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Offline Rick Martin

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Birmingham No. 5 8 1/8 IN.
« on: April 03, 2020, 05:25:49 PM »
Hi, I'm a newbie to cast iron and the forum. Can anyone tell me what the number "1" means that can be seen inside the teardrop on the handle? thanks very large, Rick
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Re: Birmingham No. 5 8 1/8 IN.
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2020, 01:08:41 AM »
Probably a pattern mark. If the pattern had multiple skillets on it, sometimes they would mark those skillets, 1,  2, 3, 4 etc. That way if "bad" skillets started showing up "down stream" those numbers could help ID the offending pattern.
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