Dwayne, yes you are hooked. I can't answer all your questions but can tell you this much. Wagner made waffle irons about anyway you wanted them, cast iron, aluminum, high base or low base, and in tons of shapes and sizes. There is actually a world of collection in Waffle Irons alone. I said, sometime ago, that I would not tread upon the waffle iron waters, but alas, I have eaten my words. They are an interesting sort.
As far as the Alaskan handles, thats a good question. I don't know and would like to know too. The only thing I can maybe think of is they called them Alaska because they stayed as cool as Alaska and you didn't get burnt on them. That is what happens, whether they call them that because of that, I don't know, but it sounds about as plausible as anything.
