Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle mizushashi with just the tiniest bit

with just the tiniest bit of wear to the corners of the paper

perhaps in part because of the fabulous nature of the platypus itself

Animals measure about 2 3/8" long

This beautifully woven

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Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle mizushashi with just the tiniest bitI'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it, and just fell in love with the look of it, with its elegant form and especially that beautiful tightly looping wire, which casts a pretty wonderful shadow. I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater, and that these are made, usually in German, for pretty heavy duty rug beating! The shape of this one is the loveliest I've seen, with an especially long wire neck giving it lots of