Definition

• Dapple Tool.  A punch with a sphere on the end for punching spherical indentations in models, patterns, dies. It is sometimes used with a dapple die – a steel block with various size dapple impressions – for use on thin gauge metal or shells.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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