Big skillets, found two

[billwatson2]

I don't need these, but today I found two big (16-18") stamped steel skillets right for our era. Suitable for a company frying pan, reasonably long handles riveted on stamped steel. One is the typical three-rivet handle deal; the other has an iron or steel reinforcing band one-third of the way around the rim of the pan, riveted to the pan, with the handle attached to that. These are big, deep skillets with longer than usual handles, but they are not the giant Adirondacks lodge skillets with three-foot handles.
I got pictures but my cell phone sent them to Mars, apparently.
They want $40 for the reinforced one and $35 for the other. Both are in ready-to-use condition. If anyone is interested, I'd be glad to get real photos tomorrow, send them along, and then buy them if you want. If anyone interested is also going to McDowell, we've just solved the shipping cost problem.
Let me know. People are always asking about these. Finding two at once is pretty much a call to share the joy.

[flattop32355]

Very possible I could use them at McDowell to cook your food this weekend.

[billwatson2]

Done. See you there.

[mike51tenn]

Scoured some flea markets in Hot Springs this past weekend looking for a smaller one, nothing but cast iron and enamel ware.

[billwatson2]

They are few and far between, but usually affordable. It's been ten years since I saw one, and the price then was $5. Two in one day is just great.

[Spinster]

Mike,

Your best ready source for such in the Deep South is Pete Christopher of Guntown, Mississippi. Don't know if he got cleaned out at Shiloh or not, but he mines obscure ratholes of plunder that folks like us will never find.

It's a good bet that Pete will be at Tannehill State Park, between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa just off I 59 on Memorial weekend.

If you find one that needs the cool handle changed out, get up with me. We've got a boy doing a dandy job on the defarb.

[David Einhorn]

Does anyone have photos, measurements and other details of what period correct pans should look like?

[TheQM]

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If you find one that needs the cool handle changed out, get up with me. We've got a boy doing a dandy job on the defarb.

Actually defarbing a cool handle frying pan is a pretty easy job. First find a cool handle frying that's the size you need/want. Then cut-off the entire handle, right at the edge of the pan it's self. Use heavy duty tin snips, or a hacksaw for the job. Smooth out the cut edge with a grinding wheel, or even a big file. Now, go find your friendly neighborhood blacksmith and get him to make you a handle out of wrought iron. Take along a photo of what you want, along with the pan. It helps the blacksmith if he can see the angle you need for the attaching lug on the handle.

Take your fancy new handle and pan home. You will need to drill three holes, in a triangle pattern, through the handle lug and the pan to attach the handle. I find it easiest to hold the handle in place with a C-clamp and drill just one hole. use a "Tinner's rivet to attach the handle. Make sure the hole you drill is the exact size as the rivet. (You don't want your pan to leak at the handle.) After the handle is attached, it's simple to drill the other two holes and rivet in place.

You can find tinner's rivets at any good hardware store. If the original cool handle extended down into the pan, you'll need to leave a little "Overhang" when you cut off the handle. You can than use a ballpeen hammer to tap up the edge of the pan before finishing the rough edge. Oh yeah, you'll need a vice with an anvil for the riveting job and to fix up the edge of the pan, if necessary.

Other than waiting for the blacksmith to make your new handle, your now non-farby frying pan will only take about a hour to make!

[Spinster]

BillHoney

Now really, I'd like a show of hands as to who has both anvil and vise at their home shop. Or even at their disposal.


Having both, I can attest to the sheer amount space all these Treasures (junk ) take, especially when I need to downsize . MyUncle held his hand up for the big vise the day of MyDaddy's funeral. I've told him I'd consider it, providing he also disposes of the 55 gallon concrete filled barrel it's bolted to.

Cause I already have a frying pan.......

[TheQM]

BillHoney

Now really, I'd like a show of hands as to who has both anvil and vise at their home shop. Or even at their disposal.

Not good when a Southern Lady calls you "Honey". Means you are in deep do-do!

Actually, most guys, with even a small shop, will have a machinist's vice. They mostly come with a small anvil built-in.

I have to admit my shop comes better equipped. I have a machinist's vice on one end of my workbench and a woodworker's vice on the other end.