phantomfixer Posted August 27, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2021 I thought collecting US marked knives, spatuala's, and ladles would be the end of my kitchen cookware collection, oh and a few US trash cans...now I find, on Ebay a US marked cast iron skillet...yet another rabbit hole anyone have US cast iron cookware... https://www.ebay.com/itm/224569977763?hash=item344969eba3%3Ag%3AmV4AAOSwOhNhFS6q&nma=true&si=qUXJpHC%2BLlInQYFxWNuxjIuz59o%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted August 27, 2021 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2021 This kind of discovery takes collecting out of the frying pan and into the skillet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted August 27, 2021 Share #3 Posted August 27, 2021 Nice big one too, 14". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMI88 Posted August 28, 2021 Share #4 Posted August 28, 2021 For what it's worth, the Cast Iron Collector website has this to say about US-marked Lodge skillets: "eBay sellers are constantly attributing that (U.S.) on those #14s to "military" or" government issue". It's just a Lodge early attempt at a "Made In USA" marking. Nothing any more special than that, and nothing rare." http://www.castironcollector.com/forum/showthread.php?t=293 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 29, 2021 Share #5 Posted August 29, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robinb Posted August 29, 2021 Share #7 Posted August 29, 2021 I have one like the OP's and another that is clearly US military and dated 1941. The 1941 matches the QM manuals for size, while the cast iron one is too big. The 41 isn't cast iron, but formed sheet steel and much lighter by more than half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMI88 Posted August 29, 2021 Share #8 Posted August 29, 2021 robinb, that makes a lot of sense that your stamped sheet metal skillet would be the true military issue skillet and the cast iron one is civilian. The markings are also much more consistent with known military items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted August 30, 2021 Share #9 Posted August 30, 2021 Gotta love a good cast iron skillet, military or otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted August 31, 2021 Share #10 Posted August 31, 2021 Here is a thread I started about a serious piece of US Army Cast Iron Cookware! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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