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Reply #10 - Mar 4^th, 2008 at 11:53pm

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PD, I'm not sure about the appreciation in value, but I CAN tell you that cast iron has gone UP, UP, UP in price! There have been three price increases in the last six months or so. I guess the Chinese are realizing that they can charge more and we're forced to pay it . . .

Julie

PS, I know, you're talking about an OLD oven, I just thought I'd throw out there what's up with the price of cast iron lately . . .

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Reply #11 - Mar 5^th, 2008 at 6:40am

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G'day Julie.
So I'm told, the quality of cast iron drops every time it is re-cast so all those camp ovens coming out of China made from recycled scrap are not as good as those old pots made from original ore.
I'm always amazed at how good some of those vintage ovens are, they certainly knew how to pour molten metal in the old days.

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When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #12 - Mar 5^th, 2008 at 7:56am

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PD, what's behind this statement that everything coming out of China is re-cast iron?

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Reply #13 - Mar 5^th, 2008 at 12:19pm

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PoddyDodger,
Thanks i would appreciate that.
You mention Boulia , i was up that way back in 1990 , went from StGeorge to Kakadu . On the way up we stopped at every old museum between Blackall and Camoweel. some of the old gear they have in those places is terrific. Must have taken years to gather all of it together. It's a credit to the people that run these museums so people like us can be reminded of how things were done back in those day's .Some of those big camp ovens must have had 3 or 4 sheep in them to feed a mob of sheares and rousies. Anyone heading up that way should do themselves a favour and have a look around , they would ba amazed.

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Reply #14 - Mar 5^th, 2008 at 3:40pm

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There is a museum at Morven west of Mitchell in Qld that has all sorts of lovely old camp ovens and pots. It is run by volunteers and the old lady there on the day we called in was born there and has spent all her life there, 75 years +. The museum is well worth a look, nothing else in town is !

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When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #15 - Mar 5^th, 2008 at 7:55pm