They were hand-poured into thin sand molds and then hand-polished to almost impossible smoothness. Today, cast iron cookware is still cast in sand but not always hand-finished, which is the labor ...

Antique and vintage cast-iron cookware were hand-poured into sand molds and hand-polished to a smooth finish. These labor-intensive pans were cast from thinner molds, which makes them lighter than ...

Smithey’s genesis is in Morton’s affinity for vintage cast-iron cookware, which he had spent ... to the stylized fonts and logos, and the “polished and smooth” cooking surfaces — a ...