Pentagram Charcoal Tongs, 6 Inches

Stainless steel, 6 inches. Durable, easy to clean, and long enough to keep hands clear.

Notched tip. A secure grip on charcoal discs and resin that round tips fumble.

Pentagram detail. The craft's emblem on the craft's most practical tool.

• Material: stainless steel; length: about 6 inches
• Notched gripping tip; pentagram design near the handle
• SKU: IBTONP

Every practice that burns charcoal converges on the same discovery: fingers are a poor tool for it. Charcoal discs light unevenly and want turning, resin pools and wants nudging, and a censer mid-ritual is exactly as hot as it looks. Tongs are the old answer, standard equipment in every tradition that swings a censer or feeds a cauldron, and the good ones earn their keep in safety alone. These do the job in honest stainless steel with a grip that actually grips. The tool works no magic; it moves the hot things so your attention stays on the working, which is the most practical service any altar tool provides.

1. Grip a charcoal disc by its edge to light it and set it in the censer or cauldron.
2. Turn and reposition burning charcoal as it ashes over.
3. Nudge resin and herb material onto the hot spot without singed fingertips.
4. Let the tongs cool after tending, wipe clean, and store with the charcoal.

• Pentagram Cast Iron Cauldron, 3 1/2 Inches: the vessel these tongs tend.
• Palo Santo Resin Incense, 2 oz: resin destined for the charcoal.
• Pentagram Soapstone Oil Burner, 3 Inches: the flameless-scent side of the same shelf.

What are charcoal tongs for?

Safely lighting, moving, and turning charcoal discs and smoldering resin during incense work, keeping fingers away from live heat.

Will they handle the heat?

Yes, stainless steel takes charcoal-tending duty easily; the tongs themselves warm with use, so set them on a heat safe spot between adjustments.

How do I clean them?

Let them cool, then wipe or wash and dry; stainless steel asks nothing more.