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I always thought andiron's came in pairs. That one is pretty coll though, just needs a mate.

My preference is not to have more to deal with than necessary. Get air under one end of the fuel and it goes well. Both ends elevated does not transfer many more Btu's to the thermal mass eg the masonry of the stove, so I figure, why get more elements involved? 

The early Iron Age Andiron in the British Museum was a singleton used for a fire in the middle of the floor.