Wade White
New member
Greetings all! Hey, I'm not a collector but I snagged this fine piece and was interested to see if I could learn anything about it.
I got this as a result of wanting to make waffles, buying a waffle maker and deciding it was JUNK! Thus began my quest for a not-junk unit. After a whole day of reading reviews on Amazon, I got the feeling they must ALL be junk! And I set out to see about something without all the fancy (and junky) nonstick and electronics. Something too simple to go wrong. Something old.
I found it on Ebay and was drawn to the "flip flop" action. I hadn't seen that before, so I assume it's not all that common. The seller was great and told me what he knew about it when I asked. Said they made these around mid-to-late 1800's, and he bought in Amish country where it was sitting amongst some very very old pieces. So that's what I know. about it. It was a nice even black color when I got it, and I stripped it with EZ-Off in a ziplock bag over a couple days. Seasoned it with grapeseed oil and I'm off and waffling.
So here she is in her lovely/ugly new seasoning:
And the base, which I didn't strip:
Of course, I can get more pics if needed.
Oops! 5 pics limit, I guess! PT II coming...
I got this as a result of wanting to make waffles, buying a waffle maker and deciding it was JUNK! Thus began my quest for a not-junk unit. After a whole day of reading reviews on Amazon, I got the feeling they must ALL be junk! And I set out to see about something without all the fancy (and junky) nonstick and electronics. Something too simple to go wrong. Something old.
I found it on Ebay and was drawn to the "flip flop" action. I hadn't seen that before, so I assume it's not all that common. The seller was great and told me what he knew about it when I asked. Said they made these around mid-to-late 1800's, and he bought in Amish country where it was sitting amongst some very very old pieces. So that's what I know. about it. It was a nice even black color when I got it, and I stripped it with EZ-Off in a ziplock bag over a couple days. Seasoned it with grapeseed oil and I'm off and waffling.
So here she is in her lovely/ugly new seasoning:
And the base, which I didn't strip:
Of course, I can get more pics if needed.
Oops! 5 pics limit, I guess! PT II coming...