Jointing iron

Coat of arms of the glazier trade with ancient tools. (vHnV Kröseleisen, Glaserdiamant / Glasscutter, Glaserhammer, Soldering iron / fire piston)

A jointing iron (also jointing iron or crumbling iron and Krösel , Krisel , Fiedermesser (feathering)) is a hook-like tool of the glassmaker , with which small parts are broken away from the edges of the workpieces. On both sides of a bar about one centimeter wide and about 22 centimeters long are the hooks with minimal difference. The Kröseleisen has been known from York ( England ) since around 1530 and in Germany since the 16th century.

The jointing iron is also part of coats of arms , e.g. B. in Heinrichsthal .

See also

• Frying pliers
• List of tools

literature

• Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 7. Leipzig 1907, p. 194.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 2. Leipzig 1796, p. 148.
2. ^ Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research: Nassauische Annalen: Yearbook of the association for Nassau antiquity and historical research. Volume 118, publisher of the association for Nassau antiquity and historical research. Wiesbaden 2007, p. 335.