trade — a soft temper that cuts, folds, and seams easily, sold in bundles sized for a working shop rather than a factory. Choose prime sheet for clean, bright work, or the secondary grade whose light scratches and scuffs many smiths actually prefer for antiqued and rustic pieces.
For more than twenty-five years — since Weirton Steel closed the "sample bank" that once kept America's tinsmiths supplied — our family has made it a point of pride to keep this three-hundred-year-old trade in material. From reproduction colonial tinware and pierced lanterns to museum trades programs and classroom kits, if it's made of tinplate, it probably started as a sheet like these.