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Item 1322

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Nice bacon press with image of a pig and wooden handle.  Probably 1970s.  Fully restored and ready for use.  Made in Taiwan

Marked: “Taiwan 4″

7” 1/8 x 4” 3/8.   4” tall.

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips.

$25 shipped but get a $7.50 shipping rebate with another piece that includes shipping.

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1971

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Collector grade! This one is a bit of a mystery, I’m not sure if this was sprue marked, bottom gated, or side gated.  Based on the style, I’d lean towards this being a 1870-1910 piece, and it has marks that look like, a sprue, a side gate, and under a bright light even a bottom gate.  Thus I’m basing the age on design and bail material (which says it was made after 1865 to possibly as late as 1920).  Really nicely designed and beautifully cast.  Spectacular polishing marks, New England style ears, and heat ring.  Almost glassy to the touch cooking surface – which isn’t quite perfect due to casting flaws, including  pour line where the mold wasn’t perfect and tiny casting voids (almost looks like very superficial pinpoint pitting).   Center of the griddle like many that were cast this thin shows a downward bow which could not be polished away.  Bottom shows some broad shallow pitting from use over a wood stove.  Edges show grind marks where the foundry removed flash, or a side gate.  Remarkable for the age.

Marked: Has a raised number 14 about 1/2” high.

13” 3/4 diameter (excluding ears)

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil

No cracks or chips, and no movement when you rock it from the center.  From the edge you can get a tiny bit of movement BUT that’s due to the center of gravity on a piece this wide and this old.  There are some imperfections on the edge which you can see look a tiny bit like gate marks but it probably was from being touched up at the factory before it was sent out (see photo).  the center also has a bit of a bow, but that’s very common on pieces of this age, or even of this width.  This will be a glassy, top flight user after just a handful of uses.  This one is an absolute amazing example of an 19th century griddle

$135 shipped

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Another piece of the blacksmith’s art, this mezzaluna (demi luna) shaped knife is of the type that could be used for scraping things like hides, but also for chopping using a rolling motion.

No markings.

blade is roughly 7” 1/4 long.  Blade to base of handle length ~ 6” handle is just over 1” thick.

Sold in as found condition

$55 shipped

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Item 1564

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Not cast iron but blacksmith made wrought iron.  Nice three prong (fork like) tip on both sides of the tongs.  Not sure what these were used for but they tested negative for lead or heavy metals, so they’ll be fine for food use.  Cleaned and seasoned.  Hand peened attachment.  Delicate and finely made.  These would be amazing as a display piece.

Unmarked

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No chips, cracks.

$50 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1663
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A real mystery piece, and a very uncommon one as few foundries made dutch ovens in this size.  This is a gate marked dutch oven body made after 1865 but before 1900.  Gate is wide and crude which suggests an earlier date but the bail is machined wire, which was not available until after 1962.  While the bail could be a replacement, I don’t feel comfortable dating he piece as earlier.  Pot interior surface is pitted but not enough to prevent use.  Markings are all on bottom and are raised and crude.

Marked: “8 IN 1” on the bottom surrounding the bottom gate

8” diameter, ~3 high

Cleaned via lye method, hand buffed and seasoned with 3 layers of non-GMO canola oil.

No cracks, chips.  Wobbles on it’s gate.   Cooking surface is pitted but not enough to prevent use.  Will only get better.

$50 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

This is an old hand forged mezzaluna/ulu style knife made for rolling to chop or scraping.  It appears to be hand forged, but I cannot 100% swear to that.  There are no markings anywhere on the blade or handle.  Blade is roughly 5” 1/2 long and is about 4” 1/2 inches set away from the 5” 1/4 long handle.

Based on style and materials I’d say this is a pre 1900 knife.

Unmarked.

Sold as found.

$37.50 shipped.