[Jewelry making - Article 00287] - Re: [Orchid] Tool used for picking stones?

[David L. Huffman]

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Hello Thor;

>     I want to know the name of the tool used for picking stones 

    Those have sometimes been given the name "booger sticks". Take some
    pure bees wax and mix in a little powdered charcoal or cigarette ash.
    This will dirty it up a bit so it is not so sticky. You want to be
    able to pick up the stone with it, but still be able, with a quick
    twist, to release the stone in the head or hole you're setting it in.
    Form it into a kind of short carrot shape on the end of an old bur or
    something. I form mine on a large safety pin so I can hang it on a
    nail on my bench for easy retrieval. 

David L. Huffman

 
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