Taiwan "set"

[Tommy Harris]

I have a put together set of leftover pieces from auctions and what not.  They are all Taiwan pieces with the exception of the fajita skillet that is made in China.  They cleaned up and seasoned beautifully.  I have seen some interest on the local boards for sets of cast iron.   Anybody sold many of these?  What would be a fair value for this set?  Is $75 out of line? 
4.5qt dutch oven with lid
2 qt sauce pan
10.25" skillet
2 8" skillets - one has some pitting along the edge of the cooking surface.
Fajita skillet

[Russell Ware]

Asian made cast iron is good for 2 things: using it as the donor piece in an electrolysis rig, or sending it to the scrap yard. I am not being rash. I am being serious. Aside from the generally poor design and casting practices, the foundries in Asia typically do not bring the molten metal to a high enough temperature so the impurities coalesce on top and can be removed as slag. A higher level of impurities in the casting means that it does not heat evenly, and it can be prone to cracking or outright breaking. More than one celebrity branded Asian made cast iron product has been recalled for being defective in this manner.
The bottom line, however, is you can still get whatever you can get for your set. Some people are uninformed, or they just plain do not care. Don’t expect too much. Personally, asking half of what you are asking is still too much. But that is just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions.
If you are going to spend time restoring cast iron cookware. Focus on the tons of vintage American made pieces out there at bargain basement prices. They are waiting for you to find them, and they are much higher quality than these very cheaply made Asian sets.

[Tommy Harris]

Well, thanks for the help. Lol.  Guess I will have to see what the local market dictates.   

[Adam Hoagland]

[size=12]Even though I have a pretty decent sized collection of Griswold, I don't personally use any of it for cooking.  I know that this is an area where almost all of the people who post on this forum would disagree with me (the last time I even brought it up, someone responded by saying, "How sad," so I haven't mentioned it since,) but they're welcome to do with their own pieces what they want to.  When I'm doing everyday stovetop frying, I use one of two types of cast iron:  Cheap Wal-Mart Lodge or Cheaper Taiwanese skillets that were given to my father as a gift a while ago.

Why?  Because then I'm not risking anything valuable.  Even if I wanted to pretend to be enough of a cast iron guru to be totally above the risk of accidentally overheating and warping a skillet, I can be as butterfingered as the next primate, especially when I'm handling burning hot metal with an old hot pad.  I already cracked my Wal-Mart Lodge skillet somehow -- don't ask me how or when -- and I'm not loosing any sleep over the fact.  If I accidentally cracked or warped an expensive Griswold skillet (and with the high prices of late, there aren't too many cheap ones anymore) then I'm out the dough, when I could have done the same cooking job with an expendable contemporary or Asian piece of cast.

So, even though many may shun the practice, I wouldn't be afraid to use them for everyday.  I'm not interested in buying yours, I wouldn't try to sell them, (unless it's for a dollar each at the local rummage sale, if you want to get them out of the house,) and if I was you I wouldn't buy any more of them.  But in my experience, they're perfectly useable, and perfectly expendable.  They're just not Cadillacs.[/size]

[Jim Glatthaar]

I think most people respect your opinion Adam.  I'm not like C.B.making cornbread in a $3,000.00 skillet, but I like to cook with my vintage cast iron, whether they are no name pieces, old Eries, stylized logo Wagners, BSRs or whatever.  I also cook in newer Lodges, made in the U.S.A.

[Duke Gilleland]

If it's on our place, it's subject to get used.

[Valerie Johnson]

I have a couple of Asian pieces that we use for outside cooking on the BBQ grille, We have a side burner on the grille and I use 3 different Korean Lodge copies and I have an unmarked but definitely an Asian import Dutch Oven that I use inside the BBQ grille, We also have a few of those long wood handled Asian skillets that we use in our firepit, I have never had one crack but a few have warped but it really does not bother me because I picked them up dirt cheap at the local GoodWill and Thrift stores and if they get too bad I just chuck them in the scrap metal pile and we look for another at the thrift shops.

[C. B. Williams]

Different strokes for different people. I don't like using cheap tools or cookware. Used properly vintage cast is a joy to cook with. I have never warped or cracked a piece. YET.

[C. Perry Rapier]

Hello Adam. I hear you loud and clear and I respect your opinion. I have user pieces that I use daily and I keep them either on or in my stove oven. About five or six pieces I'd say see regular use. I like using some just for the hell of it though. Pieces like that that I use would be a number 14 skillet, probably a twelve also, and a number 20, and I use number six, number eight, and number nine DO's, but I do like to use my number thirteen every now and then, just to watch it work. But on my stove I use a number 9 Deep Wagner, and number twelve regular griswold, and some fours and sixes. I forgot what we are talking about now.

OH YES SORRY.  ;D

Hello Adam. I'd like to send you a Christmas present. IM me your address.  :)

[Adam Hoagland]

Hello Adam. I'd like to send you a Christmas present. IM me your address.

[size=12]Umm... que?

I'd need further details, unless this is a joke.  If it is, I must be dense, 'cause I don't get it.[/size]

[C. Perry Rapier]

Hello Adam. I'd like to send you a Christmas present. IM me your address.

[size=12]Umm... que?

I'd need further details, unless this is a joke.  If it is, I must be dense, 'cause I don't get it.[/size]

Hello Adam. No it's not a like.  :)

[Tommy Harris]

Well, they did sell.  The couple that bought them had a few pans similar to the set pictured and wanted more like it.   They love them.    Thanks all for the input.   

Tommy