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

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

The stove lid lifter is a hand tool for opening and closing the lid of stoves as well as pulling the ashtray and shaking the grid. It consists of a round rod with a flattened lip. The other end, which serves as a handle, may be hook-shaped. More technical information on the dutch version of this page. [MOT]

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

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

Small and light (approx. 300 gr) axe to break sugar, which used to be sold in large cone-shaped blocks. It is usually combined with a hammer to finely beaten the broken pieces of sugar. Sugar nippers were used for smaller pieces of sugar. [MOT]

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

Small (approx. 5 cm), metal, V-shaped tongs with round ends (comparable to pancake tongs) for removing the crown of strawberries. One can also pick out the bones from fish fillets. Some claw-ended models resemble sugar tongs. [MOT]

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

Hand tool with which the moisture from strongly sweaty horses can be removed, just like with the shedding blade. It has an elongated (approx. 20 by 5 cm) metal blade, which is curved lengthwise and attached at right angles to a straight stem. A rubber band is also attached to the top, which protrudes from one long side (approx. 1 cm). To be distinguished from the wiper. [MOT]