Ludwig Multi-Line Blade Tool

Long time Arrow Springs toolmaker and accomplished beadmaker, Rob Ludwig, was thinking about beads while making a run of Sharon Shapers (Utility Blade Tool) and he thought, what if I put four blades side-by-side with a space between them? And viola! Not all great tool ideas are so great, but this one sure is.
Just heat up an area of your bead, pendant or other glass work and press the sharp edges of the blades against the hot glass. It’s that simple. Because all four line impressions are made at once, they all look crisp, neat and clean, unlike when an impression made one at a time distorts the one before it. If you want more than four line impressions wide, no problem. Simply heat an area of the glass next to the first set of impressions and press the tool to the hot glass next to it, while overlapping one two or three of the lines. This way you can add one, two or three lines at a time while the overlapping keeps the previous lines from losing their detail. Two versions; One with the blades spaced 3/32” apart and one spaced at 1/8”.