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This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/kolkschep?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/teelklompje?lang=nl>
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Light hand hook with a series of short teeth on a plate of about 4-6 cm.
The jute or wood handle may or may not be perpendicular to the working
part. This hook moves "most bagged goods, except more refined sugar, fine
seeds, ground pumice, fine sulfur and similar goods" (1). See also the
cotton hook. [MOT] (1) JANSE: 27.
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1040?lang=nl>
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Clogs that are nailed to a shelf (approx. 30 by 40 cm) and with which the
gardener tamps the soil after sowing. The clogs are sometimes replaced by a
shelf with straps that you fasten around your shoe; or fitted with ropes
held taut by hand (1).The peat-cutter uses such clogs to tamp the spread
wet dredge spoil to squeeze the water out before it is distributed with the
mud-marking iron.To walk on muddy surfaces, trips are attached under the
shoes or boots; there the aim is to increase support. [MOT](1) Eg.
CROMPVOETS & VINEYARD ep.2: 169.
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For more technical information about this iron hand tool of the osier
worker, see the dutch version of this page. For maintenance works, in
addition to a spade and an axe, the osier worker uses this iron tool to dig
up dead tree stumps by stabbing its thick roots and then pounding it
through the head of the stump, in order to be able to turn the latter on
its axis, until it has come loose from its roots.The tool is also used to
split tree stumps to make firewood. [MOT]
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1053?lang=nl>
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These wrought iron pliers are used to pull out posts. In hop cultivation,
this tool is used in combination with a lever to pull the stakes out of the
ground every year. To be distinguished from the stone cutter's scissors.
See also this associated tool. [MOT]
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1020?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1110?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1087?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1125?lang=nl>
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Wooden or metal wedge - today made of plastic - usually with a concave top
surface and a wooden handle or a metal bracket. The stop block is placed
against the wheel of a vehicle to slow down or stop it. Implements for the
railways are made according to plan from oak or elm; the stem (approx. 90
cm), made of ash or acacia (1). [MOT] (1) ''Kleine houten voorwerpen'': 3.
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With the manually pulled trail cultivator (1), the soil is lifted up to a
fairly great depth (approx. 7-15 cm) and opened up and the weeds growing on
it are loosened. It is also used to break clods. The working part, usually
adjustable in width, consists of an odd number of curved iron teeth with a
triangular point. It is screwed to an iron handle of approx. 120 cm, the
end of which (approx. 25 cm) is bent and has a crossbar (approx. 35 cm).
See also the hand cultivator. [MOT] (1) There are also trailed cultivators
that are pulled by a horse.
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1123?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1115?lang=nl>
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Monoxil (usually beech or willow) knife-shaped hand tool to rid the stone
form of the remnants of clay and sand after each stone made. Sometimes a
piece of iron was used for the same purpose. [EMABB]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1146?lang=nl>
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Large wooden rake with wide teeth that are widely spaced, with which the
sand heap is regularly worked to allow the sand to dry more quickly. There
are also sand rakes (1) with metal teeth, as well as a combination rake and
puller. [EMABB] (1) Proper English name yet unknown
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1131?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1140?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1141?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1147?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1134?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1138?lang=nl>
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Trowel with an elongated (approx. 16-20 cm), flat and narrow (approx. 2.5-4
cm) blade that is rounded or pointed and attached to a handle with a bent
joint. It is used by the bricklayer or tile roofer to apply mortar between
roof tiles. The plasterer uses it in places where it is difficult to reach
with other tools, behind heating pipes, etc. To be distinguished from the
tongue trowel of the bricklayer and not to be confused with the beekeeper's
uncapping knife. [MOT]
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The plumber uses this S-shaped blunt chisel, often with a curved cut, to
drive lead and work, i.e., fluffed ropes, into the collar of a cast iron
pipe so that it is watertight. It is struck with a hammer. [MOT]
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/450?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/413?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/454?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/511?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/486?lang=nl>
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Wooden tool to scoop grain. See also the grain shovel.
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With a salmon picker you can easily scoop up and serve fish fillets. It is
an elongated (approx. 25 cm), fork-shaped plastic hand tool with a straight
handle. The two jaws are very close to each other, so that just a thin fish
fillet can fit in between. One jaw is flat with a pointed end; the other is
slightly shorter, round and also with a narrower end. The flat jaw is slid
under the fish, which is now stuck between both jaws and can be served as
such. It can be removed from the salmon picker with a fork. [MOT]
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/582?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/641?lang=nl>
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A polishing brush is used to polish parquet floors. This is a short-haired
brush that is located under a metal, rectangular plate that is attached to
a long (approx. 1.30 m), wooden or metal handle. When the wax-rubbed
parquet floor is almost dry, it is rubbed on with a polishing brush until
it is nice and shiny. [MOT]
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/628?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/677?lang=nl>
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Potatoes can be harvested with a garden spade, a hoe, a potato lifting fork
or a potato harvester. The latter has three, sometimes four, wide (approx.
2-3 cm) and flat teeth with pointed ends (approx. 25-30 cm long), which are
slightly attached to a wooden handle (approx. 100-130 cm) ). [MOT]
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/650?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/675?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/712?lang=nl>
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The cigarette filler is a manual tool with which one can fill empty filter
cigarettes with tobacco. It is an elongated (approx. 10 cm long) metal
cylinder (approx. 1 cm in diameter) with an extendable tube that can be
opened and filled with tobacco. Once filled it is closed and an empty
cigarette case is slid over it. When the tube is pushed back into the
cylinder - where there is a plate that acts as a tamper at the bottom end -
the tobacco ends up in the cigarette case. More modern models are made of
plastic. This tool is to be distinguished from a pill dispenser. [MOT]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/774?lang=nl>
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This pottery turning hook is a manual tool with a right angle blade
(approx. 2 cm by 0.5-1 cm) that can take different shapes: rectangular with
or without rounded corners, triangular, etc. It can be made entirely of
metal or have a wooden handle . There may also be a spatula-shaped blade at
the other end. The turning tool is used by the potter to update the shape
of a turned pot while turning. If it is held against the pot, a certain
amount of clay is cut off. [MOT]
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This bit consists of a metal pipe (diameter approx. 0.5-1 cm) - sharp on
one end and with a handle or a crank on the other end - to cut circles,
hearts, etc. as decoration on the clogs. It is pushed onto the clog, never
beaten like the leatherworker's punch. [MOT]
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This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/83?lang=nl>
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<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/780?lang=nl>
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When one wants to cut the top layer of the soil, one usually uses a hoe. In
hard or stony soil, this two-pronged tool is used, which consists of two
heavy (approx. 20 cm by 2 cm), sharp teeth that are attached at right
angles or at an angle to a straight handle. See also the flat pick. [MOT]