Twiggy stainless steel pot bail

Great idea!

Surprisingly I've never seen that done. It would work well.

There is an easier way. Use about two inches of insulated copper wire, and wrap it around the bail in a tight spiral. It keeps the metal up off the hot surface, and since it is insulated wire, you don't get much heat conduction in it. But, this is just a theory that I have been using successfully for about 35 years.

–B.G.–

Bob, the bail will usually be hanging over the top edge of a windscreen if a caldera cone is not used. The heat coming up the sides of the pot will heat the bail closest to the pot but the part sticking out will remain cool enough to pick up. I'm going to add a bail to my Toaks.

"the bail will usually be hanging over the top edge of a windscreen"

I use stainless steel safety wire. It is flexible to fold up where I want it to, but it is stiff enough to hold upright where I leave it.

–B.G.–

Safety wire is what I'm using around the top of the can, good stuff to work with. Spring steel type stainless for the bail. Can't bend it like you say to stay put. Keeps it's shape nicely.

The wire I use is stainless steel safety wire, about 20 gauge.

–B.G.–