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May 17, 2009 8:59 PM Subscribe
What is this tool used for?
Looks like a blackhead extractor to me.
posted by pluckemin at 9:02 PM on May 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by pluckemin at 9:02 PM on May 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
It's for pottery. I think it's for edging?
posted by puckish at 9:03 PM on May 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by puckish at 9:03 PM on May 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
It is, indeed, a zit killer! Fabulous thing to have in one's possession.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:05 PM on May 17, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:05 PM on May 17, 2009 [2 favorites]
The wire pottery tool others are thinking of is larger.
That is a blackhead/blemish remover. They're genius.
posted by elsietheeel at 9:07 PM on May 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
That is a blackhead/blemish remover. They're genius.
posted by elsietheeel at 9:07 PM on May 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
i believe fingers work can work on zits, but i always remember my sister having a blackhead remover.
posted by Frasermoo at 9:21 PM on May 17, 2009
posted by Frasermoo at 9:21 PM on May 17, 2009
Best answer: The best way I've seen it used is during a facial. The facialist steams your face for at least 10 minutes, then uses the tool by pushing it against your skin at the base of the blackhead, and causes the blackhead to be squeezed. I have one myself and recommend using it only after a shower, after your skin has been well hydrated, to avoid causing scarring or worse, pushing the blackhead and bacteria further into the skin.
posted by choochoo at 9:22 PM on May 17, 2009
posted by choochoo at 9:22 PM on May 17, 2009
Blackhead remover that can double as a pottery tool?
posted by puritycontrol at 9:40 PM on May 17, 2009
posted by puritycontrol at 9:40 PM on May 17, 2009
I've seen small pottery tools like that, and though, yeah, they're typically larger, people make pots of all sizes, and likewise pottery tools.
posted by salvia at 9:56 PM on May 17, 2009
posted by salvia at 9:56 PM on May 17, 2009
It's a blackhead remover. I have that exact one. It works too.
posted by dogmom at 4:35 AM on May 18, 2009
posted by dogmom at 4:35 AM on May 18, 2009
It could also be a bodkin, which is a sewing tool designed for threading elastic (or whatever) through a casing.
posted by DrGail at 4:47 AM on May 18, 2009
posted by DrGail at 4:47 AM on May 18, 2009
I don't know about the pimple thing, but I have a few of these for pottery-- they're trimming tools. (elsietheeel-- they can be bigger, but the picture you linked to shows trimming tools the same size as the tool in question.)
After you've thrown your pot on the wheel and it's dried out a bit, you trim a foot into it. It's both decorative (makes the piece look finished) and it takes away the excess clay that makes the piece heavy. This is a pretty lame video that shows how to do it; 1:41 shows the tool in question.
posted by veryhappyheidi at 4:01 PM on May 19, 2009
After you've thrown your pot on the wheel and it's dried out a bit, you trim a foot into it. It's both decorative (makes the piece look finished) and it takes away the excess clay that makes the piece heavy. This is a pretty lame video that shows how to do it; 1:41 shows the tool in question.
posted by veryhappyheidi at 4:01 PM on May 19, 2009
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