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A crook handle lets an umbrella hang
A hooked grip frees the hand and hooks over a rail or bag strap The curved handle is usually steam bent hardwood or a moulded plastic copy, shaped so the hook passes over a forearm or a coat rail. It also stops the umbrella sliding down when it is propped against a wall. Straight handles became common on compact umbrellas because a hook does not fit inside a telescopic sleeve. It sits in Mondo's everyday life collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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A crook handle lets an umbrella hang: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- A hooked grip frees the hand and hooks over a rail or bag strap. The figure is taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a everyday life fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Everyday Life shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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