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A drawing awl is an approx. 30-40 cm long awl with a hole in the tip, through which a cord can be inserted. The harness maker, saddler, mattress maker and seat maker use this hand tool when sewing thick objects. According to the Osborne catalog, the butcher used a drawing awl to bind ham (1). [MOT] (1) OSBORNE: 49. The butcher's tool is called ham stringer.

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Chalk in the shape of a flat square (from 5 by 5 cm; thickness approx. 0.8 cm) block to properly mark fits. It comes in different colors (white, yellow, red and blue), does not rub off on the hands and can be easily tapped.Sometimes the dressmaker's chalk is put in a chalk holder, with sharp edge to sharpen the chalk (1). [MOT](1) See MIDGLEY & LAWTHER: 280.

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