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Offline Terry Wharton

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Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« on: June 30, 2015, 06:29:55 PM »
Back in June of 2014 this turned up at a local auction, nestled in a small box lot containing odd & end CI. This was the first time I'd attended a sale with on-line bidding, along with a 10% buyer's premium (another first). The thin casting is unreal, almost like light gauge sheet steel.

I still haven't made any bread in it, but ran a 20-slice batch of stuffing through it on Thanksgiving.

Here's one of the on-line photos of the lot, along with one of the contents spread out. "After" views to follow.
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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2015, 06:31:18 PM »
"After" shots:
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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2015, 06:58:07 PM »
Thats a nice piece Terry. Thanks for posting it. I believe those came in three sizes.

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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2015, 07:43:02 PM »
I'd love to find anything from Portland S &F. They are the sweeties who re-built my King Kineo cookstove back in the 70s. Sue

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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2015, 12:25:56 AM »
Very nice piece Terry!

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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2015, 04:55:26 AM »
GREAT find there [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2015, 09:11:41 AM »
Thanks Perry, and you're welcome. Your mention of three sizes made me think of the old Dad's root beer: Papa, Mama and Junior!

Susan, it's great that they were around long enough to put your piece back on the road, and if I managed to stumble onto something by them right around here, serendipity could happen up on anyone! Stuff's out there!

Hey Duke and Jim - I wasn't familiar with PSF - still don't possess a smart phone and couldn't look it up at the sale - but I wasn't going home without it. I'd only read the newspaper notice (that made no mention of it) and didn't check the on-line listing until returning home. It wasn't even sitting with the many tables of CI, that included dozens of sad irons (including those that hold coals), but was stuck with myriad box lots of beaters, strainers, pie pans etc. that sold last. It was well worth the nearly four hour wait.
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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2015, 10:28:18 PM »
  Congratulations Terry! Really like those Atlantic Bread Pans, and you did a fantastic cleaning job to boot!

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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2015, 10:29:58 AM »
Many thanks Jim. Along with its distinctive look, it has that "live" tactile quality when handled, and when tapped along one of the long sides it buzzes for nearly a second.

As for cleaning & seasoning: before joining WAGS, each Spring I'd pick a nice breezy day, crank open all the windows, coat my store-bought #12 Lodge DO and my 1891 Wagner pan (just one at a time) with melted Crisco, place them inverted atop side-by-side baking sheets to catch most of the runoff, and proceed to let 'em smoke away at whatever temp. the directions on the bottom of the 1891 said - with giraffe spotting everywhere. Through early 2010 that's how it was; neither were crudded but the seasoning would go away. Utilizing lye, canola oil and proven WAGS methods, cleaning/seasoning is now any time of year and I no longer have to pull the nine-volts from the smoke alarms.
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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2015, 09:14:20 AM »
Terry, I had to laugh when you said:    "I wasn't going home without it."     gee, I know someone that says that once in a while.    you have a similar bidding style...  bid till you win.     sometimes you just HAVE TO HAVE it!   congratulations on your find.  it is amazing!  definitely worth the wait. ;)

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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2015, 07:30:19 AM »
Thanks Marge.

The crazy way I look at is: if I'm going to spend however many hours at an auction waiting for something to go on the block, then I'm willing to pay a certain amount of $$$ per hour for my invested time (although there's no established rate!). Luckily though, for whatever reason, most of the local CI folks were not at this sale, and the majority of those present left after the last of the lots over on the CI tables (sometimes auction attrition is your friend!). Bidding on the PSF box kicked off at $5.00 and for $35.00 it was mine, plus the 10% buyer's premium, and 6.75% state sales tax (but no shipping charge, no scary packing, and no even scarier sorting centers). But after waiting for nearly four hours, I was prepared to go much higher, even though I had no idea as to its actual value. I can still remember the lot #: 813.

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Re: Portland Stove Foundry: Atlantic Bread Pan
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2015, 01:29:14 PM »
Being born and raised in Portland Maine, I'm going to have to be on the lookout now for Portland Stove Foundry pieces.  AWESOME!