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Metal chisel with a rounded cutting edge. Models with a wooden handle are more suitable for soft stones such as marl. Used by sculptors to carve out round features, such as the hairs or the eyes on a portrait. The stonemason uses it to cut curved elements and the groove on a window sill which prevents rainwater from running down the wall. [MOT]

Wedge-shaped wooden hand tool (approx. 10-12 cm long; approx. 7-10 cm wide) with a blunt metal or horn blade, sometimes with rounded corners, fixed in the narrow tapered end. The furrier uses the expanded wood to flatten seams (see also seam rubber), smoothly rubbing nailed material and stretching the wetted sheets. It is handled with the right hand while holding the skin with the left hand. [MOT]

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

The description of the roundel can only be consulted in dutch.

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

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There are different models of sharpeners for sharpening the blades of a safety razor (1). In the past, people used a razor strop on which they pushed the knife back and forth. You can also use a concave oil stone to sharpen the blades. [MOT] (1) DURBIN G., Wig, hairdressing and shaving bygones, Oxford, 1984: 21.

Metal blade (approx. 4 cm by 1 cm) that cuts on one or two sides and which is placed in a cap that is attached at right angles to a straight handle (approx. 7-10 cm). The whole can be made of metal or plastic. In the past, the blades were sharpened on a specially designed razor strop; today they are disposable blades. Compared to the razor knife, the safety razor makes it easier to shave without cutting. [MOT]