Pottery trimming tool

I’ve been messing around with making tools for awhile now and this 90° trimming tool is the most useful. I’m still trying out new shapes but the right angle + the rounded blade is what I use on every pot. The big difference you might see is the handle. I’d make the Korean style trimming tools out of long strips of metal but would end up holding it up close to the blade anyways so I thought about how my hand naturally wants to hold something and designed a handle that would fill up the negative space in my palm while still having my pointer finger to direct the blade! This product is just the metal but I have made these tools with wood on both sides. I decided against that for this listing because it’s a lot of work and I’m trying to open a studio haha. I will do some prettier tools in the future. 

These tools are customizable and you can easily do that by stuffing tissue paper around the handle and swapping it with electrical tape until it fits nicely into your hand :D

The tools are super sharp and I’ve gotten little cuts very often so please be careful! 

I cut each of these out of a concrete saw blade. Then I shape and sharpen them. Once all sanded up I put them in the forge to either bend the blade into a right angle or shape the loop tool with tongs. After they are shaped I heat them and quench in oil to harden the steel.