Does anyone here hand their most used iron on the wall? What do you use? I have been using a hercules hook for my Griswold but it tends to flip upside down when I take my pan off. I am looking for a better idea that may look better than a nail but will still hold the weight of a pan.
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Wall hooks
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Steve Stephens
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I have used Floreat brand picture hanging hooks. They are very good quality and come in different sizes. But they are not cheap. I settled soon on small wire brads , 18 ga. x 1-3/8 to 1-1/2" long obtained from a picture framing shop. They go into my sheetrock walls and have never failed and they don't leave much of a hole when removed. I've hung about 150 pans using both the hooks and tiny wire brads and will always use the wire brads unless I need to hang a heavy pan. No No.13 dutch ovens hung but the nails will take good sized pans. For a No.14 skillet the picture hooks might be better.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/floreat-hangers/
http://www.freemansupply.com/WireBrads.htm
I have never heard of Hercules Hooks…
http://video.bedbathandbeyond.com/v/6359/hercules-hooks-hangers-seen/
http://www.dickblick.com/products/floreat-hangers/
http://www.freemansupply.com/WireBrads.htm
I have never heard of Hercules Hooks…
http://video.bedbathandbeyond.com/v/6359/hercules-hooks-hangers-seen/
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I hang my users on a homemade rack I made very inexpensively from inch by inch and a half boards and some three quarter inch conduit. I us the "S" type shower hooks as hangers. Its been a while but I believe it was less than 20 bucks for everything and like being able to move things around when get new iron just by sliding the hooks along the conduit. overall size is about 4 by 5 foot and sticks out about and inch and a half.
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This is how I have some of mine hung on the wall. As you can see some are doubled up but I'm in the process of making an identical rack for a different wall.
The wood is a piece of antique pine salvaged from an 1880's Victorian being torn down in the next town over. The bottom strip of wood that the hanging pans rest against is a piece of base cap moulding from the same house. It's attached to the wall with (6x) 5/16 by 4" square head lags. Each pan is hung on an antique square nail. When my floors are refinished, the color will closely match the pine of the pan rack.
I did the same basic thing in my girlfriend's house for her Wagners, but I used nice quarter sawn oak pieces from the same Victorian house.
The only things I had to buy for the project were the bolts and washers, and that was under $20. I had the lumber, nails, and tung oil for the finish already in stock.
The wood is a piece of antique pine salvaged from an 1880's Victorian being torn down in the next town over. The bottom strip of wood that the hanging pans rest against is a piece of base cap moulding from the same house. It's attached to the wall with (6x) 5/16 by 4" square head lags. Each pan is hung on an antique square nail. When my floors are refinished, the color will closely match the pine of the pan rack.
I did the same basic thing in my girlfriend's house for her Wagners, but I used nice quarter sawn oak pieces from the same Victorian house.
The only things I had to buy for the project were the bolts and washers, and that was under $20. I had the lumber, nails, and tung oil for the finish already in stock.
I may just go with nails. Can't leave any large holes in the walls here, and I don't plan to have THAT much 
(key word here is plan). I am wanting to get a griddle and a couple smaller pans (maybe 5/6) and a 9.
Getting ready to hit Ace for some Rooto for my first attempt at a lye bath. Trying the corn bread pan before I put my great-grandfather's pan in.
(key word here is plan). I am wanting to get a griddle and a couple smaller pans (maybe 5/6) and a 9. Getting ready to hit Ace for some Rooto for my first attempt at a lye bath. Trying the corn bread pan before I put my great-grandfather's pan in.