Smushed Redhead Kettle with Nubbed Double Rivet Handles

[MaxBobcat]

The title says it all...

had a friend of mine run across this in Houston and wanted to know if I wanted it...I think I am going to say no, but I have never seen nubbed double rivet handles like this on a kettle.  Anybody else seen anything like this?

[Craig]

OUCH!!!!!    The handles are most likely homemade. Maybe the bowl is salvageable?

[MartyG]

Hmmm...where's that Ugly Kettle thread?

[LightningBoldtz]

Use the bottom for a planter and the top for a fire pit cover and call it a day.

I think I hear taps in the background.

[Weber MD]

WTF?!?! Painful to look at....

[MaxBobcat]

I agree, very painful to look at.

I was just surprised at the riveted handles.  Normally, when I think of homemade handles I would just think of someone using a piece of wood and wood screws.  These handles just looked commercial to me.  I don't really have a friggin clue though how much the average joe uses rivets.  I don't have much experience with them.   

[zavod44]

Sometimes you just need to let the scrapers do their business....

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[zavod44]

Maybe there is a nut behind it and you just can't see it

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[G$]

Maybe there is a nut behind it and you just can't see it

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I performed the following hack job on a handle I salvaged:

[AZ_MIKEY]

Somebody needs a visit from some grillfellas for what they done to that kettle... for shame, for shame what kind of man would let that happen?

[jamesnomore]

It'd be cool with a black lid if the bowl is salvageable.

[blackdog043]

Somebody needs to put that grill out of its misery and just crush it. That's sad!!!

[Craig]

Anyone who allows this atrocity to happen to a redhead any Weber Kettle deserves a visit from Paulie...   

[jimmy_dong]

I would take it if that poor kettle could find its way up near Fort Worth. Has some parts that could be salvaged.

[MaxBobcat]

Update on this poor S.O.B. forthcoming!