It fell four feet and died.

[Ptah]

[True Dough]

1. It won't wok anymore!

[Sanity Claws]

2. Damn.

I've never seen a pan crack like that

[ggma]

3. First sound I made at this pic

was a very loud "oh no!!!!"

I am giving a moment of silence...

😭

gg

[The Blue Flower]

4. Sorry for your loss

I got mine as a wedding gift in 1970. I still use it nearly everyday.

[irisblue]

5. Oh! oh I am so sorry for that loss.

[Luciferous]

6. I'm sorry, that looks like a well seasoned pan 😕

[Old Crank]

7. Cast iron is more brittle

Than forged, but I would have thought it would survive a 4 foot drop. Might have had some unrelieved internal tension. Glass can do that. I didn't think cast iron would.

[Tarzanrock]

8. Anodized alumininum core?

Who is the manufacturer? I'm going with an Anodized Aluminum core.

[Ptah]

9. There ain't no such thing

[brewens]

10. Was there bacon involved? I hope you saved your bacon! :) n/t

[Tarzanrock]

11. Wrong.

Sure there is. Le Creuset sells them with their Toughened Non-Stick Pro series. Other manufacturers likely do as well.
https://www.lecreuset.com/toughened-nonstick-pro-fry-pan/TNSP2200.html

[Pobeka]

13. That uses PFA's (AKA Teflon) for the nonstick surface, not cast iron. nt

[ret5hd]

24. Maybe some think all black pans look the same.

(oh gawd…I kid! I kid!)

[Chainfire]

12. You ought to see the head it fell on!

[Pobeka]

14. That's a big sad, so sorry. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

15. How old was the departed? I hope it wasn't a family heirloom.

[Ptah]

16. It was older than my 40-something children.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. So sorry for your loss.

[mercuryblues]

18. Damn

Even Duct tape won't fix that,

[chowmama]

19. Holy cow!

I have never seen that. What kind of floor did it hit?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. Oh, my.

I hope you have a proper funeral for this.

I still have two of the set of three cast-iron skillets I got as wedding presents in 1980. The smallest of the three broke years ago. Not sure why, and I've never felt the need to replace it. The other two are much larger, one a frying pan size and the other somewhat deeper. Love them, use them all the time.

[Probatim]

21. Any details on the manufacturer? Age (I think I saw it might be from the 1980s)?

I've got several pieces, including a very, very, old Griswold and a small Lodge from the early 1900s (so a collector told me).

I would be very sad if either died - especially the Griswold.

Hope you're able to sleep tonight.

[Kali]

22. bummer

at least not on your toe, I assume?

[Ptah]

25. Ow! That would have been miserable.

Maybe it was karma for this thread:

Oven cleaner on cast iron?

At least I will only cook half as much; I could lose some weight.

[Bayard]

23. Never saw that happen before to cast iron

Was the deceased insured?

[trof]

26. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.....

At least give it a decent burial.
Play taps.
How old was it?
I'm 81 and I have my grandmother's.

[Ptah]

27. It was only about 45 years old.