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This description of the mud marking iron can only be consulted in dutch. [MOT]

Nail puller is a general term for different levers and pliers for pulling out nails. The heavy versions are used by the shipwright, the lighter ones mainly to open boxes. The lever can be compared to the crowbar. For the same purpose the pincers or claw hammer are used by the carpenter. [MOT]

Anyone who harvests edible mushrooms in the forest or in a meadow, cuts them to the ground with a knife (except when it concerns agarics, which have to be dug out). One cleans them on the spot. There is a special pocket knife for this purpose, which is a compound tool, with a blade to cut off the mushroom stem and a boar bristle brush to remove soil and dirt; that brush may or may not be collapsible. On the back of the blade there are sometimes teeth to remove coarser dirt or, according to some, the outer layer of the skin (the 'cuticule') (1). [MOT] (1) http://www.opinel.com/ (January 2021).

A small (approx. 10-15 cm long), spherical (approx. 1.5 cm diameter) wooden spoon with which mustard powder can be served (1). For serving mustard in pasta form, there are wooden, bone, ceramic, metal mustard spatulas or spoons. [MOT] (1) According to CAMPBELL: 126, this spoon is used as a salt spoon.

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

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

The myoma drawer is a manual tool consisting of a sturdy metal spiral and an annular or straight handle, with which the surgeon removes a myoma, i.e. a benign tumor consisting of smooth muscle tissue. To be distinguished from the corkscrew. [MOT]

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

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

With the nail driver you can drive small nails without a hammer. It consists of a metal hollow shaft with spring mechanism that sticks into a wooden or plastic handle. The nail is inserted into the hollow shaft. By giving a firm blow to the head - which is wider and rounded - by hand, the nail goes into the material in one movement. [MOT]