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The house painter and do-it-yourselfer use a pot opener to lift the lid of the hermetically sealed paint cans to allow air to enter and open the can. The paint pot opener is a flat metal rod (approx. 10-15 cm) with the end (approx. 1 cm) folded back and thinned for easier access under the lid. The rod then serves as a lever of the first kind. If the end is not folded over, it will be in the shape of a flat screwdriver and / or hook. Slightly shorter models are provided with a ring to put more pressure, sometimes they are combined with a can pierce or a bottleopener. [MOT]

Fire tongs can be used to move burning pieces of wood. It is quite long, so that the hands are kept at a sufficient distance from the fire and the burning pieces of wood. The fire tongs are often part of a fireplace set, which can also contain an ash shovel, a fork and a brush. The fire tongs are very different from charcoal tongs, which are lighter and often shorter. It is therefore only intended to take a coal from the fireplace and light the pipe with it. See also the clinker tongs. [MOT]

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

Paring chisel used by the marquetry and violin maker to cut the groove into which an inlay will be placed. It has a blade with a rectangular cross section that is bent at the end, which is sharpened at right angles. [MOT]

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

Rare plastic U-shaped pliers (approx. 10 cm long) that can be squeezed shut. For example, a pancake can be grasped this way to be eaten. This tool can be distinguished from the strawberry huller and print tongs of a photographer. [MOT]

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

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

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

Wooden, stainless steel or plastic spoon with long handle (approx. 25 cm) and 8-10 blunt teeth (approx. 2-3 cm) for removing spaghetti from the boiling water and draining it. Some models have an opening in the center of the spoon. The pasta spoon is placed in the pan of the freshly cooked spaghetti and turned around so that the teeth take the strings of spaghetti with them. Take it all over the pan to let it drain. See also spaghetti tongs used after draining spaghetti in a colander. [MOT]