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The hachoir is a knife with a semicircular blade and a straight handle attached in the top center of the blade. It is used to finely chop small quantities of herbs, which are placed in the corresponding concave wooden bowl. Thus, one can either move the knife back and forth and cut the herbs or chop up and down with the blade perpendicular to the bottom. In the meantime, the bowl should be turned from time to time. [MOT]

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

With grape scissors you can easily cut grapes from a bunch at the table. They are scissors with short (approx. 3-5 cm), narrow (approx. 5 mm) blades with a blunt tip and long (approx. 10 cm) arms. The tips are blunt so that the grapes are not damaged when cut. These scissors are often decorated with grape motifs.See also grape shears. [MOT]

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

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

This text can only be consulted in Dutch.See also the spinning hackle. [MOT]

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

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

Light scissors (approx. 50 g), made entirely of metal - possibly with plastic-covered arms - with triangular narrow (approx. 1 cm) blades, with which the hairdresser cuts hair. The hairs are taken per strip between index and middle fingers and cut to the desired length. The tailor also uses such scissors to cut delicate fabrics such as lingerie. See also thinning scissors. [MOT]

With the ham slicer, pieces of ham are cut into very thin slices. It has a narrow (approx. 1.5-2 cm) and long (approx. 25-30 cm) very flexible blade with a rounded tip that cannot tear the thin slices. The cut can be smooth, wavy or serrated. See also the carving knife. [MOT]