4 notch skillet = japanese?

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PBBurkett

Member

• Dec 22, 2015

• #1

I finally got to cleaning this skillet I purchased a few weeks ago. It's got four notches on the heat ring, and a number 8. I've found very little info on it other than its possibly japanese.

 

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JustinR

Member

• Dec 23, 2015

• #2

Didnt the "maid of honor" series by Lodge have 4 notches? Although I know they said maid of honor on them....the handle looks similar too

 

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DougH

Member

• Dec 23, 2015

• #3

I'm not the greatest at identifying no name iron, but that 8 looks like the lodge font to me as well.

 

Doug D.

Administrator

Staff member

• Dec 23, 2015

• #4

Could be Asian, but not for certain. Obviously copying the Lodge notches and font, but not the handle. Nothing like MOH, however. The heat ring on those is very thin and flat, and the iron is weird, almost like pot metal.

 

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M Garner

Member

• Mar 1, 2017

• #5

I just came across this old post. it's funny because I have one of those four notch skillets. I know for a fact mine is not Japanese, it was my great, great grandmamma pan. she died in 1939 I always wondered why it had 4 notches instead of three. has anyone else heard of this before? I can post a photo tomorrow.

 

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Russell S.

Member

• Mar 3, 2017

• #6

Maybe another skillet made in a small foundry. Was She in the South?

 

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CJMunnich

Member

• Mar 4, 2017

• #7

Russell S. said:

Maybe another skillet made in a small foundry. Was She in the South?

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This is a good point. I have seen several advertising skillets made in small domestic foundries that were Lodge copies.

 

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M Garner

Member

• Mar 6, 2017

• #8

yes sir we are in SC.............