Pinch iron

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Zwackeisen in action

The pinch iron is a hand tool that is used in manual glass blowing . The pincer is an elongated, elastic iron with two pointed or flat tips (similar to tweezers), with which the glass is pinched. The tool can be used as pliers . The term Zwacken can be explained with squeezing.

literature

  • Zwackeisen, das. In: Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 4, Leipzig 1801, p. 1780.
  • Pinch iron. In: Adelung: Pierer's Universal Lexikon. Volume 19. Altenburg 1865, p. 756.