Hello! Need help IDing unmarked pieces

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KJRigden

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Hello CI fans!,
I got into this when I finally decided to recondition two old skillets I found almost 10 years ago for, if i remember correctly, a song. Turned out one was a National, the other a Wapak! I won't go into my reconditioning process now, but I immediately started using them and am now hooked on CI!
My mother in law gave me two more pieces she says she got from HER mother in law, and that she's sure have been around awhile. One I think is a grocery, hardware store Lodge 8" skillet. The only marking is an "8" at 12 o'clock. It has an inset heat ring with 3 notches at 9, 12, and 3 o'clock. It also has a high rim like my Wapak, unlike the lower rim of my National. I don't have a pic, but I can put one up if it will help.
Thanks for any info!
 
Thanks Doug!,
I've scoured CIC's site already. BTW the 1st link gave me 404 error. Was Lodge the only manufacturer to put the 3 notches on an inset heat ring? Maybe they didn't always bother stamping a pattern number on the budget lines? If all the above is true, would this help narrow down the manufacture date at all?
 
The link works now. Martin also produced some skillets with the notches, but they are marked Martin. Your Lodge would be 1950s by its marking and notches.
 
Thanks again, Doug!

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One last question on this. My pan's cooking surface is glass smooth. Would that mean it was NOT cast with the automated system Lodge switched to in the 50's?
 
Cooking surface polish grinding was a post-casting step. It appears that manufacturers did continue the practice for some period of time post-automation. Other characteristics like thick walls and small pour spouts are a better indication of automated molding.
 
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