A Rennie the size of a settee cushion is what I should have bought! After dieting for more than six months I not so much fell off it as hurled myself off a cliff, Disney Lemming style yesterday and am now suffering for it...
The mother in law was very generous with her gift so I was able to indulge myself with a set of unissued Dutch army stainless steel mess tins from Military Mart and I findely found some one who could sell me one of those Swedish hunters frying pans that I was sniffing about for a supplier in the UK for earlier this year. OK they are still overseas but the postage is about what you pay in the UK, £3.99, and they didn't have the 21cm one with the folding handle but since the XL is only about two and a half inches bigger in diameter and I'd hardly be using it in my light weight kit anyway I thought what the hell! I'll make the obligatory roll top waxed canvas case for it, remove the screw for the handle and replace it with a peg on a chain so it can be carried disassembled. More than likely I'll leave the handle at home and whittle a new one as required. I'll probably end up turning a longer handle as well , like I've seen some use, I think the Myford can handle 30 inches.
I will keep my eye out for a small shovel head with about the same taper to the socket so the long handle can fit that as we'll.
The design of the hinge reminds me of some Roman and medieval frying pans which have a sliding collar to lock the pan handle open. Not a big deal in normal usage but it makes washing up easier and my non locking comedy sized Hillbilly frying pan has closed up unexpetedly a few times, pure user error, and nearly caused damage. Yeah about time I fitted a Collar to that.
I better restock on rice bran oil as that's the best stuff I've found for seasoning steel and I'm near out.
STABILOTHERM - Jägerpfanne XL mit Klappgriff Holz - Skillet
Is what's coming in a couple of weeks, I wasn't going to try and spell any of that!
Lastly and not a actually ordered yet as I've only just heard back from the nice chap who makes them, a Ally lid to go on the Dutch steel messtins. Its the chap who does the Crusader lids on ebay and currently he only has those up for sales so I sent him a message and he can sort me out one to fit the large tin. I have a beat up Dutch Ally one which is the same size and the private purchase lid I have to fit on UK Ally tins isn't the right size. Pics when i have them.
Atb
Tom