Listed here are tools used for raking and poking holes into hot glass, as well as pin vices to hold them.

Peters Tweezers
  $9.00

	A dual purpose tool to quickly make easy to make loops and holes for pendants, vessels and buttons, as well as locate the eye locations on fish beads
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Handy Andy Tungsten Piercer
  $75.00

	Peters Tweezers have become a standard tool for lampworkers who make loops on such glasswork as pendants. Our Handy Andy Tungsten Piercers version is preferred by production lampworkers for their durability, stoutness and that the tungsten tips can be adjusted to suit your needs. The tungsten tips can be removed to resharpen or replace when they wear down from heavy use. Opposite the piercing end of the tungsten tips are a handy point on one tip and a round shape at the other.

Tungsten Rods
  3 diameters, 2 lengths, from $3.00 to $9.00

	One end is ground to a long point and the other end is ground to a short point. Tungsten greatly resists sticking to hot glass.
	Learn More Select ItemTungsten Rod - 1/16" X 3¼" $4.00Tungsten Rod - 3/32" X 3¼" $5.00Tungsten Rod - 1/8" X 3¼" $6.00Tungsten Rod - 1/16" X 7" $7.00Tungsten Rod - 3/32" X 7" $9.00Tungsten Rod - 1/8" X 7" $11.00

Replaceable Tungsten Straight Rake/Poker
  3 diameters, from $8.00 to $10.00

	A Tungsten Pin Vise and a  double ended pointed Tungsten Rod together. Used for raking and poking.
	Learn More Select ItemReplaceable Tungsten Straight Rake/Poker - 1/16" $9.00Replaceable Tungsten Straight Rake/Poker - 3/32" $10.00Replaceable Tungsten Straight Rake/Poker - 1/8" $11.00

Tungsten Bent Rake
  Rake and replacement tungsten, from $7.50 to $12.50

	Similar to the poker listed above, except the end of the rod is bent and sharp like a dental tool.
	Learn More Select ItemTungsten Bent Rake - 3/32'' -$12.50Tungsten Bent Rake - Replacement Tungsten $7.50

Stainless Steel Rake
  $6.00

	Stainless steel rake for manipulating molten glass, such as dragging and feathering. Contoured wooden handle.
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Tungsten Pin Vise
 3 sizes, $5.00 each

		A small pin vise with a wooden handle. Ideal for use with Tungsten Rods or Replacement Tungsten Bent Rake.
		Learn More Select ItemTungsten Pin Vise - 1/16" $5.00Tungsten Pin Vise - 3/32" $5.00Tungsten Pin Vise - 1/8" $5.00

Small Economy Pin Vise
 $4.00

		4½" pin vise with reversible collets.
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Mandrel Pin Vise
 $22.95

		Holds mandrels, tungsten rods and wires up to 1/8" (3mm) in diameter.
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Large Pin Vise
 $12.95

		A three jawed chuck, similar to that on a drill, mounted to a contoured wood handle, holds up to 5/16" (7 mm) diameter.
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