hand-rag

Updated: June 9, 2025

For the cooling down of that molten batter didn't go so far but that it still would make too hot a mouthful for any creature alive. The puddler's hand-rag is one of his most important tools. It is about the size of a thick wash-rag, and the puddler carries it in the hand that clasps the rabble rod where it is too hot for bare flesh to endure.

James J. (James John) Davis - The Iron Puddler : My life in the rolling mills and what came of it