Thank you Will, that's good to hear! I was reading online last night about rough castings, different fonts, grinder marks, and weight all being tell tale signs of reproductions/fakes and I guess I'm kind of paranoid now.
Some of the things that worried me is that even with these two the slanted Griswold fonts were different? I was looking at the "W" in both as well as the font for the "3" (looks more computerish?). Do you know why the 3 doesn't have the number stamped on the handle and why the ERIE is in parentheses? Others I see do not have the parentheses.
This is my first dive into cast iron and they are both for my wife as a sixth anniversary wedding present (traditionally iron). I love the fact that these could be close to 100 years old and don't want to give her a fake! :-)
