Your grandma’s skillet may be a hidden gold mine, as 1950s cast-iron pans now fetch a fortune. Collectors are driving up prices across resale platforms ... Read more The post Is your grandma's skillet ...

“Vintage pans are going to be lighter,” Theisen adds. “They have thinner walls. The cooking surfaces on most modern-day pans aren’t as finely polished.” “The cooking surfaces on most modern-day pans ...

Two companies that cast hardware even when a customer wants only a single piece are Ball and Ball in Exton, Pa. (800-257-3711; ballandball-us.com) and Vintage Hardware and Lighting in Port ...

This large camp oven was made in the 1910s by Griswold, vintage cast iron’s most revered name. Buy Now: $298. Lodge No. 3 Skillet. Lodge didn’t always make skillets that feel like sandpaper. Before ...

Not to get too nerdy, but cast iron typically has a carbon content of two to four percent, which is 10 times the amount of regular steel. So once it's broken, that's it. BL: Gotcha.

These stove foundries were Maine’s largest makers of cast-iron cookware. Noyes & Nutter Manufacturing Company, Bangor (1836–1936) Portland Company Foundry, Portland (1846–1982) Wood, Bishop & Co., ...