Griddle I.D. & 3 notch Lodge question

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Michael Talton

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Can someone help with I.D. of recent griddle acquisition? Number size and location says older BSR to me, but no heat ring and handle is all wrong.

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Next question: I have two 3 notch Lodge #5 skillets. One seems older - the size # is italicized, the casting seems nicer, and the notches in the heat ring appear to have been cast, whereas the other has a more blockish size number, slightly rougher casting, and the notches appear to have been put in the heat ring with a grinder. Photos are a little blurry - sorry. Any thoughts on that, and is this something that can narrow down the manufacture date?

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the other:
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The griddle is a BSR, the handle and heat ring "rule" really only applies to skillets. This style griddle did not usually have a heat ring, the outer rim serving as one for all intents and purposes.

Of the two Lodges, I'd put the first late 1940s, the second mid-1950s. The thinner heat ring and numeral style is more like their older pieces. The notches in the other may have been filed in, but into the pattern, not the pans. I would say the line in the photo is just a coincidental casting artifact.
 
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