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

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

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

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

The stonemason's gouge is a metal chisel with single cutting edge and curved blade to carve rounded surfaces or details in stone. Similar to the carpenter’s carving gouge. [MOT]

The stone-dressing concave hammer is a metal hammer with one or two concave faces, to make rough cuts from a block of natural stone; sometimes in combination with a pick. [MOT]

The house painter uses a stick to stir the paint, which must always be done before painting. It is a wooden spatula of varying length (approx. 20-40 cm), depending on the size of the paint pot. [MOT]

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

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

This scraping iron of a stonemason is a metal scraper with two curved ends to smooth away the chisel and gouge marks in soft and semi-soft stone types. This tool is to be distinguised from these ornamental tools of the plasterer. [MOT]