Tigerdroppings Cast Iron Skillet Resources

I'm in the process of restoring this Wagner Ware pan. It was made sometime between 1895 and 1915.

I purchased it from a woman off of Craigslist and couldn't tell the brand until I got some of the carbon removed.

I'll post an update when it's finished.

Cast Iron Collector

Great site...has a tutorial to clean and reseason pots

Tldr; put pots in oven on self clean, scrub hard with sos after they cool, thin layers of crisco at 500 for an hour at a time, 4 layers min

good luck

edit: his website looks a little wonky right now, heres a direct link to ID unmarked stuff

Unmarked ID

Here is the tutorial video for cleaning and reseasoning...have used it many times and highly recommend

Video Tutorial

I mentioned this in the Griswold thread but figured it would go here as well. Cleaned up a Wagner but rust had gotten the better of some of the interior surface. Should I attempt to get it fully smooth or just live with the rough patches? i cook with it consistently.
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That being said, that doesn't look like pitting to me. That looks like carbon build-up on the surface. I expect it can be removed by taking the pan back to the bare iron.

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Thanks.

I assumed it was corrosion or pitting as it is not above the surface of the pan but below surface level

I have one that looks similar on the sides and bottom. Gave up years ago on getting the build up off of it. I tried the oven on 550, I tried on an old gas grill as hot as it would go. I tried over flaming coals. All of it worked a little, along with a wire brush, but after so much of that, some was still left, and I just cook cornbread in it now. The inside is smooth as glass, I expect it was from decades of my grandmother frying chicken and pouring the grease back into a container after it cooled. Mostly along one side with a spout and along the bottom as well.

Sizes 10 and above that are not beat to hell are the best finds, imo

Top one looks like an unmarked 3 notch Lodge.

Bottom is a Birmingham Stove and Range.

Nice skillets.

Thanks guys!

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Bottom is a Birmingham Stove and Range.

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Nope. All bsr skillets had a heat ring. Some of their chicken fryers did not. Lid looks like a bsr, and an older one too. Would have to see the dimples though.

Edit: Sorry didnt realize last two pics were the same. I would need a better pic of the handle but it does look like a bsr chicken fryer.