With its varnished finish (according to [link|http://www.spasandtubs.com/Finnleo/sauna_access.html|http://www.spasandtubs.com/Finnleo/sauna_access.html]), it is, as you say, not quite what Andrew is looking for. The [link|http://www.spasandtubs.com/Finnleo/jpgs/ladle14.jpg|other one] would probably be a better bet -- it looks completely untreated, from the picture -- although that, too, has a bit too straight a handle. (And it's also generally pretty clumsy and ugly.)