Bronze strigils: cast or wrought?

[Creon01]

I see you are on Etsy. I would be interested in your strigil project if you would consider Greek styles in either com bronze or some sort of tin bronze. Old drum cymbals are a good source of 10% tin - 90% copper bronze. Although no two artifact strigils seem to be the same Greek versions often are grasped inside the handle and Roman versions appear to be held over the handle. I've never seen a Greek strigil with a solid handle, but there are plenty of Roman versions with solid handles or "Hercules club" like handles. Try not to make them too big, many are quite small although their are certainly some monsters out there - let the function dictate the form. I've also seen ceramic and bone versions, which might simply be decorative rather than useful. If you do make some iron versions try to get them shined up nicely as iron does shine well.