Date of a 3 Notch Lodge Skillet

[BHarmon]

I have a 3 Notch Lodge #14 Skillet with Made in the USA Mark.
The interior finish is somewhat rough.
What were the years that they may have made these?
Thank You,

 

[Doug D.]

By those markings, early to mid-1960s to 1987. By rough do you mean unpolished or eroded?

 

[BHarmon]

I mean, not machined or ground.
Just a casting finish

 

[Doug D.]

Lodge says they stopped polish grinding in 1997. But in their history, they simultaneously offered a variety of finishes. I have a #10 SK from the mid-1970s that is unpolished.

 

[RickC]

I have a 3 Notch Lodge #14 Skillet with Made in the USA Mark.

When you say "Made in the USA Mark" do you mean it actually says "Made in the USA"? or does it just say "(US)"?

The only 14 I own is just the "(US)" one.. Mine is milled and super smooth.

 

[KevinE]

If I recall correctly, and I may not, they were marked both ways with the earlier ones having the (US) mark.

 

[BHarmon]

This one is marked;
14
SK
Made in USA