Hello Mike. You have some nice looking iron. Thanks for posting some of it and showing us. :)
And hello Ken. You did a good job on that piece. That is a later made piece by Wagner. Sometimes you see them and rough as a cob in places. Looks like you got a nice one and the cleaning and seasoning make it look that much better. And what to use to season with, well, we have beat that horse a lot and still beat him at times. I use crisco myself. Others have had some problems with flaxseed oil. That lady that has touted using flaxseed oil has gathered quite a following. She cuts her own hair and will show you how to do that, how to season skillets, and she also reads the moon and the stars in case you are interested in what the moon and stars maybe telling you on any particular evening. I have tried to talk to the moon and the stars myself but they never listen to me. I am told they listen to her.