I love cast iron, I think I am down to around a hundred pieces of cast iron cookware now. I sold about 300 or so a few years back. Most of the cast iron we have is over 100 years old, mostly old Wagner Ware and Griswold. I have some newer Lodge and a couple of 14 inch round Chinese griddles from Academy Sports. As information, when you are out at flea markets and antique stores and see cast iron marked simply "USA" and the design number like SK-8 for a size 8 skillet, it almost certainly Lodge. They did not start putting the Lodge name on their cast iron until the 1990's. That old Lodge is much smoother cast also. We have about 6-8 pieces we cook on frequently and most of that was my wife's grandmothers. Most of my old iron is sitting in storage but I haven't gotten the nerve to part with it.
