Our first mini-dive into obscure foundries looks at Wright & Bridgeford and their transition into Bridgeford & Co.
Cast Iron Cookware
Don’t Toy With Me: How to Tell if Your Tiny Stove is a Toy or a “Salesman’s Sample”
In this post, we explore the plethora of miniature iron stoves and learn how to appropriately identify them as toys or salesman's samples.
Pot, Meet [tea] Kettle.
In this post I address another common and persistent bit of misinformation in the cast iron universe: is it a tea kettle or a humidifier?
Reflecting on First Strike Fest
Reflecting on the awesome time had by all at the second annual First Strike Festival.
My Dutee to Arnold
A brief overview of a borderline forgotten foundry which deserves commemoration.
Danny’s Favorite: Shattering Myths in the World of Cast Iron.
An update to some access issues regarding topics in one of my books--A critical piece of evidence against the prison made myth of The Favorite line of cast iron cookware is now housed in the public domain.
Calling All Cast Iron Kooks
I've been steadily involved in the cast iron community for several years now. I've focused primarily on the 19th century cookware, and within that primarily griddles, with skillets being a fairly close second. That culminated in the publication of the project I cooked up more or less immediately after becoming enthralled with cast iron--The Cast … Continue reading Calling All Cast Iron Kooks
A Little Bit o’ Barstow, All Night Long
Cast iron isn't the majority of my existence as it was about a year ago, but I'm still at it, only I'm more concerned with contribution over collection.
Almost but Not Quite Crazy— a Wee Bit on Cast Iron Repair
This post goes over cast iron repair, using my own success and failure as examples, as well as considerations to make before deciding whether or not to repair at all.
Crazy for Cast Iron Part 5: Griddle Me This
Infatuation with yet another griddle has led down a rabbit hole of the changing face of industrial production in the years immediately following the abolition of slavery in the United States.