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A ceramic spindle whorl with the weight and Moment of Inertia of one of the whorls found in 12th century medieval London - this will go very well with the spindle, of course.
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3,50 Euro |
Spindle whorls are, basically, a rotational symmetric weight with a hole in the middle that goes on to the spindle (stick) itself and adds a certain weight and moment of inertia to the spindle - which influences the spinning process.
The spindle whorls offered here were originally made as the reference whorl for the Textilforum Experiment, and they got a lot of praise for running extremely well. They are made from factory-prepared clay using a special tool - somewhat like a cookie-cutter - to get whorls matching the weight and moment of inertia of the original find. This method of manufacture is totally modern, but the only way to get whorls that match the goal weight and moment of inertia of the artefact without huge numbers of rejects.
The whorls have smoothed edges and smoothed surfaces, and their basic disc-like shape is also matching the shape of the original whorl, though with slightly different measurements, for example a slightly smaller central hole.