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Shoemakers use the ball iron and egg iron (hand) to apply pressure to the inside of a shoe when something needs to be glued there. The ball iron should not be confused with the training fighting knife and the embossing tool. See also ball iron and egg iron on a stand. [MOT]

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This rice knife is an extremely light (approx. 20-60 gr) knife with which women in Indonesia harvest rice. It has a small (approx. 5-7 cm by 1-2 cm) and very light (max. 5 gr), slightly convex blade, set in a bamboo handle at the top. Transverse to the top of the handle a bamboo stick - sometimes pointed on one side - is placed, which is held in the handle; this makes the knife more comfortable in the hand. Because you have to harvest ear by ear with this knife, it is possible to select the ripe ears in the same field and leave the others standing for a while. [MOT]

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Hand tool for punching holes in wood (1). It is a round or square, sometimes triangular metal tip of approx. 5-20 cm, which sticks into a wooden or plastic handle of approx. 10-15 cm. The Japanese awl (Japanese: tatsupu horuda) is cone-shaped and resembles the marlingspike. It is about 14 cm long and about 2.5 cm thick and has a wooden handle. In theory, the awl is not struck, except by hand. It is only used to make small and shallow holes, eg for screws. Not infrequently it replaces the scribing point. The basketmaker uses a similar awl, but with a blunt point (see basketmaker's awl). [MOT] (1) To punch holes in leather, the leatherworker uses a shoemaker's awl.

This awl is used by leather workers to sew small holes in leather. It is a thin steel awl with a round or triangular cross section. It can be straight or curved. Some models have replaceable needles that can be stored in the handle. See also saddler's wheel pricker and shoemaker's wheel pricker. [MOT]

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