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.
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Watanabe Glass Tools
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA · Website ↗
Jon Watanabe hand-forges jacks, shears, and tweezers to order at Soda Glass House, a working glass studio, and co-owner Alessia Arregui drafts and tests the designs. Many of the tools are modern takes on classic Italian, English, and German tools, such as Dino jacks and Putsch shears.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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Shears
Beer Can Shears (Italo/German-Czech Style)
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Heavy-duty, wide-bite shears after vintage Putsch Czech-style designs. They open wide enough to pick up a beer can.
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Jacks
Clementine Jacks
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A jacks design from Watanabe. The listing has photos but no description yet.
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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.
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Shears
Crescent Shears
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A modern version of antique American crescent shears. The cut leaves a different finish than diamond shears, and they're good for color bar, bits, and handles.
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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.
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Tweezers & Tongs
English 11" Tweezers
by Watanabe Glass Tools
English-style tweezers with slightly beaked forged tips and a lower-profile spring than classic Italian tweezers, for better balance.
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Watanabe Glass Tools
Tweezers & Tongs
English 12" Tweezers
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Tweezers based on old English designs, with beaked tips like Maruko's.
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Shears
English Diamond Shears
by Watanabe Glass Tools
English-looking diamond shears with a wider, Putsch-style bite and ergonomic handles that open fully for most hand sizes.
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Shears
German Medium Diamond Shears
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A take on the classic Putsch medium diamond shears, made in D2 tool steel with ergonomic handles.
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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.
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Watanabe Glass Tools
Tweezers & Tongs
Haystack 10.5" Tweezers
by Watanabe Glass Tools
10.5" tweezers available with bronze or stainless backs.
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Watanabe Glass Tools
Tweezers & Tongs
Italian 12" Tweezers
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Large Italian-style tweezers with forged tips and a rounded interior spring, based on large Dinos.
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Shears
Large Italo/German Diamond Shears
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Large diamond shears blending the Gaio Arturo and Putsch designs.
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Jacks
Square-Back Parchoffis
by Watanabe Glass Tools
Square-back parchoffis, available with grooved ("licorice stick") or smooth blades and long or short handles.
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Paddles & Blocks
The Fork
by Watanabe Glass Tools
A forked, channeled paddle for straightening lips and paddling around the punty. It can also shield a gaffer's hand at the jack blades.
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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.
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