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

Composite tool typically chosen by the professional wine waiter to uncork bottles. It consists of a corkscrew and a knife that can be folded out. Sometimes there is also a bottle opener that also serves as a support point for the lever. It then rests on the neck of the bottle when the cork is pulled. The neck lead can be cut with the knife. A curious model contains a folding lever (1). A newer model works with a rack and spiral. There is also a retractable blade to cut the neck lead. See also the pocket knife. [MOT] (1) WATNEY & BABBIDGE: 71, fig. 62.

Despite his name the veneering hammer is not a hammer, since it is never struck, but a hammer-shaped tool of 300-600 gr with which a support sheet is stroked on the timber. It has a very wide pin (5-10 cm) and a short handle. The working part is made of iron, wood or, exceptionally, copper.  You can find more technical information about this hand tool on this page in dutch. [MOT]

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

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

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

This text about the walking stick with fork (1) can only be consulted in dutch. (1) Proper name unknown.

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

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

The tailor uses a wheel pricker (approx. 20 cm) to transfer the lines of the pattern to the fabric, the painter to transfer the lines of a stencil. The tool has a toothed wheel (approx. 2 cm in diameter) that sits in a U-shaped bracket at the end of a metal shaft; the shaft sticks with a tang in a wooden handle, sometimes wheels with different teeth can be attached to the bracket. The wheel pricker for fabric is exceptionally foldable: the wheel then disappears into a metal handle. Can be distinguished from the wheel pricker (shoe maker) because the teeth are less sharp and closer together. See also wheel pricker (saddle maker). [MOT]