Skeppshult 10.5" skillet, the only remaining foundry in Sweden
I've been meaning to get into cast iron skillets for some time now, this is my third and hopefully final attempt. (I already have an enameled pan, griddle pan, dutch oven and a pure cast iron dutch oven. So I'm not new to it, not completely) I used to have a cheap Chinese pan but that one warped badly after I attempted to sand down the bottom. So that was tossed out. Second attempt, a Lodge pan I got the other day. It arrived with an uneven bottom from the factory, so I'm trying to get it exchanged... Shame, because I like the design, the generous height of the side walls and so on. So yeah, haven't had much luck so far!
So, I finally did what I should've done from day one... I got myself a Skeppshult skillet, from the only foundry that is still active in Sweden. And that is something worth supporting, very much in the same way that people like to buy Lodge products because they're American made. I tried to be cheap, but you know what they say: buy cheap, buy twice. It was 20% off because of Black Weekend, so it was a no-brainer. It's a looker, that's for sure. Nice comfortable handle (but not suitable for the oven, unfortunately), machined bottom that sits perfectly flat on the stove, very thick bottom (5 mm), pre-seasoned like most cast iron these days.
Company name burned into the wooden handle. The knob on the end is cast iron too.
Posted Dec 1, 2019, 1:24 PM UTC · edited