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Got this at the goodwill bins today, $4!

Freshly restored (3 rounds, avocado oil). my cheesy scrambled eggs stuck a little this morning but the pan is pretty heavy so maybe i didn’t heat it up properly compared to the unmarked wagner i used to use for breakfast. i really love it though, i like the idea of a proud union company back in the late 30’s.

i read on one website that the history is lacking for this pan but it appears the crescent foundry co went out of business in 1937 and another, unnamed company took over the lease for the building, removed the crescent foundry co from the logo and continued producing pans. so i’m not really sure who made it.

I just took this out of the lye bath, scrubbed with bar keepers friend and i know there’s rust to deal with. But does this need more lye time or more scrubbing or is it just rust left behind?

I’ve only restored a handful of skillets but the little ones seem to be almost silver when they come out and get a couple scrubs. Is that almost bare silvery finish (the last photo) always under there if i scrub enough?

I keep telling myself i’m not buying any more cast iron from the goodwill bins, but apparently I can’t help myself. Today I found one i’ve never heard of before and I love it. Theres no more room in my lye bath, however, so this one won’t get cooked on for a while. Who else has an Ozark?

I restored this vintage pan about a year ago. i cook my husbands breakfast in it most days. There was a point in time where it was starting to have a glossy finish, but then it took a turn and now it always looks dull.

when i’m done cooking, i wipe with paper towels, fill it up with hot water, dump it out, add a little soap scrub with chain mail if there are chunks, then finish with a scrub daddy and rinse. wipe dry.

is this dull finish part of the life cycle of a pans seasoning or is something wrong?