Stumps and Tortillions

Stumps and tortillions are tools made out of rolled paper. Use them to burnish colored pencils, graphite, charcoal, pastel and other materials on paper. Both work dry and with white spirit.

What's the difference between stumps and tortillions? Stumps are rolled more compact, and so they are harder than tortillions. Tortillions are hollow.

Both can be sharpened with a scalpel, knife, a sandpaper block or a manual sharpener.