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Received them today in good order. I think I like the bigger ones a bit better. The 18 inch seems a bit out of round, probably a function of size.

Shaun what did u mean by "flashing?" I note a bit of what appears to be a glaze in spots on the metal. Did you use an acid in a wipe on and off with a quick rinse method? Type of acid? Naval Jelly?

Or did you use Steel wool with a Bar Cleanser? Salt and oil wt steel wool?

So what did you do?
I am going to use Lard to season.

Hey Ted,

Some were flashed more than others so you may have gotten ones with very little or no rust. Or my just wiping them down with peanut oil wiped away the surface. Who knows but glad you got them. I didn't do anything to any of the woks other than coat them with oil, no time I'm sorry to say. I haven't even touched mine.

Ohhh by "flash" you mean rust....acht zo. I can deal with that

There is Grace Young video where she uses salt and oil to renovate rusty Woks. So far an SOS pad and some cleanser then after rinsing heat on the stove to dry.

I used a couple of big Table spoons of Lard with the green onions and sliced Ginger to season. Wiped a bit on the outside. After done and used paper towels to wipe off excess oil. Ginger and onions leaves a fragrant smell.

We have a cast iron wok from Skeppshult Gjuteri in Sweden and those are cleaned with water only and then "re-coated" with salt (+heat) and oil.

WS website says the handmade artisan Woks are no longer available. That means we have something you can not get anymore in the USA.

From this point on it will only be water and a brush followed by heat to dry.

The steel wool pad and cleanser was to get the peanut oil, rust and any dirt or grime off.

Cool, now I wish I had ordered another 1 or 2.

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I received mine yesterday. I've only looked it over, no cleaning or seasoning yet. I'll try and get to that this weekend.

Such a cool wok.

Thanks to everyone that put this together.

Put some Bacon in it this morning, heated Wok on my gas stove dropped 3 strips in and they started to smoke real like right now quick. Wiped it out afterwards with a paper towel, even wiping some of the grease on the back side. After just two go around's at the seasoning it is getting a nice shiny patina.

It SEEMS that they heat up quick and run hot even on my low BTU (8K) stove.

From the picture of the 12 that you posted it seems like there was 1 18', 7 16' inch and 4 14' Woks.

The 18' has the double Riveted handle.

So did you get a 14' and a 16' WOK?

I don't think any of you are gona be sorry. It is not all brite and shiny pretty like factory stamped out Woks but it does have character.

You can't even get them in Shanghai. We got in right under the wire. Good call Tabs-strodamus, and thanks again Shaun! SmileWavy
Cenbros

And if any Pelicans are interested there is a Facebook page dedicated to making a recipe from Grace Young's cookbook every Wednesday....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wokwednesdays/

If you need anyone to taste test what you cook, you have my number. ;)

No shyte Sherlock....looks like we were their last big order...when we ordered they probably knew they were closing.

Sad for the Cen brothers but three cheers for Ted! Treasure, absolute treasure. Thanks Ted!!!SmileWavy

I am sure the Cen brothers wanted something better for their children than making Woks. The business had served its purpose and had run its course. They could have kept going with just WS, but they are tired of it after more than 40 years. So I dont feel sad for the Cens, but that an era of hand craftmanship has now come to an end. We all are a little poorer for it.

What seperates the Cen Woks from other hand worked Woks is the heat and shape process that they used. Other hand worked manufacturers seem to produce on a larger scale and the other elusive artisan makers don't seem to use the heat and shape process. The Cens by virtue of their quality and longetivity had built reputation and a niche for themselves. Now their Woks live on in myth as being special and now unobtainable.

When I stumbled upon the Cen woks I knew I wanted one and that from the literature that there was a vague sense of urgency. However I had no idea that two and a half months later that would be it. If you recall I did buy one from WS as an insurance policy that I would have at least one of them.