Cleaning up a Vintage steel Skillet

[@anniechicas7506]

I got one of these out of the trash today. I had never even heard of these pans before! It definitely needs to be cleaned and seasoned.

[@jackslapp9073]

I have my mother's cold handle skillet that belonged to her mother. It always went camping with us when I was a kid. Agree with you about how to clean and season one. My other favorite is a 6 inch iron skillet. I can use it as a personal plate, turn it over and use the bottom as a cutting surface, or use it as a club if needed.

[@brianmiller6055]

This is right on time. I recently picked up 4 of those skillets that need to be cleaned

[@joshuamelby]

Hey Dave! Admire what you do and who you are. Thanks for leading the way.

[@kevinmcdonald3192]

Big dave has always brightend my days.ohio country boy.

[@bowdiersackett6433]

I still use my grandmother's cold handle skillet just like this one thst she got used from an Aunt in 1930 as a wedding present.

[@jasonroy6464]

Hey David, thank you for your video, I appreciate your attitude

[@glynnellis6519]

Thank you Dave.

[@asmith7876]

I searched for a few years before coming across one of the smaller cold handle pans, beat to hell but it was $5. A couple years later found an identical pan in fantastic shape for $16. A while back discovered a surplus place that had NEW pans, made for WW2, still in cosmoline! For $30!! Bought one, loved it, went to order another and the price had doubled 😂😢. They are hard to find, getting super expensive, but so nice. And NOW I know where the Corporal got his pan…since he refuses to answer on his channel! 😂

[@haroldmiller6853]

That’s a beauty for sure , it definitely won’t stick around for long in the store . Thanks for sharing Dave

[@bearwilkey6507]

I sell at a flea market here in Arizona old stuff is getting harder and harder to find 😆 nice pan good video come on over to Arizona and I'll take u to a town that is literally a flea market lol it used to have up to 3 million people a day stop through it was a blast selling ... I couldn't buy enough stuff to sell people bring diesel truck loads to sell used to anyways 😥 this country man I'm getting scared 😨 for my kids and grand baby's....

[@PaEMT_FF9]

Great topic. Thanks for sharing.

[@terryqueen3233]

Well I wish I'd have known you were in West Virginia because that's where I live and we could have met somewhere but oh well. I have one like that I don't think it's a cold handle but it's just as good as one I had to do close to the same thing that you did to that when it wasn't quite as bad. My mother had one and after I took off across country she let me take it and I cooked with that thing until the handle burnt off of it yes it definitely did burn right off of it but I had to cook over a fire most of the time I've never ever seen one do that since then I suppose I didn't know how to cook over a fire I guess but it did good while I had it. Those are fantastic ones and you got a great one there. Glad you showed people how to clean and season those things. Thanks for the video sorry we missed each other. Keep ye powder dry

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Dave

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

Thank you for the Video...learning something new every time you post a new Video.🥰

[@adamparks6756]

Good idea on the lard Dave, I've generally used oil before but I like the lard idea better.

[@markreed2576]

I used to watch my grandmother clean cooking ware with wood ash and Brillo pads then re season it. I think the wood ash created a lye type soap. Anyway that did the trick.

[@jamieeakin1383]

I have watched Sean Kelly use a Cold Handle skillet a few times and also seen Blackie Thomas use one over on his channel, but until today on your video I just realized that they were steel and not cast iron. I have a hunch it is going to be a foot race when that Cold Handle hits your Etsy store. Thanks for a cool video!

[@chadsharp1303]

I’m hungry just watching you clean a pan, good job.

[@monte4150]

Well, until I get a bear i have no lard. I like the vinager and water solution. much appreciated. Thanks Dave.

[@boomerdoomer7534]

Bacon grease my dude....

[@hanginwithbullfrog4657]

Ty Dave

[@CampfireKodiak]

Would that pan be a good choice if you were going to backpack into a mountain lake for a few days and fry up some trout?

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Hello from Detroit Michigan brother 94/275 thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventure through the woods and GOD-BLESS

[@dimtucas359]

Good to see you Dave.

[@freddiehorn7902]

I have a cold handle 40. My son cooks on it about daily. Got a couple more that are smaller but hardly used.

[@zippitydoodah5693]

Well. Nothing like seasoning cast iron. I've never seasoned a steel skillet before. Seasoning a cast iron skillet requires multiple trips through my outdoor grill at extremely high heat with the thinest coat of oil possible . . . and never lard. There are tons of skillet seasoning methods, but go to the Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tennessee . . . there are tons of "how-to" booths that show you how to care for your cast iron, how to season it, how to _re-season_ it should it become necessary. And they have every accessory you can imagine for cast iron cooking. _Steel_ , on the other hand is foreign to me. Thanks for taking the time to show how to do this, Dave. I'd have never known.

[@michaelbrunner6654]

I got a nice one thats a Woolworth on the handle.

[@gringo3009]

Love them cold handles.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Nice skillet Dave. I have a few of these, they are great. Thanks for showing us and take care.

[@Eric-ew8jt]

Thanks Dave enjoy your day. It’s Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada!

[@keithmoore5306]

hey Dave, have you considered a stainless version of the army's mountain cook set? all i've seen out there is the a,uninum ones!

[@Gam3Junkie]

Any (dis)advantage to removing all the seasoning and re-seasoning it?

[@Pygar2]

Send us an Etsy link! I soaked my CH in citric acid and water overnight; it didn't have a good-looking patina. Started over... when I used my toaster oven, it got oiled and put in. No special skillet-only bakes! Worked well!

[@DavidCanterbury]

www.etsy.com/shop/VintageCampandTrail

[@eb3754]

Dave, watched this video last night and loved it. The only problem is I now regret passing up a pan like this at a thrift store over the weekend. I had no idea what I was looking at but it was pretty beat up. If I saw your video before the find, I probably would have grabbed it. Live and learn, I won’t pass up the next one.

[@slowtaknow]

I've got two, different brands, and sizes, nice and lite skillets.

[@AdamsSandberg14]

Damn! I passed on one of these at a garage sale yesterday!!

[@janetruh7476]

So useful. Bless you for this video. ❤

[@davekelly9657]

Pretty cool 👍👍

[@cosmicspace631]

I have a National #40 and a Savory #2 that belonged to my great grandparents. Always seen them in my great aunts cupboard but never knew they were cold steel. Now I wanna clean them up and put them back into service. The Savory is stamped "Savory Fry Pan" on the handle. Trying to research it to put a date range to it but not finding anything helpful. Any ideas on a date range?

[@bobpuckett3478]

Sweet video man ..we love ur content

[@jr-a-cat]

My wire almost crap herself when I paid $200 for Griswold #2 at garage sale and had a friend sitting driveway waiting to buy it for $1200 by the time we got home .You could here the wheels a spinning in her head about the other 85 sitting down stairs . Griswold's are nice but over priced I like the Birmingham Stove and Range skillets and older Lodge to use also with Wagner's . You can never have to much cooking iron and steel .

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

Way to go Dave!!👌

[@williamwelsh5855]

Any suggestions for straightening the bottom?????

[@PABrewNews]

Crusty, Musty & Dusty, but Glorious! Cheers Dave and Cheers to the new owner!

[@sosayweall7290]

This is a really interesting video, and those Cold Handle pans look good. Best of luck from the U.K. Dave.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Yes it is. Thx

[@1990westfalia]

Dave, as you have done, I too have restored several cast iron and cold handle skillets. If you’d like a suggestion on how to remove that carbon mess on the bottom of your skillet, and make that skillet look beautiful, reach out and I’ll be happy to help. Skillet

[@Swamp-Fox]

Can you please post a link to your Etsy store? I was unable to locate it. That skillet cleaned up nice!

[@DavidCanterbury]

www.etsy.com/shop/VintageCampandTrail

[@br1264]

I have a Cold Handle 41 skillet. What does the number mean?

[@Lili-xq9sn]

Thank you. Does this method work if the cast iron is really rusty?

[@AlpineWarrior550]

Hi Dave, Is that a Bromwell ?

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

How much does these weigh?

[@hookset-n-reel]

I am glad that I found on KZbin. I can not find your etsy store. What was the name again?

[@DavidCanterbury]

VintageCampandTrail

[@shadetreeforge]

Hi Dave, I have what I guess would be a cold handle clone? it has a plain handle. I bought it about 1998 when doing Civil War reenacting, just dug it out and suprisingly after all these years it's still in good shape and seasoning is still good! I checked the Etsy site, guess someone bought it already? Or you haven't listed it yet. Do you have a US Etsy site? cause the link go's to Etsy UK

[@Krazyfaceoldman]

Got a similar pan at a flea market name of savory fry pan got any info on them

[@lordzazel3398]

I found an old cast iron skillet buried in the ground at my work my boss let me keep it I used a wire wheel to clean it up had to get my mom to season it correctly I think it is like 50 years old idk tho

[@thomasshelquist7821]

How can I get one of those skillet can you please help me out with this one..

[@DavidCanterbury]

Go to my Etsy store link is in description box

[@clintonroushff7068]

This isn't cast iron? Is it stamped steel? I don't remember seeing this before. Take care David

[@patricksmith9735]

Watching your etsy store for this to drop. Or did it sell already?

[@flynnstone3580]

Shawn has a cold handle just like that. See , I pay attention.

[@scooterfpv8864]

👍👍

[@backyardsounds]

I just throw mine totally in a hot wood fire. It burns it all off. I then wash it and season. (Edit sp)

[@jeanbaptistebrevelle1239]

When I find old skillets like that, I like to bead blast them down to bare metal and just start them over again like brand new.

[@Shadow_Wraith]

Does the lard not go rancid?

[@davem4193]

He was using hydrogenated lard, it won't go rancid ever. Even the lard I render myself at home has a shelf life of months on end, probably even longer. I use it on my Old Hickory knives and it never goes rancid.

[@brianvannorman1465]

Not very familiar with "Cold Handle". Good information, though.

[@ManWebWar]

Can i book you for christmas as santa... 🎅

[@kevinmcdonald3192]

Give that skillet to coal cracker.

[@mrkultra1655]

Thanks Dave