Hi, I have recently received a kettle from a Nextdoor neighbor, it has seen some uses, but after scrape off the years of grease, it's not in bad condition. However, I was not able to date this kettle. There are many weber dating websites showing photo and dating letter, numbers, but none of those matches mine.
So the kettle has wooden handles, the lid has big "Weber" and "PAT.3538906". According to some pages, the big "Weber" and "PAT.3538906" should be 1976~1978, but it also says those should have metal handles. So it's a conflict. The lid still has rivet, so doesn't look like has been replaced or swapped.
The lid also has very faint 2 letter of "EF", it's barely visible, needs to see in a certain angle. But I am certain it's EF, not EE or something else. But there is no such year of "EF".
Any idea??
Thanks ahead.
Peter