Small bits of leather = useful item for the cast iron!

[YinTx]

Was messing around trying different dye/resist/antique techniques, and ended up with this.  2 birds, one stone!

YinTx

[ID45]

[bdpeters]

that is brilliant 

[YinTx]

2 hours ago, bdpeters said:

that is brilliant 

Thanks, but I can't take credit for the idea.  Saw a set floating around these pages just the other day, and I think his came out nicer, simply because there wasn't any tooling and it just matched nicer.  But, mine still is functional!

YinTx

[Sheilajeanne]

Very nice! What did you use for resist

[garypl]

Really nice stamping, stitching and finish!  Looks kind of wide to me though - like it would be hard to pick up a full, heavy cast iron skillet because you can’t wrap your hand around the handle easily.  Do you think a softer handle material would allow you to better grip and control the pan?

Gary

[billybopp]

... So THAT'S what happens to cell phone slip covers when they go to die.   

- Bill

[toe2short]

Great job on the tooling. I don’t think I would want to put leather on a cast iron skillet. How do you get the grease off it? I would be concerned that the skillet would turn on me. I would like it for My glasses, good job.

jim

[YinTx]

10 hours ago, Sheilajeanne said:

Very nice! What did you use for resist

Thanks.  I used Fiebeng's Pro Resist.

5 hours ago, billybopp said:

... So THAT'S what happens to cell phone slip covers when they go to die.   

- Bill

Heh, hadn't thought of that.  None of mine have died yet tho... even the one that got soaked in water...

4 hours ago, toe2short said:

Great job on the tooling. I don’t think I would want to put leather on a cast iron skillet. How do you get the grease off it? I would be concerned that the skillet would turn on me. I would like it for My glasses, good job.

jim

Appreciate that.  I've used it a few times, no issue yet.

6 hours ago, garypl said:

Really nice stamping, stitching and finish!  Looks kind of wide to me though - like it would be hard to pick up a full, heavy cast iron skillet because you can’t wrap your hand around the handle easily.  Do you think a softer handle material would allow you to better grip and control the pan?

Gary

Thanks.  This was actually made for a skillet called an Ebelskiver, which has a very wide handle.  I put it on the large skillet because I figure most folks don't have an Ebelskiver.  I have one made out of heavy suede I've been using for some time now, looks as good as the day I made it, no grease stains, etc. and it has worked well.  Trick is, put it on, use it, take it off.  They both hold firm, no worries about rotating skillets, etc.  Of course, if you have a full on 10" deep frying skillet filled up, I don't think I'd be wanting to pick it up and move it around without oven mitts.

YinTx

[garypl]

Now I see why it is so wide!  Never seen a skillet like that before - what are the little cups designed to do?

Gary

 

looked up Ebelskiver and see it is some kind of pancake - looks interesting!

Edited September 26, 2018 by garypl