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Flat grater made of sheet iron (approx. 25-35 cm long; approx. 10-12 cm wide), sometimes with a wooden frame, in which fairly large holes have been punched and which is used to grate brown soap for suds. On a flat kitchen grater with grating surfaces with holes of different sizes, one sometimes finds a grater part for soap. [MOT]

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ordinary span saw comes in various sizes: from 35 to 120 cm. Depending on its height and the shape of its teeth, it is used to cut large or small shelves and battens. Contrary to the rip saw, the wide (approx. 4-5 cm) blade of the span saw is fixed in the straight frame. Nowadays there are also foldable models. See also firewood saw and bow saw. [MOT]

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

To dig clay, a spade is used with a short T handle and a small iron blade that is in the same plane as that handle. The stem length is adapted to the user; the length of the blade decreases as the digger digs out the clay deeper (from about 18 to about 12 cm). The worker forcefully pushes the spade into the ground without using his foot. That is why he makes sure that the edge is always sharp and he regularly visits the blacksmith. [EMABB]