Patent ID: 8191306

Claim:
A tool for use in forming an earthen vase having smooth compacted walls, said tool comprising a tube having an axis; said tube having a forward cylindrical section and a rearward cylindrical section, both developed about said axis; said forward cylindrical section having a first outer diameter and said rearward cylindrical section having a second outer diameter larger than said first outer diameter; said forward cylindrical section of said tube having a wall thickness defined by parallel outer and inner wall surfaces, both parallel to said axis; said rearward cylindrical section of said tube having an inner diameter at least as great as the first outer diameter of the forward cylindrical section; said tube having a tapering section tapering outwardly from a rearward end of said forward cylindrical section of parallel walls to a proximate end of said rearward cylindrical section; said forward cylindrical section having an axial length shorter than an axial length of said rearward cylindrical section.