Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
10" Standard Jacks "The Gondoliers"
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Large jacks based on a pair of 10.5" Dinos, built to stay precise enough for delicate work at scale.
1 seller
Jacks
Jacks are the glassblower’s most-used shaping tool: two blades joined by a spring handle, used to make necks, form jack lines, and open up lips. Blades come in steel, graphite, or wood, and the shape and length change what a pair is good at.
Watanabe Glass Tools
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
7.5" Standard Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
The maker's most popular size: an all-round jack with smooth tool steel blades and a lively spring, modeled on Dino jacks.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
7.5" Steel Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Stout steel blades that carry their mass further down than cup jacks. A good first pair for students.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
8" Bronze Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
A stouter, beefier-bladed version of the bronze cup jacks.
1 seller
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
8" Standard Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A versatile size for someone who only owns one pair, with a slightly longer blade and handle than the 7.5".
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
9" Bronze Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Robust bronze-bladed jacks for 2- or 3-gather pieces.
1 seller
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
9" Standard Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Standard jacks with 9" smooth tool steel blades and a slim handle that closes without pinching.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
9" Steel Oval Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Fat oval blades after Dino Tedeschi's design. Good for keeping a jack line thick, for trimming thin lips, and for flaring with little drag.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
9" Steel Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Foil-shaped steel blades brazed into stiff handles that don't flex when you squeeze hard.
1 seller
Jacks
Avolio Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Avolio jacks with 160 mm blades.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Bronze Cup Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Cup jacks with bronze blades, the tool Ennion started with.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Bronze Round Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Round bronze blades for soft profiles like goblet stems and avolios, and for flaring openings with little chatter.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Bronze Squareback Cup Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Bronze cup jacks on a Jim Moore-style squareback handle, which holds the blades more parallel when open. Good for opening thin, straight-sided cylinders and cones.
1 seller
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Caramea Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged Caramea-style jacks from Murano with 190 mm blades.
2 sellers
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
Clementine Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A jacks design from Watanabe. The listing has photos but no description yet.
1 seller
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
Clementine Step-Down Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A step-down version of the Clementine Jacks. The listing has photos but no description yet.
1 seller
Jacks
Cup Jack
by Jim Moore Glass Tools
Specialty jacks for glassblowers who make a lot of cups.
1 seller
BC Metalworking
Jacks
Cup Jacks
by BC Metalworking
Cup jacks with thin, tear-drop blades.
2 sellers
Maruko Tools
Jacks
Cup Jacks
by Maruko Tools
Cup jacks with standard or oval blades, from narrow-strap 6" models up to 8" blades, including the new Boyd model with a 34 mm strap.
1 seller
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
Cup Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Cup jacks in the vintage Italian style, with slim 8" oval blades. Heftier than Carlo Donà's and less rigid than Jim Moore's.
1 seller
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Cup Jacks, Medium
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged cup jacks from Murano with 240 mm blades.
2 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Cup Jacks, Small
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged cup jacks from Murano with 210 mm blades.
2 sellers
Jasen Johnsen Glass Tools
Jacks
Cup/Goblet Jacks
by Jasen Johnsen Glass Tools
Fine-bladed jacks for cups and goblets, hand-forged and modeled on Dino jacks.
2 sellers
Jacks
Fabiano Amadi Cup Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Cup jacks with long 300 mm treated-steel blades, named for Fabiano Amadi.
1 seller
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Fuin Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged Davide Fuin-style jacks from Murano with 160 mm blades.
2 sellers
BC Metalworking
Jacks
Goblet Jacks
by BC Metalworking
Jacks for goblet and stem work.
1 seller
Maruko Tools
Jacks
Goblet Jacks
by Maruko Tools
Jacks with smaller, thinner blades for delicate goblet work, with standard or oval blades.
2 sellers
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
Goblet Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Goblet jacks with a traditional Italian profile and a longer blade than square-back designs, for precise stem and goblet work.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Ivan's Pig Stickers
by Ennion Glass Tools
Small steel-bladed jacks based on Ivan Smith's liqueur jacks ("pig stickers"), for small, detailed work and lampworking.
1 seller
BC Metalworking
Jacks
Jacks
by BC Metalworking
Standard jacks with tear-drop blades, hand-made in Minnesota and offered in cup, 8", 9", and 10" sizes.
3 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Jacks, Large
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged standard jacks from Murano with 290 mm blades.
2 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Jacks, Medium
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged standard jacks from Murano with 240 mm blades.
2 sellers
Jasen Johnsen Glass Tools
Jacks
Large Jacks
by Jasen Johnsen Glass Tools
Jacks for larger work, with longer hand-forged blades modeled on Dino jacks.
2 sellers
Jacks
Lipping Tool for Bottle Necks
by Carlo Donà
A custom-designed tool for forming the lip on a bottle neck.
1 seller
Jacks
Mandolino Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Mandolino-style jacks in three sizes.
1 seller
Jasen Johnsen Glass Tools
Jacks
Medium Jacks
by Jasen Johnsen Glass Tools
All-round jacks with hand-forged blades, modeled on Dino jacks.
2 sellers
Jacks
Oval (Step-Down) Jacks
by Maruko Tools
Thicker, shorter blades make these very strong, stiff jacks, similar to the style Antonio Dino originally made.
2 sellers
Jacks
Pacioffi (Stainless)
by Maruko Tools
Stainless pacioffi handles that take wooden sticks, in two handle lengths.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Pacioffi Handles
by Ennion Glass Tools
Ennion jack handles with brazed-in stainless tubes that hold wood or cardboard sticks, for parchoffi work.
1 seller
Cutting Edge Products
Jacks
Parchoffi
by Cutting Edge Products (Red Hot Metal)
Stainless steel parchoffi (pacioffi) that take wooden rods, for smooth surfaces and flowing curves. A pair of cherry rods is included.
2 sellers
Jacks
Parchoffi, Large - Round Handle
by Carlo Donà
Parchoffi (parcioffi) with wooden sticks and a 50 mm round handle, for smooth surfaces and soft curves.
2 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Parchoffi, Medium - Round Handle
by Carlo Donà
Parchoffi (parcioffi) with wooden sticks and a 45 mm round handle, for smooth surfaces and soft curves.
2 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Parchoffi, Small - Round Handle
by Carlo Donà
Parchoffi (parcioffi) with wooden sticks and a 40 mm round handle, for smooth surfaces and soft curves.
2 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Revere Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged jacks from Murano with a profile for revere work.
2 sellers
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Round Jacks, Medium
by Carlo Donà
Hand-forged round-bladed jacks from Murano with 240 mm blades.
2 sellers
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Screw-On Pacioffi Handles
by Ennion Glass Tools
Handles for screw-on cardboard tubes. Soaked like a newspaper pad, the tubes open bowls and wide forms without leaving tool marks.
1 seller
Jacks
Short and Light Jacks
by Carlo Donà
Short, light jacks with 110 mm blades.
1 seller
Hot Glass Color & Supply
Jacks
Small Jacks
by Carlo Donà
A smaller pair of Murano-forged jacks for detail work and smaller pieces.
2 sellers
Jacks
Square Back Parchoffi
by Cutting Edge Products (Red Hot Metal)
A square-back parchoffi (parcioffi) hinge sold with cherrywood sticks.
1 seller
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
Square-Back Parchoffis
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Square-back parchoffis, available with grooved ("licorice stick") or smooth blades and long or short handles.
1 seller
Jacks
Standard Jacks
by Jim Moore Glass Tools
General-purpose jacks for necking, jack lines, and opening. The blades are gusset-brazed and can be replaced as they wear.
4 sellers
Jacks
Standard Jacks
by Maruko Tools
Maruko's standard jacks: tall blades of medium thickness, in three blade lengths and several handle lengths.
2 sellers
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Steel Cup Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
A cross between Ivan Smith's small liqueur jacks and Jim Moore's cup jacks, for cups, ornaments, and other 1–2 gather work.
1 seller
Ennion Glass Tools
Jacks
Steel Goblet Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Thinner, pointier blades than the cup jacks, almond-shaped so they don't drag on the inside wall.
1 seller
Watanabe Glass Tools
Jacks
Toscana (Tuscan Hybrid Cup Jacks)
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A cup/goblet hybrid built on the 7.5" standard, with a three-bend trapezoidal strap taken from pre-war Tuscan factory jacks.
1 seller
BC Metalworking
Jacks
Tweezer Jacks
by BC Metalworking
A compact tweezer-style jack with short 4.5" blades.
2 sellers