ID Help for a New User

Hi all,

I'm new here, and hoping for a little help identifying a couple of pieces.

The first I'm pretty sure is a Korean knockoff, from what I've been able to find. The cooking surface is pretty smooth---much better than a modern Lodge, not quite as smooth as my vintage Wagner:




The other one is more interesting, maybe --- unmarked 10 1/4" square skillet, looks like a Lodge-ish shape, more or less. Also pretty smooth on the cooking surface. "2" on the underside of the handle. "Made in USA" and "10 1/4", "Square skillet" are the only markings.





Thanks!!!
-Chris

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Oops, sorry about the image size!! I assumed it would re-size for display....

Don't know about the round one but the square skillet is BSR, around '70s era.

Thanks!!

Here's a link with more reasonable image sizes... I don't see a way to edit my original post, but if I find it I'll fix that.

http://www.chud.net/pans/

Forum software cannot resize images using the img tags, only the rimg tags. See the photo posting sticky topics for best practices.

The Classic is Korean. See also: http://www.castironcollector.com/noncollectible.php

Classic it's an Asian brand.

Thanks everyone! Great info... now, as I look for the quality vintage stuff, I suspect my challenge will be to avoid overpaying on eBay in my enthusiasm...

A true collector walks away from more pieces than they buy. But it can be an expensive lesson to learn.

I don’t know any history about the “Classic” line of Korean cast iron cookware. But me and my former wife received a full set when we got married in 1986. I still have the Dutch oven and the 2 quart size saucepan. I gave the skillets to my Son a few years back. I still use the pieces I have because they are well seasoned and work great for deep frying. They have the unfinished texture. Yes I will give my Son a nicer set when he matures and settles down! I have a couple more pieces of “Classic” that I found cheap that were machined smooth. My take is that they probably started out machining their pans and by 1986 when I received my set they had stopped the polishing process to save labor cost.

Chris DeYoung said:

Thanks everyone! Great info... now, as I look for the quality vintage stuff, I suspect my challenge will be to avoid overpaying on eBay in my enthusiasm...

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Always check locally first for good deals. Yard sales, thrift stores, antique malls. Antique malls are better than antique stores. There is a difference.

You have to be disciplined for eBay, lol. I know from experience, as well as others on this site can tell you, I'm sure.