Ralph skrev: > 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 Could be, yes, but I'm wanting to make something all of iron for him. I can improvise, but I'd rather, in this case, go historical. Phlip