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

Elongated (approx. 50 cm long; approx. 20 cm wide), convex grater with fairly coarse triangular pierced holes with which raw potatoes are grated. It is cut semicircular on one short side; on the other short side it has a handle. The grated potatoes were mixed with flour, eggs and bacon to make a kind of pancake. [MOT]

(1) Proper name yet unknown.

The polka hammer is a relatively light (1.7 to 2.5 kg) hand tool with one or two horizontal cuts to work softer stone types. Often used for surface finishing of panels and reliefs. For more technical information, see the Dutch page. [MOT]

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

The priest is a light (approx. 150 gr) bat-shaped hand tool of about 30 cm long made of wood, copper or plastic and with or without a widened (diam. approx. 3-4 cm) end (length approx. 6-12 cm) which is often weighted with lead. With a priest, the angler gives the caught fish a short, hard blow to the head to switch off the brain. This either to kill the fish immediately or to stun it before killing it with another technique, such as slitting its throat, for example. The handle is also used in the same way on some folding fishing knives. [MOT]

After cutting a groove (see splitting chisel) and forming the nail holes in the horseshoe (see this stamp hammer), the farrier uses a horseshoe pritchel to punch through or enlarge the holes. The horseshoe pritchel is a long (approx. 25-40 cm) iron chisel that ends in a small rectangular (approx. 3 mm by 1.5 mm) point. See also the clinch cutter. [MOT]

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

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

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