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The description of the roundel can only be consulted in dutch.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/router-plane?lang=nl>

Wedge-shaped wooden hand tool (approx. 10-12 cm long; approx. 7-10 cm wide) with a blunt metal or horn blade, sometimes with rounded corners, fixed in the narrow tapered end. The furrier uses the expanded wood to flatten seams (see also seam rubber), smoothly rubbing nailed material and stretching the wetted sheets. It is handled with the right hand while holding the skin with the left hand. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/rubber-face-hammer?lang=nl>

Rubber is extracted from the milk sap (latex) of the heveas. Extraction is done by tapping the living tree with the tapping knife. The latex is cut transversely. Therefore, the tap cut is made at an angle of approximately 30 ° to the horizontal plane, causing the latex to run off the cut. A metal gutter is attached under the cut, through which the latex ends up in the receptacle (1). The tap knife has a metal curved blade with a U-shaped curved lip at the end and a straight wooden handle of approx. 10 cm. When tapping, a strip of bark of about 1.5 cm thickness is cut away with this sharp lip. The tap knife resembles the timber scribe with which a tree to be felled is marked and the clog maker's timber scribe with which the clogmaker applies decorations to clogs. [MOT] (1) See eg VAN DEN ABEELE & VANDENPUT: 374.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/rush-holder?lang=nl>

Metal blade (approx. 4 cm by 1 cm) that cuts on one or two sides and which is placed in a cap that is attached at right angles to a straight handle (approx. 7-10 cm). The whole can be made of metal or plastic. In the past, the blades were sharpened on a specially designed razor strop; today they are disposable blades. Compared to the razor knife, the safety razor makes it easier to shave without cutting. [MOT]

There are different models of sharpeners for sharpening the blades of a safety razor (1). In the past, people used a razor strop on which they pushed the knife back and forth. You can also use a concave oil stone to sharpen the blades. [MOT] (1) DURBIN G., Wig, hairdressing and shaving bygones, Oxford, 1984: 21.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/sail-hook?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/sailors-knife-folding?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/salad-tongs?lang=nl>

Cast iron kitchen utensil consisting of a round plate (approx. 5-8 cm diameter; approx. 1-3 cm thick), attached in the middle to a bent, long (approx. 40 cm) handle, with or without wooden handle. When the salamander is heated red hot over the gas or in the fire, it can be used to brown the top of gratin dishes or sugared desserts with a crispy crust or a layer of caramel.The salamander is almost indistinguishable from the hat iron, a similar tool that was heated on the stove and used to iron the inside of hats. [MOT]

Monoxile (willow) shovel with slightly trapezoidal blade and rounded corners, with which the brickmaker scoops the dry river sand into a wheelbarrow. The sand should ensure that the clay does not stick to the wooden tools. The brickmaker's sand shovel can be distinguished from the mud scupit. [EMABB]

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The sappie serves to rotate trunks and beams, sometimes also to pull them (cf. cant hook, ring dog). It is a pointed, slightly curved iron of about 25-30 cm, with an eye at the end, into which a straight or curved handle of 1.10-1.40 m protrudes (weight: 2.5-5 kg). The iron is placed on the ground, under the trunk. The user pulls on the handle, which is almost vertical. The point then sticks into the wood and the trunk rolls. When a piece is pulled, the user punches his tool into the wood, as he sometimes does with his axe, to have a grip. [MOT]

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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/sardine-shears?lang=nl>

A sauce spoon is used to baste meat or dishes with sauce. This is a spoon with a cup-shaped (approx. 5 cm diameter), metal top with a pouring spout on one side and a long (approx. 25-30 cm), possibly wooden handle. The handle is flush with the scoop - unlike the ladle - which makes scooping into shallow frying pans easier. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/sausage-filler?lang=nl>

The butcher makes sausages with a sausage stuffer. It consists of a metal cylinder with a narrow tube at the bottom, in the middle two handles opposite each other and an accompanying wooden pestle (piston) with crank. Finely chopped meat, mixed with fat, bread, spices, etc., is placed in the cylinder and pushed through the restriction with the pestle. The handles are held with both hands, while the crutch is held against the stomach. A well-cleaned intestine, hung over the tube, becomes filled with the meat. The butcher can also use a simple sausage stuffer horn through which the meat is pushed with the thumb or use the heavier sausage filler, driven with a crank. [MOT]

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This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/saw-file?lang=nl>

If you want to set the teeth of a saw (see saw-setting iron and saw-setting pliers) and / or files (see saw file), the saw blade can be fixed in a saw file holder. It consists of two wooden boards (approx. 10-50 cm long) that can be tightened with one or more screws. There are loose and fixed models that can be screwed to the workbench. [MOT]

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Hammer for setting a saw with relatively large teeth, i.e. for leveling the teeth in the same way. It is a double pin steel hammer. The ends are often grooved so that it does not slip when you hit the hard sawtooth. The sawing hammer comes in different sizes. Distinguishable from the whetting hammer, which is heavier and has a shorter handle. See also the saw-setting iron and saw-setting pliers. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scaling-hammer?lang=nl>

This knife was originally made of steel, later of chromed steel or stainless steel. Blade and handle consist of one piece, or can be combined into one. In the first case, the blade must be sharpened regularly, in the other case, you have replaceable blades that are attached to the handle. The blade can be straight, convex or curved with a razor-sharp edge. The length of the blade varies between 1.5 and 6 cm. The blade cuts on one or both sides and has a rounded or very sharp point. It is used by surgeons and veterinarians to accurately make fine, deep cuts during surgery. The scalpel is also used by the painting conservator who scrapes and smooths the putty applied to gaps in the painting. See also penknife and pocket knife. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scoops-gardener?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scovel?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scraper?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scraper-cooper?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scraping-knife?lang=nl>

The text on the scratch stock is only available in Dutch.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/screwdriver?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scribing-pen-japanese?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scribing-point?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scroll-wrench?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/scuffle-hoe?lang=nl>

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A scythe is used to cut grass for hay, to harvest grain and to remove weeds. A scythe has a long (approx. 40-100 cm) slightly curved blade with a wide back, ending in a point, which is attached at right angles to a long (approx. 150-200 cm) wooden or iron handle. The connection is done by means of a ring and a wedge or a screw, so that the angle between blade and stem can be changed and the blade is easily removed for whetting (see whetting hammer). The stem can be straight, S-shaped (1) or Y-shaped (2), without handles or with one or two handles, which are adjustable. Sometimes a whetting wood is attached to the straight handle. For haymaking, a scythe is used on which a wooden or iron bracket is attached at the bottom, which drags the cut grass along. That scythe also serves to mow weeds. When working between shrubs, etc., a scythe with a short blade (approx. 40 cm) and without a bracket is preferred. A scythe with one or two wooden brackets is used to harvest the grain. Long culms...

Square exagonal key that loosens or tightens the ring that attaches a scythe blade to the stem. A string can be threaded through the hole on the end of the lever. The scythe key comes in a single size. [MOT]

The seal comb is a metal, elongated (approx. 15 cm) comb with relatively short (approx. 5-7 mm) and fine (approx. 1 mm) teeth that the furrier uses to process short-haired or shaved furs, including seals and lions, to comb out irregularities and to thin out the branches that have been made. See also furrier's comb. [MOT]

Hard roller approx. 3-6 cm wide, used to press the seams between the strips of wallpaper; with relief paper, a soft wallpaper brush is used for this because the roller in front of the seams presses the relief flat. The working part can be made of plastic, metal, wood, bone or ivory (1). To smooth the wallpaper on the wall, there are seam rollers that are wider and covered with a soft material such as felt or flannel (2). [MOT] (1) SELLENS: 315. (2) SELLENS: 315.

Usually wedge-shaped wooden, metal (1) or bone hand tool (approx. 20-25 cm long) with rounded edges and a straight handle, sometimes sculpted in the shape of a piece of rope (2). It is used by the sailmaker to flatten the seams of the sail. The sailmaker sometimes uses the back of his knife for this purpose. See also the closer's hammer and the furrier's rubber. [MOT] (1) NOORDRAVEN & DE BOER: 101. (2) ASHLEY: 20.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/seat-belt-cutter?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/seat-wheel?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/seeder?lang=nl>

With a serving fork one can easily serve sausages, potatoes, ... It consists of a U-shaped squeezable handle, one end of which ends in two sharp teeth. At the other end is a plate with two holes where the tines of the fork can be inserted. When one pokes a sausage or something like that on the fork and squeezes it tightly, it is slid off by the sliding plate that slides forward. The cake server works in a similar way. [MOT]