Cast iron ....non lodge

Cool video

Family owned

Not cheap though

I know you guys like vintage , but any thoughts on these ?

As a lifetime CI lover and user, I'd never give them a thought.

Never tried that model but have used Lodge three notch for years. Just purchased a USA made Stargazer 10.5 skillet which is very nice. Plus a 15% discount for veterans was a nice gesture.

Chris

I have an old steel pan , that is the best pancake pan ever.
Not cast iron , but steel.
Seasoned the same as cast iron.
It needs to be used often , to keep the non stick like cast iron.
70 Years ago , mom made the best buckwheat pancakes ever in it.

Thay look nice but what I like about the old stuff I have is it is thin and very smooth. They said theirs is thick but smooth.
I sanded my lodge stuff and it's as smooth as the cast that was my great grandmothers. So that's is a good option if you want to save money. If you prefer the more modern design and have extra cash I think they look nice.

You can get a very nice vintage Wagner / Griswold for 1/3 the price.

I just won a pan on Ebay yesterday...1910 Wagner #10 for 71.00 plus 15.00 shipping
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Will post pics when it gets here

Nice !!!

stargazer is my new favorite, I have the 12 incher

Can't be cheap to labor intensive but looks like good quality and American made but I really like my grandmas pans .

You are driving up the price. I can't figure out why you won. I gave $21.07 shipped with tax on e-bay for my chicken fryer a couple weeks ago. $1.04 for the pan.

All we use is cast iron. Wagner and Lodge for the longest. Bought a Finex last year and like it. Just got a No. 12 Smithey and absolutely love it. Been cooking in it every day.

what

I hope some one with more money than I have buys one lets it sit in the sink for a week and rust and wants to get rid of it so I can buy it cheep at a thrift store

that is my thought , I wish them well in their endeavor it is very cool and I appreciate they understand it is a lifetime piece of cook ware

but I have 4 lifetimes worth of cast right now the few pieces I have bought in the last 4 years were to give to my kids or as presents for other people.

Agri - supply has reasonable priced cast iron cookware if you are looking for affordable stuff.

I'm with you , I'd like to find an abandoned and neglected piece somewhere

I watched it for 6 days...and put my bid in with 15 minutes left. It's wasn't some chicken fryer ...it was an Early Wagner.
Iam not a collector..iam a user. But I like old pieces like that

Now on the hunt for one of them gate marked pans

There is a flea market in Backus, Minnesota open all year that had a room full of cast iron stuff last time I was there. Like hundreds of items. Someone who knows about such things could probably have a heyday in there; the shelves are stacked down and overflowing onto the floor. I haven't been there in a while but it's probably still the same.

Never bought cast iron from them but buy some of their other stuff. They have an interesting catalog.

I will buy a vintage cast iron skillet...a 1860-1930 straight Razor..a pre 1964 rifle.
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Ovah anything made today

I hear there might be a couple at the Pa rondy.

Recently was given a Lodge.
After a wire wheel and several oil changes,
I see why they are cheaper. The pits need a body man.

Well isn't that special? How many vintage skillets do you want for $70 plus shipping?

Go see what a restored #10...100+ year old Wagner skillet that doesn't spin

Go for.

Go look at what a 1950-60's Wagner chicken fryer sells for.

Sounds like you should Staaht a little side hustle

Looking forward to that. A early Wagner arc logo is on my want list!

Nessmuck what do you mean when a skillet doesn't spin ? Jon