Repair or replacement teapot handle

[grlwithpwrtoolz]

A few years ago I got a nice teaset at a thrift shop and have been using it regularly every since. The teapot handle was bamboo with wire hook ends wrapped in thinner bamboo or twine. The wrapped ends have come undone and I've taken the handle off. I would like to replace it or repair it, but am not sure what would be best. Also, is there some care precaution I should take to prevent this happening in the future? I didn't immerse the teapot handle in water, but of course some could occasionally splash onto the handle when I rinsed it out.

Here is the teapot:
http://www.holymtn.com/catalog/index.ph ... dm4tl2i8n3

[chamekke]

Not long ago, a TeaChatter posted a link to a site that sells replacement handles ... but I've been unable to find it by searching. (I thought I'd bookmarked it too, but it looks like I didn't. Phooey.)

Anyone?

[Chip]

That is the kind of thing you might search forever for, then walk through a Chinese or Japanese hardware store and see a bucket of them. I have seen them on a few sites, mostly in Japan, cannot really recall seeing them stateside.

[Salsero]

Anyone?

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?p= ... sold#86375

Click Tenuki's photo ... it is a link to the site that sells the handles.

[tenuki]

[chamekke]

That's the one!

Thank you, Salsero and tenuki - awesome link!

[grlwithpwrtoolz]

Thanks, those look very nice and reasonably priced.