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.
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Ennion Glass Tools
Hand-made jacks, including bronze-bladed ones, from a glassblower who started blowing in 1989. Launched in 2024 after years of development, with encouragement from Ivan Smith and toolmaking mentorship from Jim Moore. The handles combine Dino Tedeschi and Ivan Smith designs and are built not to flex under a hard squeeze.
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8" Bronze Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
A stouter, beefier-bladed version of the bronze cup jacks.
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9" Bronze Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Robust bronze-bladed jacks for 2- or 3-gather pieces.
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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.
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9" Steel Standard Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Foil-shaped steel blades brazed into stiff handles that don't flex when you squeeze hard.
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Bronze Cup Jacks
by Ennion Glass Tools
Cup jacks with bronze blades, the tool Ennion started with.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pacioffi Handles
by Ennion Glass Tools
Ennion jack handles with brazed-in stainless tubes that hold wood or cardboard sticks, for parchoffi work.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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