Not Really a Collector. . .

[Pat S]

I really do not really consider myself a collector. I just enjoy cooking with CI. I happened to find this site because I just refurbished to skillets I found in hidden in the weeds in a house I am renting. As the only CI I have are two modern Lodges and my great-grandmothers Griswold Dutch Oven (you can barely make out the seal on the cover), I was intrigued by the OP & CO 10 on one skillet and the Erie 701F on the other. This site helped with finding out something about the two skillets, however I am still looking for info on the OP & CO. Seems there is more info on #9s. Oh well. Plus I am always looking for recipes. Last night was skillet grilled butter potatoes and onions and today was skillet baked avocados and eggs.

 

[John E]

Welcome! If you keep hanging around here, you'll find yourself to be a collector before you know it. It just kinda happens

 

[Steve Stephens]

Pat, sometimes we start not as collectors but as users or curious people. The Orr Painter & Co. from Reading, PA is one of my favorite makes of skillets due to their light weight and fine casting quality. Probably made in the 1880s, you don't see a great number of them. Made in sizes 6 (mine was unmarked)-10 and maybe larger up to 11 or 12 but I don't think I have seen those sizes. Orr-Painter became Prizer-Painter in later years, not sure when.

 

[Pat S]

Steve, thanks. That is good to know. They both look relatively old and are not as heavy (thin sides) as the modern Lodge ones I own. The Erie cleaned up pretty nice, but the OP&CO is on it's own schedule. But then again, I am pretty lucky to get one clean as I have no idea how long they were in the elements and they both looked pretty rugged.

John, that may be true and if it is, I better start figuring out more recipes or my wife will not be happy with my collection. They are great for cooking but a pain to store. I guess my next item with have to be waffle iron as waffles are her weakness.