strange gate skillet

[Ed Allspaugh]

I find this skillet interestingly strange.You can see the ground finish very well on the cooking surface and the skillet walls, but they are not in the pour lips. The gate mark is ground down also, and there is no wear from use. Looks almost like it was made in the last couple years. Maybe it was?

[Ed Allspaugh]

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[Roger Barfield]

Ed, what does the handle look like?

[moosejaw]

I've never seen a ground, gated skillet.  From the pic, that grounded gate looks none to neat.  The bottom also looks like it has a few casting flaws.  Judging by the heat ring and gate, I'd say it is not new.  Is it possible that the grinding of the inside is recent?  

[C. Perry Rapier]

Ed, from what I can see, maybe somebody ground down the inside recently. The bottom does look old. The pour spouts are not as pronounced as a modern skillet. They are smaller and set back in a little, which indicates, to me, that it is old. Thats my opinion. You know what they say, opinions are like (censored) everybodys got one.

[Ed Allspaugh]

handle

[Ed Allspaugh]

Side shot. Can you put more than one pic in a post. If so how?

[moosejaw]

Ed,

I have several unmarked gated pieces with that style of handle......pointed, with the groove in it.  Mine have a few casting flaws also.  I wish I knew which foundry poured these pieces....that style of handle shows up a lot.  Possibly several foundries made pieces with that style handle.  We will never know.  I'll stick with my first idea.....which was parroted by Perry......old piece, new grinding.  

[Steve_Stephens]

That is an odd one Ed.  Unlike any I have though I do have some gated skillets that are ground.  Most appear to be just polished.  Maybe they ground a lot smoother in the early days or the ages of use have polished the grinding marks.  Even the handle on yours is different than I remember seeing.  An old skillet for sure from an unknown maker.  Thanks for the photos.
Steve

[Roger Barfield]

Ed, I'm not so sure that isn't all original.  Look at this skillet including the gate and grinding.  

[Roger Barfield]

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[C. Perry Rapier]

Marty, when I set the screen to respond, you responded. We both said the same thing about the skillet. I have seen this type before. In fact I just got one the other day. This also has a raised number for the size, doesn't it?

[Roger Barfield]

This one was gound the same as yours.  The shape of the pour spouts is different, but the handle is the same style.  That's a interesting skillet.  Thanks also for posting.  Perhaps someone more recently ground the gate mark for whatever reason.

[C. Perry Rapier]

Ed, I'm not so sure that isn't all original.  Look at this skillet including the gate and grinding.  

Roger, when you say, "I'm no so sure that is not all original" I am not following you. I don't get your point. Are you saying your skillet is another one like Eds and your skillet is old and Eds is probably old too. I don''t mean to be picky, I just want to understand the exchange.

[Ed Allspaugh]

That was my thoughts on the gate mark Roger, perhaps it stuck below the H/R. I think the inside grinding is original. It's a large skillet for a #12 It's 14-1/2" O.D.

[C. Perry Rapier]

OK Ed, take a picture of something else and show it to us, so we can critique it. Bearing in mind now, that this is a family forum.

[Roger Barfield]

Perry, I was referring to what Ed said about his skillet.

Looks almost like it was made in the last couple years. Maybe it was?

What I meant was I think that is the way it was made and perhaps the gate mark had been recently ground down.  In the photo it has a different more bright metal look to it.  I think Ed's skillet is definitely an older skillet, but perhaps it was made toward the end of the gated skillet era, and maybe the gate mark was ground at some point after it was made for whatever reason.  Clear as mud?  Either way, I like the skillet and would have bought it if I ran accross it for sale.

[Roger Barfield]

That was my thoughts on the gate mark Roger, perhaps it stuck below the H/R. I think the inside grinding is original. It's a large skillet for a #12 It's 14-1/2" O.D.

Ed, the skillet I have is 14-1/4" OD.  The inside grinding on it is uneven the way yours looks in the photo.  In other words some rings of the grinding cut deeper than others.  You could very well be right about the reason for grinding the gate mark.  However, someone may have thought it was a repair and wanted to smooth it out.  I've bought more than one gated skillet that the owner thought was repaired and the mark was a weld.  Great conversation.  

Perry, I don't even want to know what you had in mind.

OK Ed, take a picture of something else and show it to us, so we can critique it. Bearing in mind now, that this is a family forum.

[C. Perry Rapier]

Roger, what I had in mind was another piece of cast iron. I just wanted to make sure thats what Ed had in mind too. ;D

[moosejaw]

Ed,

Do you think that gate has been ground down?  It doesn't look like it from the last picture.....but there sure looks like a bunch of slop around it.  

It really is a neat skillet.  If you ever need someone to take it off your hands, give a holler.