Hi Todd! Yes, I have an assortment of clay shapers that help with OP blending, and even pushing them around a little bit. Mine have a soft gray color at the end.

I like the interesting two-end style you’re showing here. I wonder if they’d be a little more rigid than the ones I’m using, too.

Did they have a particular brand name?

Thanks for sharing, Todd. They are great tools indeed.

I have the one in the middle. I would not be without it, it’s the best thing ever. The shaft of mine is all blackened and sticky though because I am the messiest oil pastelist ever

I have discovered a new tool!

It’s a bookbinding tool, a bone paper folder:

We use them at work for various paper restoration jobs. I recently bought all new ones because the old ones were a bit chipped, etc. I took the old ones instead of binning them and I have discovered that they are absolutely fantastic for smoothing large areas of oil pastel. Where I would spend aaages smoothing out large areas of black and dark grey with my fingers, I can now just sweep across with the bone. My finger tips and joints are so happy

They are made of bone, so they are strong and sturdy but that little bit springy, and the finish of them is perfectly smooth and very tactile.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0162LCO1I/ref=asc_df_B0162LCO1I56042400/?tag=googshopuk-21&creative=22146&creativeASIN=B0162LCO1I&linkCode=df0&hvadid=256184816614&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16881248217641672333&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006948&hvtargid=pla-422000226871

These look like they would be helpful sometimes, but then I wouldn’t get to stick my fingers in the pastels. I’ve started wearing gloves though, but it’s not as much fun.