Lead Working Tools

Double-Faced Soft Mallet The perfect little mallet for stained glass work. Use one side for tapping those horseshoe nails and metal push pins into place, and the other side for gently tapping glass into lead came. No doubt you will find other uses, such as imparting a friendly "Hello" to your fellow subway rider having that most INTERESTING cell phone chat about his troubling medical afflications. $4.95 6920	DuraLife Lead Pattern Shears From Inland. Cutting your pattern apart with lead or foil shears removes just the right amount of pattern to allow for copper foil or lead. Projects fit together properly without "growing". Precision ground stainless steel blades. $7.19, 6 for $38.82 6792
Schablonenscheren (Double Bladed Pattern Shears) Be a Schablonenscherenmeister! This tool removes 1.75mm of paper between the blades to allow for the lead came. Used by studios since early times, they are almost indispensable for any intricate pattern work. 8" long. Imported. $4.75 6845	Bevel King Lead Nippers 6-1/2" long. Great for cutting, trimming and mitering corners on small sizes of lead came. Also used for cutting hanging wire, lamp cord, brass wire and nasal hair. Imported. $6.95 6992
Inland Duralife Lead Nippers Leaves clean precise edges on lead came. $5.92, 6 for $31.98 6826	Plastic Lead Opener A multi-talented tool which combines the function of a fid, for opening lead, but also can be used for smoothing down copper foil, running putty, removing excess putty, lifting lead came for repair work, and removing orange pips. $2.64 6822
Hardwood Fid Used by sailors to assist in the twisting and splicing of rigging lines, a fid is also used by some stained glass artists to open lead channels, burnish copper foil, scratch backs, and perform endless other tasks that would probably never even have occured to us had we not heard it with our own ears. Sometimes you just need a fid. There are many folk who prefer the newfangled plastic lead openers, but we'll keep these around for you Luddites out there. Not for the fid-challenged. $1.98 6750	Lead Knife The manufacturers of this lead knife have immodestly labeled it "The Perfect Lead Knife." Who are we to say? We can say unequivocally that it is the perfect pizza knife. Sharp on the outside edge (unlike a Linoleum knife, which is sharp on the inside edge). High grade stainless steel. (Health and safety warning: Do not use as both a pizza knife AND a lead knife.) $6.95 6836
Lead Straightener If your lead came has become disheveled or unruly, or if someone has stood upon it during some unguarded moment of high excitement, you will find a Lead Straightener highly serviceable for the purpose for which it is offered. After attaching the tool to your bench with a screw or bolt, you merely insert one end of your unfortunate lead between the jaws of the Lead Straightener and pull gently until the desired results are had. 1-7/8" high. $5.99 7345	Wire Brush This wooden handled brush has stainless steel bristles and is a handy size for you to use for burnishing lead joints before soldering them, or for cleaning old lead joints or solder preparatory to resoldering. This tool is also useful for cleaning electrical contacts, auto battery terminals, rusty things, and the like. Mrs. Eberhard Faber of Los Alamos, R.I. writes to say: "Your #0938 brush is just super as a complexion brush for my daughter Millicent. Her face is a mess!" $0.67 0938
Horseshoe Nails We recognize that some of our customers may not have access to a supply of farrier's material, or may not care to have dealings with persons engaged in horse-type functions. We have therefore made available our very own brand horseshoe nails, made to our specifications. (A point at one end, and a head at the other.) Every really swift leaded glass person is well aware of the requirement for a nail which will hold glass in place (on the work board) without chipping it, be easily removable, attractive, modest, and have just enough charisma to prevent the Cleaning Lady from throwing it out. Horseshoe nails have been used in leaded glass work for centuries. Our Horseshoe Nails are functional and recyclable to boot. (One can double as a cribbage peg, a hors d'oeuvre pick, or can be made into a finger ring for your high school sweetheart.) 2-3/16" long. $0.30, 12 for $3.24, 90 for $20.25, 250 for $37.50 6851