Figure 239

Chasing tools belonging to Jean Dubos, Coubertin foundry, France, used notably to work the demonstration cylinder (fig. 238). From left to right: punch with smooth texture (in French ciselet, and more specifically mat à bout lisse carré); punch with a textured, granular surface (mat sablé moyen); tracer or scribe (mat à tracer fin or traçoir fin); veining tool (mat à tracer large or traçoir gros); fine-textured matting punch (mat sablé fin); and domed “dot” punch (perloir or mat à perler).