I got the skillet (and Mark, you were right, $60 was the magic number).
Here's what it looks like after a day in Easy Off and a scrub with vinegar. The bottom still looks pretty discolored, but the cooking surface looks pretty good to me, and the wobble is barely noticeable (even less so since I have a gas stove). My questions are:
Is there any reason I shouldn't start using this pan? If I had a bigger space I'd consider setting up an e-tank to try to get more of the discoloration off, but as it is I live in an apartment and there's just no way I can do that. I don't mind the discoloration, and I assume it will get covered over time.
Secondly, assuming the answer to the above is that there's no reason I shouldn't start using it, I'm curious to hear from people who have Wagner skillets from the same era about what their favorite things to cook in it are.
Thanks all. I'm enjoying my dive into CI.
Dave