Jim Babcock
New member
Hi all, I am not really a collector of cast iron in a large way. I had sold off all my inherited vintage cast iron because I had the misguided idea that non stick was the way of the future. My wife had tried to tell me but I did not listen, this is where I usually get into trouble. So after watching several videos on cast iron I started to keep my eye open for inexpensive vintage cast iron. I bought a No 8 Griswold fry pan in good condition block letters and bought some flax oil because of all the high praises on line. Cleaned it with SOS pads and its now very shine after wiping on 6 coats of oil and baking it in an oven for an hour at 500deg.
I just went to an open air flea market and found a 6 1/2 inc skillet made in USA no other marks. It had a lot of build up on it old carbon. I had to wire brush it to remove the carbon. Underneath it seems good but I had to take it down to the metal. The other one I picked up is a no 7 gate marked griddle. No other marks on it. I got them cheap enough respectively 5 and 10 dollars.
The griddle I kept a lot of the old black under the carbon not so much with the small skillet. I am hoping several coats of flax oil and baking will bring it back. Its seemed to do a nice job on the Griswold. Thanks for any help on the forum.
I just went to an open air flea market and found a 6 1/2 inc skillet made in USA no other marks. It had a lot of build up on it old carbon. I had to wire brush it to remove the carbon. Underneath it seems good but I had to take it down to the metal. The other one I picked up is a no 7 gate marked griddle. No other marks on it. I got them cheap enough respectively 5 and 10 dollars.
The griddle I kept a lot of the old black under the carbon not so much with the small skillet. I am hoping several coats of flax oil and baking will bring it back. Its seemed to do a nice job on the Griswold. Thanks for any help on the forum.