Picked it up for a song recently. I suspect it to be a BSR but it’s kind of weird. Also, why is it so clean and skinny? It looks like aluminum but it’s labeled as CI.

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    11 months ago

    This is a nickel plated griswold. Nickel plating is something they did at the factory on some skillets because there was some section of the population back then who were obsessed with nickel plating.

    As far as the center logo being gone, there was a time when natural gas piped to the home wasn’t as refined and still had sulfur in it and during combustion it produced a minute amount of sulfuric acid which over time caused pitting in the bottom of skillets

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    11 months ago

    Can I just say you guys are amazing for identifying a pan, of all things, from this.

    I’ve got a lodge. If anyone ground off the logo - I’d never be able to tell!

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      11 months ago

      I’ve been at this for over a decade and while I’m am by no means an expert you’d be surprised at how quickly you’ll start noticing subtle differences and eccentricities in pans from different manufacturers.

      This pan for example is definitely a griswold. One can tell from a mile off from the letter typeface on the handle which is classic griswold. Seeing the bottom text and typeface sealed it. Hope this helped :)

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    11 months ago

    It definitely had its seasoning completely removed. It also looks like someone gave the handle a mirror finish? Who did this to you?

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    11 months ago

    Got any pics of the bottom? That would help a lot in identifying it. It’s probably so shiny because it’s been polished for some reason.