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Offline Roger Muse

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Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« on: March 21, 2014, 01:46:30 AM »
Picked up a real crusty pan that I thought was an old Lodge due to the three notched heat ring.  Had a handle that I handn't seen on a Lodge though.

Got it cleaned up and on the bottom it reads:

N-3
JAPAN
PAT 10015

It measures same as a Griswold #6 but with a slightly longer handle, but it weighs 12 oz less than my Griswold.

Very light skillet.  I am thinking probably 1950s era.

Japanese have a long history of excellent Cast Iron craftsmanship.
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2014, 11:04:12 AM »
Roger, I have a four-notch that sounds similar. Does yours look something like this?



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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2014, 11:52:52 AM »
Yes, almost exactly.

See pictures I just uploaded in first post.

Any additional information about it available?

Seeing as it is Post-War Japan manufactured, hopefully there weren't using any scrap metal from Hiroshima or Nagasaki .   ;D

But then again, a skillet that can cook a meal without needing an external heat source might just sell.   ::)
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2014, 09:54:18 PM »
I bought one old Japan skillet a while back. Cleaned it up and gave it to a buddy of mine. It was nicely casted and I think the old Japan iron seems like pretty good cast iron.
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2014, 10:41:22 PM »
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I bought one old Japan skillet a while back. Cleaned it up and gave it to a buddy of mine. It was nicely casted and I think the old Japan iron seems like pretty good cast iron.

Ditto [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2014, 11:45:57 AM »
I've done eggs a number of times in the one I posted above. No stick, nice even heat ... as good as my No.6 Griswold grooved handled baby ... but not nearly as handsome.    [smiley=twocents.gif]
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2014, 12:46:04 PM »
Hi,
I just bought a skillet that is identical to the picture Ken posted.  Do you have any more information on it?  Do you know how old it is?
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2014, 02:35:47 PM »
Sorry, Tuan. No idea. I've been trying to find info on it since I got it. Nothing so far.
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2014, 10:23:53 PM »
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Hi,
I just bought a skillet that is identical to the picture Ken posted.  Do you have any more information on it?  Do you know how old it is?

Straigth deductive reasoning puts it mid 1950s at the earliest.  Poast WWII it took a while before Japan's industrial base was rebuilt enough for them to enter the export market.  Also, during the first decade or so post WWII, the US feelings toward Japan hadn't had time for most people to accept anything with a "Made In Japan" mark.  Have nothing in stone to verify, just conjecture.
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Re: Heat Ring like an old Lodge, but it is Japanese.
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2014, 11:46:02 AM »
I tend to agree, Roger. I remember growing up in the '50s we looked on Japanese goods as totally inferior. The only things that seemed to have gained acceptance were cheap five and dime toys and the occasional poorly painted tea sets. Even up into the '60s no one really wanted Japanese goods.
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