Picked it up for a song recently. I suspect it to be a BSR but it's kind of weird. Also, why is it so clean and skinny? It looks like aluminum but it's labeled as CI.
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It's shiny because it isn't seasoned. Easy fix.
I've seasoned plenty of pans, bare iron isn't usually shiny, it's kind of dull, looks like a nickel kind of. This pan looks like a buffed mirror!
I just ground down my lodge, and it's not difficult to get any level of shiney. It's just a matter of moving up in grit - I started with 24, then worked my way up to 220. It was fun.
I love that shiny look. But I also love how good a freshly seasoned pan looks too. Can't have your cake and eat it too I guess