Buying cast iron pans at a thrift store can nab you a good deal. However, the cookware may be in poor condition. Remove rust ...

Your grandma’s skillet may be a hidden gold mine, as 1950s cast-iron pans now fetch a fortune. Collectors are driving up prices across resale platforms and antique markets, with pieces selling at ...

Among collectors, conversations about cast iron have a way of getting sentimental, and they often land in the same place: craftsmanship. “Cast-iron pans used to be made by hand,” says Mary Theisen, an ...

Google, Amazon, Smithey Ironware — they all got their starts in garages, and all have a Charleston-area presence today. Isaac Morton, founder of Smithey Ironware, technically tinkered in his woodshed ...