Yours would be considered a collectible by now! For a new version of the same, Here ya' go....

Here is a link that might be useful: Non-stick galaxy spring whisk

Oh great, now I need one! The bedspring is my daughter's go-to whisk.

My DM has had one like this almost as long as I can remember. She only uses it to beat eggs. To me it's easier to use a fork unless you have a lot of eggs to beat in one bowl and then I would prefer a whisk.

Yup, you've got an old-fashioned egg beater. I've got my grandmother's, and it still works great. Mine has a raw wood handle, not nice and black and shiny like yours, but then my grandmother was a little raw, herself.

I have something similar (called a spiral whisk) that came with my Black & Decker Handy Mixer (the original one), and I love it. I use it to make gravy, it mixes the flour/water in easily and scrapes the tasty pieces off the bottom of the pan. It also came with a "regular" whisk, which I use for eggs, etc.

My mom has one of those and swears by it.

CdeL, absolutely LOVE you! I do, I really do! :) Thank you soooooo much! Someone on the QVC cooking forum identified it as a "twirl whisk". I found them on Amazon but hadn't had time yet to do a good Google search for a silicone version (Amazon didn't have one). Everyone that has one and answered on the QVC forum agrees that they're the only way to go :) And here I was thinking I'd not find anyone else that had one (lol)
Thanks ladies :)
Monica

I have several of these and think they are wonderful. For eggs, you can wisk them even in a coffee cup if you are just doing a couple. Once you have used this style, you will wonder what you ever did without it!

I've had one (maybe 2-3) for years and love it too. Except, they always manage to rust a little bit, much like yours. But, it's a great tool. It's perfect for mixing batters and other thickened type of liquids, too. I bounce it up and down rapidly while moving it around the bowl - very efficient.

arline

Okay, enlighten me. I would call this an egg beater, which is used to beat whole eggs and not egg whites, as I don't think enough air could be whisked into them.

As far a beating egg whites, when I was a kid we had a spoon shaped gizmo that had wire coiled around in the shape of a spoon that was quite effective.

My Mom had one of those which she used to beat eggs for scrambled eggs. We used to call it the "egg boinger" :-)

I've got one of those too, it was Grandma's. We just called it a spring whisk, but from now on I'm calling it an "egg boinger". LOLOL Mine is mostly used for getting the "dumplings" out of the gravy, it works great for that.

I'm glad to know there's a plastic/silicone version, thanks Claire.

Annie

I've got one of those too. I bought mine at a vintage store years ago.

Ann

My plain one came from OSH. I think I need the new fangled one.

To me, an egg beater is manual version of a hand mixer, the thing we used for making instant pudding when I was a kid. Seems like we made whipped cream with it at some point. Mom must have been trying to keep us busy or something because we had not only an electric hand mixer, but a stand mixer as well...