Wagner Ware Krusty Korn Junior - out shopping again

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SpurgeonH

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Walking around an antique mall ...

They want $15 for this cornstick pan. Worth it? It's nice and rusty. Would be fun to see what it looks like after several days in the e-tank. I searched for the Junior size in the forums. Looks like most folks find them for less. It has the patent number (not patent pending) and the "K" are the ears of corn, so it is a newer model, correct?




 
They clean up better than expected usually. $15 is kind of a no-brainer. That is a later one, but there are even later with no Sidney on them, not collectible.
 
Doug, you are going to have to work on your timeliness. It took you a whole 32 minutes to respond. When I'm out shopping you should be staring at the website waiting for my newbie posts. ;) ha!

Thanks for the info. I passed on it. But I pass right by there again tomorrow. I doubt I can resist two days in a row.
 
I bought it! Just like with the Waterman, the owner of the booth was at the store this afternoon and let me have it for $10. Boom goes the dynamite.
 
Hey guys, Here is the cleaned pan. I thinking it ready for seasoning ...

https://imgur.com/a/ZZgrq

But I wanted y'all to take a look at the inside and tell what you think. In the bottom of a lot of the corn kernels, there still seems to be some black. Is this clean enough? Or should I put it back in the Easy-Off? Or maybe back in the e-tank? Here's a close-up of what I'm talking about ...

https://imgur.com/dNkx6Ex
 
Easy Off won't do anything to carbon with no grease left in it, which is what that most likely is. Electro might get it off, but a medium stiff stainless steel wire brush might get in them enough to make a difference. Or you could leave it and season over it.
 
Thanks, Doug. Im just going to season over it. I bought a small stainless steel brush just to try and dig in there and this was the best I could do. I'll post the final results after a couple of times through the seasoning process.
 
Spurgeon, I have had the most luck cleaning out the little kernels with a large wood handled stainless steel brush with long bristles. I don't brush with it, I set it over each ears of corn and then put the palm of my hand on the spine of the brush and shove it down into the kernels and kind of wiggle it back and forth. It's like shoving hundreds of SS toothpicks in there all at once.
 
Results like this are very rewarding. I have a few pieces which initially appeared unpromising, but on which I took the chance anyway, that turned out remarkably well.
 
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