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

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

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

When heavy blocks of coal are loosened, the miner cuts two vertical and one horizontal slots at the bottom with his pickaxe. The flat pickaxe is a short straight flat pick with a sharp point at both ends and a wooden or metal handle up to 180 cm long. (1) See also pickaxe. [MOT] (1) Eg. HABETS: 11.

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

The flesh fork is used to take pieces of meat or bacon from a saucepan or to attach them to roast them on the fire. It is a fork with two, sometimes three tines and a long - often hook-shaped - handle (30 to 80 cm). It is usually made entirely of iron. See also the toasting fork. [MOT]

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

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