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NateN

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Just got an IM from herself, apparently a package showed up for me today. Took a chance on a #8 LBL Griswold on "a certain auction site" because it was cheap, seller didn't say whether it wobbled or not. Turns out it doesn't. Yay? Not so much. There were no pics of the cooking surface included in auction but based on the others I expected crusty and unrestored. Nope; apparently someone attacked it with either a grinder or an air sander. FUNK!

Have to wait until I get home to see how truly pissed I am.
 
NateN said:
Just got an IM from herself, apparently a package showed up for me today. Took a chance on a #8 LBL Griswold on "a certain auction site" because it was cheap, seller didn't say whether it wobbled or not. Turns out it doesn't. Yay? Not so much. There were no pics of the cooking surface included in auction but based on the others I expected crusty and unrestored. Nope; apparently someone attacked it with either a grinder or an air sander. FUNK!

Have to wait until I get home to see how truly pissed I am.
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It's bad. It's really bad. RIP pretty dead flat Griswold.
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I found a similar Griswold 8 LBL at an antique store. After a dip in the lye, the cooking surface was almost identical. I seasoned it and you could hardly tell. Its one of my best users.
 
To answer your question = people who don't know any better and there are millions of them! I've restored much worse, not an issue.
 
Many times people do this to a pan out of ignorance. I am one of them! Before I knew better I took a grinder to my family Heirlooms, a Lodge #10 3-notch skillet and a #9 Lodge Dutch oven and Lid that belonged to my dear Mom. The skillet is well seasoned, black and lives in my kitchen but I still see traces of the grinder marks on the handle. One great thing about this site is that some people are educated BEFORE they make the blunder!
 
Fair enough, I think the worst "sin" I ever committed was taking some of my mom's thrift store finds and helping her clean the really crusty ones by using a soft, loose (not tufted) wire wheel on a bench grinder to knock the heavy chunks off. Never thought of doing anything harsher, although I guess back then (80's) we really didn't think of these as collectible, just stuff you made breakfast in. Well, I still do, but I also recognize that they ain't making them anymore and they also do have collectible value.
 
I would suggest that you take an orbital sander to it with fine and very fine sand paper, keep it continuously moving and knock down the worst of the scratch pattern, you can only improve it's looks; what do you have to lose? Just my $.02 worth. :icon_scratchchin::icon
 
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