Only been in the game about a half year and explored a few local spots a couple weekends ago that turned up a few firsts for me: Saw my first wild #2 Griswold (wanted $325 and it was cracked), hamburger logo Martin and a Miami skillet (neither are common around here), and picked up my first Griswold & Vollrath pans.
I'm more interested in restoring for use than collecting so I'm generally looking for the "ugly" pans on the cheap. The Griswold was a #7 with bad sulfur pitting but a great cooking surface - doesn't matter to me since it'll be my camping pan. The Vollrath was a bit sticky and rusty, but turned out great and is going to be a birthday gift for my brother.
Finally had time to get around to working on them, here's the before & afters! Gris on the left, Vollrath on the right.
http://imgur.com/a/hWeVO
I'm more interested in restoring for use than collecting so I'm generally looking for the "ugly" pans on the cheap. The Griswold was a #7 with bad sulfur pitting but a great cooking surface - doesn't matter to me since it'll be my camping pan. The Vollrath was a bit sticky and rusty, but turned out great and is going to be a birthday gift for my brother.
Finally had time to get around to working on them, here's the before & afters! Gris on the left, Vollrath on the right.
http://imgur.com/a/hWeVO