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

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]

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

These forceps were sometimes used during childbirth to retrieve a child. Characteristic are the stainless steel, the wide jaws and the short arms. After all, it was not allowed to exert great force on the head. The arms of many forceps were connected without a pivot so that they could easily be taken apart. The physician could then safely push one part of the forceps to the left and the other to the right of the child's head. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/oyster-shucker?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/onion-fork?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/pair-of-outside-callipers?lang=nl>

Metal, wooden, bone, ivory or plastic knife (approx. 20-25 cm long), usually in one piece, with a flat and narrow (approx. 0.5-1 cm) blade that tapers towards the end. The edge is not sharp and the point is relatively blunt. With a paperknife you can easily cut open envelopes and books; it is inserted respectively into the fold of the cover or between two uncut leaves of a book and then cut open along the fold. Sometimes the letter opener is equipped with a pocket knife at the other end. Another paperknife model has a razor-sharp blade (approx. 3 cm) in a rectangular plastic handle, which is no thicker than 4 mm. This type of paperknife is not to be confused with the folder. [MOT]