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Hand tool (1) for hanging or removing objects. The butcher uses it for bacon, sausages and the like, the steamer for clothes, the shopkeeper for light and relatively little sold goods. The butcher's hook consists of an upwardly bent hook (approx. 5 cm) with a socket in which a long stem (approx. 120-250 cm) protrudes. Some models have several hooks. See also the boathook. [MOT] (1) Proper name unknown.

This hook and side tool is one of the most commonly used chisels of the turner and serves to smooth a piece on the lathe. [MOT]

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

This hook tool is a metal rod (approx. 20-30 cm) with one end protruding into a handle, the other bent at right angles. That end is beveled. Sometimes the rod is T-shaped so that there are two cuts. The woodturner uses the hand tool on the lathe to hollow out a piece of wood sideways. [MOT]

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

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

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

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

The proper name of this hop reaping hook is yet unknown.For more technical information about this tool, see the dutch version of this file. [MOT]

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

The horn file (1) is used to work hard wood, horn, ivory or lead by friction. It is a metal straight or curved rod (15-25 / 0.5-3 / 0.5 cm) with deep parallel notches in the width, inserted into a short wooden handle of about 15 cm (2). The tool can be distinguished from the rasp for wood, which has points. [MOT] (1) Proper name unknown. Because the tool is widely used to process horn, we propose this name. (2) See a special model that resembles an iron in ROUBO: 3 pl. 328.

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

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

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

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

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

The humane twitch are metal or wooden pliers consisting of two levers, which are connected to each other by means of a hinge, a ring or a rope. The two arms are straight or bent. In the former case, the joint ensures that there is space left when the tool is squeezed; so the lip is not squashed. The double arc in the second case serves the same purpose. A rack on one of the arms and a ring on the other make it possible to hold the tool in a certain position; a rope attached to an arm fulfills the same role. The humane twitch pinches the very sensitive upper lip (1) of a horse during treatment to divert the animal's attention and to induce a calming and sedative effect in case of disturbing (e.g. eye care) or painful procedures (cf. nose twitch) (2). [MOT] (1) According to '' Antique medical instruments '': 226 the tongue would be caught, but there seem to be no other traces of that method. (2) From an animal welfare point of view, the nose twitch seems to be preferred to the humane twitch,...

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

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

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

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

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Hand tool used to move the large blocks of ice that are used to keep food and drinks cool. It has an L-shaped metal hook with a pointed and slightly bent end, which is screwed to a relatively long (approx. 30-40 cm) wooden handle. [MOT]

Awl (approx. 20 cm long) used to break large blocks of ice into pieces. The awl is held at an angle of 45 ° and the tip is pushed into the ice to break it. This is continued until flakes of the desired size are obtained. An ice pick can also consist of six shorter awls (about 3 cm) next to each other at some distance so that it has a fork-like shape (1). [MOT] (1) According to BRIDGE & TIBBETTS: 55, this instrument would be used to sculpt ice.

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

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

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

The age of a living tree can be determined with an increment borer. This hand tool is mainly used by the forest ranger, the arborist and the dendrochronologist. More technical information on the dutch version of this page. [MOT]

Infantry scoop of the military. This text can only be consulted in Dutch. [MOT]

Insinglass besom (1). The description is only available in dutch. [MOT] (1) Proper name unkown.

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

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/251?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/318?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/646?lang=nl>

The Jack plane is a planer with a square, 50-60 cm long block, with handle, without turning chisel. It is the first plane used to smooth a piece of wood. Since it is intended for rough work, the edge of its chisel is slightly rounded. Then the wood is processed with a jointer plane. [MOT]

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

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

The jeweler's hammer is a small (approx. 15-25 cm) and light (approx. 50-100 g) hammer. The head (approx. 7-10 cm) has one wedge-shaped end and one circular or square (approx. 1 cm). The handle is made of wood. Another model is all-metal with a short, round handle. The goldsmith uses this hammer to perform very fine and precise work, such as embossing. [MOT]

Read the article on continental jiggers of the carriage maker.

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

Wooden, rectangular hammer with short handle, usually made of beech or vinegar. Sometimes the head may be slightly bowed. The carpenter uses this hammer for various hammering or chiselling work, to close mortise and tenon joints, etc.See also the joiner's hammer. [MOT]

The jointer plane is a plane up to one meter long with a turning chisel, a handle and sometimes a horn. It serves to plan perfectly smooth long pieces already worked with the jack plane. Sometimes one or two cross poles are attached on or in the block in order to be able to work in pairs: one craftsman pushes, another pulls. Sometimes a rope is tied to the front crossbar. Because this plane has to do fine work, the angle of the chisel is quite large and the space for the cut is small. The latter is completely straight, only the corners are rounded so as not to leave any traces. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/key-for-cream-seperator?lang=nl>

Small box spanner combined with two ring spanners or with a screwdriver, with which the roller skater adjusts his skates to his shoes (1). Another model consists of a small (approx. 12 cm) thin double ring spanner. [MOT] (1) These are skates that are attached to the shoes by means of straps.

More technical information on our dutch pages. See also these safety fuse pliers. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/key-for-soil-auger?lang=nl>

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

With this knife, the tile maker cuts off the excess clay around the tile mould.The hand tool consists of a thin rectangular trapezoidal iron blade with a cylindrical wooden handle at the top of the short side. The cut is always longer than the mould.This knife is not used for cutting, but is pushed diagonally forward and down along the side of the tile mould. [EMABB]

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

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