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The stove lid lifter is a hand tool for opening and closing the lid of stoves as well as pulling the ashtray and shaking the grid. It consists of a round rod with a flattened lip. The other end, which serves as a handle, may be hook-shaped. More technical information on the dutch version of this page. [MOT]

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

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

The stonemason's handsaw is a small hand saw with wooden handle to saw notches in soft stone. In contrast to woodworking handsaws, the teeth of these saws are never set (= alternately bent outwards). [MOT]

The stripping knife has almost the same shape as the stopping knife but the blade (approx. 2.5-12.5 cm) is stiff and less springy. This makes it easy to remove wallpaper, soaked with remover, or old paint layers pre-treated with paint stripper. Also in combination with a paint burner, the paint layers can be cut off with the stripping knife. [MOT]

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

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

Small (approx. 5 cm), metal, V-shaped tongs with round ends (comparable to pancake tongs) for removing the crown of strawberries. One can also pick out the bones from fish fillets. Some claw-ended models resemble sugar tongs. [MOT]

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

Small and light (approx. 300 gr) axe to break sugar, which used to be sold in large cone-shaped blocks. It is usually combined with a hammer to finely beaten the broken pieces of sugar. Sugar nippers were used for smaller pieces of sugar. [MOT]