I purchased a Vintage #7 CRESCENT Cast Iron WAFFLE IRON Fanner Mfg. CO. Clevand OH. From E-bay. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... OC:US:3160 ) I lucked out and got it for 23.59 plus shipping and handling 18.51. I have never heard of this brand, but then I never heard of Griswold, or Wagner until I went to IRG III' I was only familer with Lodge. Does anyone know of this brand? I am just courious. I tried looking it up online but only found that the owners of the company was murdered during a robbery. (http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SMC3)
The seller states that he had cleaned it up and coated it with lard but will need to be seasoned. The pic looks like it had barely been used. Suppose to have been manufactured in the early 1900s. Guess I will find out.