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Description under construction... For more information about this tool, see the dutch version of this file.

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

The dentist has a set - a minimum of ten - of forceps to extract the teeth. The direction of the mouth, its opening width and the shape of the jaws are each adapted to specific teeth. There are pliers for the upper and for the lower teeth, for the left and for the right teeth, for the incisors and canines, for the molars and for the wisdom teeth. [MOT]

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

The fire shovel is an iron shovel (length approx. 75 cm; width approx. 12 cm) with usually a flat blade and iron handle, with which the blacksmith brings the coals together and covers the piece to be heated. Often the handle is open. See also the ash shovel and fire shovel (stoker). [MOT]

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

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

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

This wooden hand tool (1) is stamper-shaped for smoothing the top of the last bundles of flax in the retting boxes. It is a sturdy wooden board or block, about 35 cm long and 20 cm wide, with a flat bottom and one or two vertical handles at the top. The bundles of flax should not stick out too high in these retting boxes, which were soaked in river water. The tool is not to be confused with a brickmaker's tool. [MOT] (1) Proper name unknown.

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