Unmarked Wagner handle?

[DonnaM]

Am I correct that the small triangle on the back of the handle where it meets the pan is common on unmarked Wagner skillets?

 

[DonnaM]

Hmmm…I notice that my Griswold skillets also have the triangle wedge, so I am confused….

 

[Doug D.]

It's important to consider individual characteristics like the triangular area as just a small part of making an identification of an unmarked piece. While many Wagner skillets, marked and unmarked, have that flattened triangle at the base of the handle, it's not necessarily exclusive to that maker.

Even BSR skillets, one of whose main identifying characteristics is a ridge that does not flatten where it meets the sidewall of the pan, are sometimes seen with a flattened area there. But it is other characteristics, like a heat ring or the size and placement of size markings, that let us know it's a BSR.

 

[DonnaM]

That makes sense. Here are some other views of the unmarked pan....hopefully that will help with ID. (I really thought it was an unmarked Wagner.)

 

[Doug D.]

I didn't say it wasn't. Only that you were confusing yourself by focusing too intently on that one characteristic.

Refer to: https://www.castironcollector.com/unmarked.php#wagner

 

[JHuff]

the triangle plus the word skillet would identify as wagner

 

[DonnaM]

Thanks for the guidance!