On 11/20/2020 at 8:16 PM, dcarch said:
The shape of wok worked well with old technique of thin cast iron making as well as hand making. Long time ago when I was visiting China, I have seen how steel wok making with using only one tool, a hammer. workers could shape a round disk of steel into a wok quickly without years of experience.
Interestingly, the wok shape also worked perfectly with old irregular shaped clay wood fired stoves or any shaped coal, charcoal stoves. It always stayed level for cooking.
Truly "Form Follows Function."
dcarch
The woks I mentioned in this photograph are hand made with a hammer.
