[TheForge] Skewer handles

[Ralph]

At 12:50 PM 7/5/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Guys, I need a bit of help. I'm looking for a picture or pictures of an
>historical skewer handle. Doesn't necessarily have to be a skewer handle,
>but rather an implement where the business end gets very hot- I need it from
>pre-1600, although any time period or culture before then would be fine.
>
>The deal is, that I'm making a friend a skewer for a Tandoori oven, and
>since I have pure iron, and the man is a dear friend, a SCAdian, and a
>Laurel to boot, I'd like to make one as historically accurate as possible.
>Any suggestions?

Hmmm, wouldn't a wooden handle be appropriate?
Have to remember that in period times iron was rather spendy, so wood would 
have been used for a lot of stuff like that.
At least that is my understanding. Of course that could change at any 
moment....<smile>

Ralph


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