Ribs & Scrapers

About Reach deeper and pull your pottery walls taller with our Wood Rib 50 mm Extra-Long. This elongated version of our small, 50 mm wood rib is still great for...

About Our Wood Rib 75 mm is the “just right” tool for your wheel-throwing needs. Our wood ribs are designed like a natural extension of the hand, giving your work unique...

About Our Wood Rib 50 mm is the small-yet-mighty tool for every studio. Reach into smaller openings and extend the walls of your vessel upward with the curved edge. While...

About Dimensions: 5.2" L x 1.7" W Type: Serrated Xiem Stainless Steel Clay Ribs are flawless, flexible and the finest cutlery stainless steel ribs available. They are tailored for all...

About Stainless Steel Rib 3C Dimensions: 4" L x 1.8" W Xiem Stainless Steel Clay Ribs are flawless, flexible and the finest cutlery stainless steel ribs available. They are tailored...

About Stainless Steel Rib 2A Dimensions: 2.4" L x 1.2" W Xiem Stainless Steel Clay Ribs are flawless, flexible and the finest cutlery stainless steel ribs available. They are tailored...

About Ultra Soft Silicone Rib (Medium) - Lime Green. Uses: This Soft Silicone Clay Rib is great for shaping, smoothing and finishing clay in tight areas. Also great for detail work....

About Ultra Soft Silicone Rib (Small) - Lime Green. Uses: This Soft Silicone Clay Rib is great for shaping, smoothing and finishing clay in tight areas. Also great for detail work....

About Firm Silicone Rib 5 by Xiem Tools USA Uses: This Firm Silicone Clay Rib is an essential tool to create classic low-profile bowl and platter forms. Also good for...

About Firm Silicone Rib 5 by Xiem Tools USA Uses: This Firm Silicone Clay Rib is a must-have rib in the tool box. Classic and essential for all your clay work....

About Soft Silicone Rib 3 by Xiem Tools USA Uses: This Soft Silicone Clay Rib is great for shaping, smoothing and finishing clay in tight areas. Also great for detail work....

About Soft Silicone Rib 1 by Xiem Tools USA Uses: This Soft Silicone Clay Rib is great for shaping, smoothing and finishing clay in tight areas. Also great for detail work....

About Inspired by Jeff from GR Pottery, Mudtools new EDGY is our latest polymer rib, designed for precise edge rounding and burnishing. This curvy little showboat is available in all...

The Basic Potter's Rib tool is perfect for forming, shaping, finishing, and smoothing clay. Made of a thin and flexible material, this tool is durable and easy to use. Available...

Designed for shaping, smoothing, and refining pottery forms, these tools offer versatility for potters. The steel scrapers (S) are crafted from thin, flexible spring stainless steel. For added rigidity, the...

The Bulls Tongue is a new twist on a traditional Japanese gyobera. This subtle shape of this tool will change the way you throw forever, particularly if you are a...

Long and lean, the Large Platter Rib is designed to give good compression when you are making plates and platters. It enables proper compression of the clay to avoid those...

Long and lean, the Small Platter Rib is designed to give good compression when making plates and platters. It enables proper compression of the clay to avoid those cracks that...

Large Bowl Rib is the big brother of the Small Bowl Rib. It is designed to give as many radius sweeps on the clay as possible. With a smaller curve...

The Small Bowl Rib is designed to give as many radius sweeps on the clay as needed. With a smaller curve in the front and a bigger curve in the...

Sometimes you need to make a point! The corner on Shape 4 gives a beautiful line on the clay. This tool also offers two flat surfaces and three radiuses. Michael...

Shape 3 is 5" wide and gives a good sweep across the clay. This is a good rib for throwing larger objects. Michael prefers the Green Medium or Blue Firm...

Shape 2 was the firstborn in the Mudtools family of tools. The Shape 2 Rib is a remake of Michael's favorite old rib and is a workhorse for throwing, smoothing...

Shape 5 is the same traditional kidney-shape as Shapes 0 & 1, only bigger. It offers more surface coverage, making it great for smoothing a slab of clay. All of...

The Shape 1 Rib is our bestseller tool. It's not too big and not too small. It's just right. You need one in your tool box, you really do. The...

Shape 0 is our smallest rib and one of our bestsellers. The traditional kidney shape is the most universally recognized clay tool. These little ribs can get into tight places...

The MudMouth by Mudtools will get you talking! There are so many uses for this cool little tool. It's great for burnishing, compressing, slip trailing and more! Available in small,...

Used for smoothing, shaping and finishing pottery pieces. Approx. 4.25" wide.

Made from smooth-finished hardwood. Approximately 4.25" long.

Used for shaping, smoothing and trimming pottery shapes. Approximately 3.875" long.

Used for shaping, smoothing and trimming pottery shapes. Approximately 3.75" long.

Used for smoothing, shaping and finishing pottery pieces. Approx. 4.25" wide

Used for smoothing, shaping and finishing pottery pieces. Molded from pliable rubber. We offer them in two kidney shapes and different grades of resiliency.

These ribs are made from smooth-fi nished hardwood, and employ the basic shapes required for opening, shaping, curving, smoothing and trimming wet clay on the potter’s wheel.