Wow!!! I still have the metal 1 my hubby got at a garage sale yrs ago. It doesn't come out much at all anymore. My sweet Mama loved to iron (I hate it, I'd rather be piecing, sewing, etc). She used to stand & iron for the public when we were growing up. Charged $1.50 a doz (starched shirts & stiff jeans) just to give us little spending $. Now she's in nursing home & can't remember much. What we do for our kids!!!!