That's a beautiful pan! I think it has found a good home. I love that you cook in your vintage pans and I love your quirky little videos! I learned about Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish from one of your videos awhile back, and I've polished all my Farberware with it! I haven't fully restored the handles yet; that will be another project. The old cookwear is the best! Although, I haven't acquired any Wear-Ever. Revereware is pretty and I have a few pieces that I love but my favorite has always been Farber. I got my first, brand new, back around 1975, and most of those pieces are still with me. They have acquired considerably more company in the years since--first thing I do in any second hand shop is head for the cookware! I have a piece or two of the FW "Classic" series, too, and several of the FW Millennium series. Guess I just love me some stainless steel! And it seems you are kind of the Farberware guru on RUclips; a YT search on "Farberware" quickly turns up videos by you. Thank you so much for showcasing your vintage collections for your viewers to enjoy!
Thank You! Great comment! I can't explain why I love Farberware so much. Light yet solid and kinda quirky! I just love Farberware. Classic is nice, just not as sexy :)
Oh wow it’s beautiful! Fantastic work Xeta!! And the eggs perfection even though they were a little brown on the edges you will get used to the pan very soon. Great video. I made 9 quarts and 4 half gallons of blueberries today I’m kinda whooped but when I saw the new pan yup had to watch it. Merry Christmas and happy new year Xeta! Time flies!
I'm sorry 9 quarts of what now? Ha! I'm making a cold blueberry soup in a day or so! Yeah, actually almost never fry my eggs toasty like that but this was on purpose. Not sure why. Hey and a Merry Christmas to you too debbie! Time really is flying! Scares me a little :)
Wet Sandpaper is what I use to restore pots and pans. With an Aluminum pan like this you can even fit in a small electric palm sander to speed things up. I start with 800 grit (500 if surface is really bad) and progress up to 1200 sometimes 1500 for the inside. For the outside I do the same thing but go a little finer to 1500 or 2000 grit and I make sure to go horizontal around the outside of the pan. Depending on the pan, I have gone up to 2000 Grit with the outside and have even used a buffer on the outside to get it like a mirror. With pots or pans I use oven cleaner first as long as the pan is not aluminum if there is a buildup of baked on oil. After spraying the pot/pan I put plastic wrap all over so that air will not dry the oven cleaner and I let it sit 12 to 24 hours. Then I use the process above. I have some pots and pans almost 100 years old that look brand new.
Okay, first off, 100 years old look brand new Yay! I've used the bag, oven cleaner with cast iron but it's been a while. I really should get a new palm sander just in case. And a buffer. Added to the list. What's your favorite 100 year old pan?
@@xetaprime My favorite is actually an aluminum pot. I think its about six quarts I was fortunate enough to have my great-grandmother who was born in 1902 live 102 years. (im in my 50s) She was a serious cook and we cleaned out the attic she had enough cookware, plates, stainless cutlery to literally supply a restaurant. My grandmother was the same way and she ran her own deli for many years. On my Fathers side my grandfather owned a small pizzeria for 50 years so I have stuff from him too. The pot I love, my great-grandmother actually got as a wedding gift in the 1920s! I personally really do not like Cast Iron. I have a large cast fry pan and a small one. If you have quality fry pans with a good thick base then using a cast iron pan for me on the weekly is just a pain. Cast Iron does have its uses but not on the regular. So that is how I started to restore pans because many were just very old and some were used commercially and they really get marked up and the outsides and bottom get burned and coated.
OMG your 938 is in way better shape than mine! Sadly my late father or my older brother took a rotary sander to remove years of the hardened black soot/grease off the bottom of the pan and all that is left is "NO. 938". I know there are a couple other versions of the 938 skillet that have the same diameter and side spouts but different handles. I'm not sure but I feel the Made in USA back stamp was used post 1930.
Yeah I don't much care for the later wire type handle ones. Rotary sander! Ouch! The good news is some are still relatively cheap on ebay. I was thinking 20s or 30s. I'll take 30s :) There is a coffee pot with patent june 1902 and says made in usa. Would love to learn more about their bottom stamps.
Ooh I like this! What else will you be cooking with it? I wonder how this compares with the cast aluminum pan you bought a while back? Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas AB! Do you mean the Guardian Service? If so, I think the Guardian Service is much thicker. I have a NY Strip in the freezer, might be fun to cook that in this. Fun to think when the last time was a steak cooked in this pan.
@ I was actually thinking of that all aluminum one that used the same mold as a cast iron pan. Ooh, looking forward to the steak! Maybe something baked in the pan too? Could always redo that Pineapple Upsidedown Cake you did in your Revere Ware.
I have a 1960s print ad where Wear-Ever recommended SOS for cleaning the inside of their coffee pots. Waffle House used Brillo to clean their aluminum skillets in the 80s. I wouldn't use it on the polished areas though so... D'Ohhh!!! :)
That's a beautiful pan! I think it has found a good home. I love that you cook in your vintage pans and I love your quirky little videos! I learned about Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish from one of your videos awhile back, and I've polished all my Farberware with it! I haven't fully restored the handles yet; that will be another project. The old cookwear is the best! Although, I haven't acquired any Wear-Ever. Revereware is pretty and I have a few pieces that I love but my favorite has always been Farber. I got my first, brand new, back around 1975, and most of those pieces are still with me. They have acquired considerably more company in the years since--first thing I do in any second hand shop is head for the cookware! I have a piece or two of the FW "Classic" series, too, and several of the FW Millennium series. Guess I just love me some stainless steel! And it seems you are kind of the Farberware guru on RUclips; a YT search on "Farberware" quickly turns up videos by you. Thank you so much for showcasing your vintage collections for your viewers to enjoy!
Thank You! Great comment! I can't explain why I love Farberware so much. Light yet solid and kinda quirky! I just love Farberware. Classic is nice, just not as sexy :)
Heat sink in the handle looks great. Reminds of all clad
It does have an All Clad vibe, of sorts :)
Oh wow it’s beautiful! Fantastic work Xeta!! And the eggs perfection even though they were a little brown on the edges you will get used to the pan very soon. Great video. I made 9 quarts and 4 half gallons of blueberries today I’m kinda whooped but when I saw the new pan yup had to watch it. Merry Christmas and happy new year Xeta! Time flies!
I'm sorry 9 quarts of what now? Ha! I'm making a cold blueberry soup in a day or so! Yeah, actually almost never fry my eggs toasty like that but this was on purpose. Not sure why. Hey and a Merry Christmas to you too debbie! Time really is flying! Scares me a little :)
@ blue berrys and oh they are so pretty in jars. I canned them I was tired I didn’t explain.
Why have I not heard of that! Googled! They look beautiful in jars!!!!
I love the little pour spouts! Nice restoration. Btw: my mom passed away. 😢
Tucker. I'm so sorry to hear that. No words :( Sending a BIG Virtual hug from FL! 🙏
@@TuckerSP2011 I’m so very sorry Tucker. Xeta is right no words but know we care.
Tucker, you have my deepest condolences. I’m sorry for your loss.
Xeta, I wish you and Gracie a merry Christmas and a happy, wonderful, healthy, and prosperous new year my friend!!
Merry Christmas right back atcha Rick! And a Happy New Year as well!!
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!! What a great piece!! What am I gonna say??? I’m gonna say it!! Ready? Wait, what?!? OH..Thanks for posting!!😂
Hey Rick! You said what you were gonna say and said it well! :)
@@rstumbaugh43 merry Christmas Rick and happy new year
@@debbie845you and the hubby as well Debbie!!!
Love what you've done with this! These videos are like crack!
Crack LOL! :)
Wet Sandpaper is what I use to restore pots and pans.
With an Aluminum pan like this you can even fit in a small electric palm sander to speed things up.
I start with 800 grit (500 if surface is really bad) and progress up to 1200 sometimes 1500 for the inside.
For the outside I do the same thing but go a little finer to 1500 or 2000 grit and I make sure to go horizontal around the outside of the pan.
Depending on the pan, I have gone up to 2000 Grit with the outside and have even used a buffer on the outside to get it like a mirror.
With pots or pans I use oven cleaner first as long as the pan is not aluminum if there is a buildup of baked on oil. After spraying the pot/pan I put plastic wrap all over so that air will not dry the oven cleaner and I let it sit 12 to 24 hours. Then I use the process above. I have some pots and pans almost 100 years old that look brand new.
Okay, first off, 100 years old look brand new Yay! I've used the bag, oven cleaner with cast iron but it's been a while. I really should get a new palm sander just in case. And a buffer. Added to the list. What's your favorite 100 year old pan?
@@xetaprime My favorite is actually an aluminum pot. I think its about six quarts
I was fortunate enough to have my great-grandmother who was born in 1902 live 102 years. (im in my 50s) She was a serious cook and we cleaned out the attic she had enough cookware, plates, stainless cutlery to literally supply a restaurant. My grandmother was the same way and she ran her own deli for many years.
On my Fathers side my grandfather owned a small pizzeria for 50 years so I have stuff from him too.
The pot I love, my great-grandmother actually got as a wedding gift in the 1920s!
I personally really do not like Cast Iron. I have a large cast fry pan and a small one. If you have quality fry pans with a good thick base then using a cast iron pan for me on the weekly is just a pain. Cast Iron does have its uses but not on the regular.
So that is how I started to restore pans because many were just very old and some were used commercially and they really get marked up and the outsides and bottom get burned and coated.
Very nice! In all my years of collecting and scrounging, I have never seen such a pan. It's pretty heavy! Enjoy!
She is a purdy pan! A few on eby just sayin'
@xetaprime No room at the Inn! Thank you for the idea though!
OMG your 938 is in way better shape than mine! Sadly my late father or my older brother took a rotary sander to remove years of the hardened black soot/grease off the bottom of the pan and all that is left is "NO. 938". I know there are a couple other versions of the 938 skillet that have the same diameter and side spouts but different handles. I'm not sure but I feel the Made in USA back stamp was used post 1930.
Yeah I don't much care for the later wire type handle ones. Rotary sander! Ouch! The good news is some are still relatively cheap on ebay. I was thinking 20s or 30s. I'll take 30s :) There is a coffee pot with patent june 1902 and says made in usa. Would love to learn more about their bottom stamps.
@@xetaprime 1902 with Made in USA, that's very interesting. Hope we can find out more on our skillets. Happy Holidays!
@@debbiezipoli3768 Indeed! Happy & Merry! :)
Ooh I like this! What else will you be cooking with it? I wonder how this compares with the cast aluminum pan you bought a while back? Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas AB! Do you mean the Guardian Service? If so, I think the Guardian Service is much thicker. I have a NY Strip in the freezer, might be fun to cook that in this. Fun to think when the last time was a steak cooked in this pan.
@ I was actually thinking of that all aluminum one that used the same mold as a cast iron pan. Ooh, looking forward to the steak! Maybe something baked in the pan too? Could always redo that Pineapple Upsidedown Cake you did in your Revere Ware.
@@AngelusBrady Ah yes, the aluminum mystery pan! I really do love that pan. Pineapple upside down cake memories :)
Brillo !? Abrasive no ?
I have a 1960s print ad where Wear-Ever recommended SOS for cleaning the inside of their coffee pots. Waffle House used Brillo to clean their aluminum skillets in the 80s. I wouldn't use it on the polished areas though so... D'Ohhh!!! :)