Hello from Port Orchard, Washington

[JimKing]

Hello Everybody,

I got started out on cast iron a few years ago when I got tired of teflon falling off my cooking pans. I was given an rusty made in Taiwan piece and had a friend show me a basic method of curing cast iron. I wasn't really happy about it, but starting with the basics and a lot of trial and error I figured out how to cure cast iron. Then some folks saw my pans and asked if I would sell any. In the last year I have been hunting down rusty, crispy, dusty pans and sell them to a growing customer base out of a consignment shop. I have used castironcollector.com to aid in helping me identify some of the older pans and thought the forum was worth a try. Admittedly, I wish I had got started earlier.

Some of my favorite finds are a Griswold Brownie (Golf Ball) Cake Pan, A No. 8 Griswold's Eire Fry Pan and a No. 866 Lamb Cake Pan.

Anyway, here is some before and after pics of the Brownie Cake Pan from Griswold I found shoved in the back of a pantry at an antique store around here.

Look forward to seeing the posts!
Jim

 

[JimKing]

The other 'after' picture.

 

[Doug D.]

I bought one of those brownie pans off eBay once. They shipped it in a padded manila envelope. Needless to say, it arrived with a crack between two cups. Needless to say, I got my money back, plus return shipping.

 

[JimKing]

I've ordered a couple items off of eBay. Usually the packaging is inadequate. Folks that sell on Etsy seem to package stuff better in my opinion. I have never received anything broken, though.