My 2p -
@p.b is onto something.
I'd go for the second design, probably. Needs some tweaking, but if that ivory-like resin is on offer, even with the orange ring, I think it would look stellar. What I'd personally like to see is less sphere-like rounding and more of an exponential curve going on.... Or should I say more natural?
Marilyn, or Jessica, I don't really mind which.
Appreciate this would bring it closer to something like the Simpsons Colonel, or something along those lines, but it really doesn't matter. The knot is what matters, and the handle just needs to be functional and pleasing to the eye.
Again.. Ivory resin, by Elforyn possibly, or something similar. Mr. Bernd should have easy access to that in Germany. Yeah, I'd be all over that.