Sorry this may have been lost in translation ...

What we call in french "grey" and "black" cast iron may well be "white" and "grey" in english. My usual online dictionary is no help and as I have no time to make a proper research I must leave it at that ! Sorry.

Of course my comment was just that : a comment more than a response. I may be wrong and I am sorry if I am.

Now about "paint". I understand that I should have used the word "lacquer". But then again I'm not so sure it is the right word either. Anyway this should be understood quite easily by everybody as the orange color on the side of the pan says it clearly.

This shows that the pan is most probably post-war. As many pans that were cast in the 19th century are still in service (or they should, as cast iron has no lifetime, or nearly an endless lifetime, in such uses as cooking) I don't think that an orange lacquered cast iron pan can be considered as a valid heritage.

Myself I use a cast iron grill that goes bask to the late 20's or early 30's and it is still the best grill I ever used and it clearly shows it can last 50 years more : no wear, a loss of thickness, no rust on the underside … perfect ! I also have two old iron (not cast iron) frying pans that must be at least as old as I am (65, in three days :/ ) and I still use it them almost everyday the time. These tools are endless ! So maybe few people now possess a 27 years old cast iron pan, but this is due to the whims of fashion more than to the wear of the product ! Regarding the latter 27 years old is almost nothing !…

As for a company that belongs to the National Heritage I fully agree : it belongs to american culture if it was born as early as the late 19th century. But this cannot be said of all its products ! A vintage Bell telephone does belong to the National Heritage ; but I guess nobody would say that of the latest cell phone launched by Bell (which does not exist to my knowledge : I just made up the example to be clear).

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