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This designation indicates a number of different axe shapes, which are mainly used by carpenters. However, these axes are also used by other craftsmen, eg the mason to make scaffolding. It is usually an axe of about 0.6-1.2 kg, with an eye, two bevels and a hammer; the track of the latter is sometimes split in order to pull out nails. The stem is approx. 30 cm long. This axe is used for all kinds of purposes during construction: to cut a notch, make it shorter, hammer a nail, etc. The tool can be distinguished from the broad axe. See also the woodman's axe. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch. This gouge is to be distinguished from the gouge of the joiner, the wheelwright's gouge and the clog maker's gouge. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/carpenters-adze-straight-blade?lang=nl>

The baker or the customer takes pastries from the counter with a shovel or with cake tongs. Her jaws are 3-5 cm wide and sometimes open. The tongs close around the pastry when the arms are pressed shut. The arms are not crossed. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/carpenters-adze-hollow-cutting-edge?lang=nl>

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

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

Wooden board with one or more carved figures - such as a drunkard, jester, Saint Nicholas, etc. The dimensions vary from 10 to 75 cm. First, the mould is sprinkled with rice flour or brushed with oil and then the dough is firmly pressed into the mould, cut and beaten to be able to bake it in the oven. The result is a gingerbread cookie, called 'speculaas' in the low countries, or a brown, very chewy cake of rye flour and syrup. [MOT]

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

The cask-scrub is a brush used in a brewery to sand and wash the barrels on the inside. The working part is made of heather, baleen, etc. and attached to a wooden handle (approx. 100 cm). [MOT]