On 2/26/2010 1:16 PM, Felice wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> I have "no names" that work just fine. Two are at least 80 years old
>> (how much older, I don't know), the rest are well over 30 years old.
>> Why people need names on their cast iron if they are not "collecting"
>> is beyond me. Mine have lasted a lifetime and beyond without having a
>> name branded on their hineys.
>
> Chuckle.

The only failure I've ever had with a cast iron pan was with a griddle
that caught fire and I tossed it in the snowbank outside--it cracked.

If you don't rust it or crack it the stuff's pretty much indestructible.