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Offline Cheryl Watson

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#14 Skillet - ???
« on: November 08, 2014, 09:54:57 PM »
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2014, 10:14:16 PM »
BSR, it's the handle. Would love to have one.
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2014, 10:17:28 PM »

That was my initial thought... but no helper handle.... so I wanted to gather other opinions.


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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2014, 10:25:32 PM »
The shape of opening in that handle does not look like other BSR pieces. Not sure about that one.  Have you seen another BSR with raised size number on the bottom? I haven't. 
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2014, 10:34:50 PM »
Handle looks BSR, Heat ring looks correct. No assist handle, but that feature could have been a later addition. Size is in the correct location for BSR. The main issue is the raised size number. If that number was incised I don't think there would be much discussion. Odd that the number is raised on the bottom, I'm assuming the number is the same height as the heat ring. We do have the example of Lodge using raised size numbers and later going to incised, maybe BSR followed suit? I'm hoping Tom will see this, and perhaps he can compare that 14 to the 14 on some of his older COs or Spiders. I lean towards this one being BSR.
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2014, 10:37:11 PM »
Dang it Roger, I'm going to have go dig that BSR 14 out I have ;D
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2014, 10:49:14 PM »
When you find out, I've got one too. Crappy casting but the inside is smooth.
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2014, 10:53:04 PM »
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2014, 10:53:42 PM »
BSR 12
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2014, 10:54:20 PM »
Forgot to mention: my handle is more scooped. Sue
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2014, 11:02:29 PM »
Let's try a side by side:


PS, Sue, yours looks like a recast of this one.  Lack of clarity on the raised 14, rough casting, slag/poor definition of handle hole...  :-/ :-/
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2014, 11:07:14 PM »
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Dang it Roger, I'm going to have go dig that BSR 14 out I have ;D

Thanks Dwayne. The tear drop shaped cut out looks different on that skillet to me. It looks longer and wider than the BSR skillets.  It may be older, but I don't know.  I've got some older BSR skillets and none of them have the raised size number like that.   :D
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2014, 04:39:36 AM »
This different skillet does not have all the flashing in that teardrop that my two have. Both of mine are actually quite sharp in that area were this raised number pan does not have that. I don't know, but if my two were "cleaned up" in that area they might be pretty similar?
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2014, 09:24:06 AM »
Cheryl - I don't think mine is a re-cast, the pix aren't very good & I hadn't cleaned it yet. Figure a big pan like that might have had a hard life, maybe cooking for a camp. The heat ring is very nicely detailed & so is the scoop on the handle. I just assumed, since it's so big, that the iron cooled a bit being poured. I bought it for the races, to make breakfast for the whole gang. Needs a BBQ grille or a woodstove to heat evenly. Sue
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2014, 09:46:41 AM »
It does take a bit of space to use these 14's. That is why I had to go dig mine out. They are just to large for stove top use, well to big for my stovetop. Susan still pondering yours. That teardrop shape is much more in line with what we see with BSR skillets, but that raised number. I've never seen a BSR with a raised number, doesn't mean it couldn't be, just unusual. The rest of the skillets look like it, so I'm still leaning, but  sure can not confirm. I'm hoping Tom might be able to shed some light on it.
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2014, 02:07:30 PM »
Interesting, I thought that triangle style handle was BSR only. Been collecting pics of Canadian cast iron lately and this little number 3 Smart pan (No G Logo) has the same style of handle. I would assume that Smart pans without the G logo would be older? Never seen one with raised numbering tho, and they did make pans with heat rings. Can't find one larger for comparison, just a curiousity.
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2014, 07:11:03 PM »
With this whole discussion, I forgot to ask the obvious question: Cheryl, what are you going to do with that big, heavy monster? Aren't you a tiny little girl? Are you planning on feeding a whole scout troop? Sue
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2014, 08:53:26 PM »
Of and by it's self, the handle does not make this a BSR, just as one example would be Lodge 1910 - 1930 had several series with this type handle, but the Lodge usually had the size on the top of the handle.  My Red Mountain BSR has the incised number and helper tab, but who actually knows when the helper tab was introduced.  This very well could be a early BSR, simular time frame as the Lodge with the raised numbers/letters.
I certainly like the looks of it, but then I use my #14s often.
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2014, 08:57:59 PM »
Thank you Tom
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Re: #14 Skillet - ???
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2014, 07:19:56 AM »
Cheryl, I have the same pan but my handle is more scooped like the one Sue has. We use it to make pizza. Dan
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