Brian Agron
New member
I have an old LODGE #5 skillet that I have had for about 50 years and inherited it from my mother and I am hoping someone can give me an approximate manufacture date. It has the raised letters 'PE' on the back and the number 5 stamped near the bottom. What puzzles me is that it has a heat ring with a single notch at the top AND the name LODGE across the top in a slight arc. I am under the assumption that Lodge discontinued using their name in an arc and then started using the single notch heat ring instead around 1930. How common is this variant? About when was it made? Any information about it will be well appreciated by my family.
I am not a collector of cast iron skillets (though that may soon change...) and this little beauty will will eventually be passed onto my granddaughter.
I am not a collector of cast iron skillets (though that may soon change...) and this little beauty will will eventually be passed onto my granddaughter.