Help! I need ideas for a focus item

[JediDresden]

My wizard character has a focus item slot I want to fill with a Crafting focus item, my problem is I do not know what to pick out for a focus item for making things.  I have thought of everything from a vise, a jeweler's magnifying eyepiece (don't know the technical name),  a leather-man tool, to an anvil and or hammer, mortar/ pastel, to even a chemistry set.  I just don't know which to choose  - or would make a good background story for my character.

Please help... any ideas?

[Mr. Death]

I've got a character with a focus like that, I made it into work gloves. Probably depends on what sorts of items he's going to be crafting.

[ways and means]

A Knife for etching magic symbols could work as an enchanted item focus, a hammer or tongs could also work depending on the bent of your crafting. 

[Becq]

a jeweler's magnifying eyepiece (don't know the technical name)

Jeweler's Loupe is the term you are looking for, and I kind of like that idea...

[JediDresden]

Thanks for the name, and that is what I finally decided on.  I liked the idea and just kept coming back to it, so I'm going to use it.

Thanks to the other suggestions and help, I will keep them in mind for future ideas.

[GryMor]

My wizard character has a focus item slot I want to fill with a Crafting focus item, my problem is I do not know what to pick out for a focus item for making things.

In the pattern of Little Chicago, my Crafting Focus is the workshop itself. The more slots invested into it, the more this makes sense.

[AstronaughtAndy]

You already decided, but since this thread is here:

Go the Ron Swanson route and make it a bottle of scotch.