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Hand tool with a crescent-shaped or slightly curved blade (approx. 20-60 cm), the edge of which is sometimes provided with small teeth - oblique to the handle - and attached to a short handle (approx. 10-15 cm). The sickle, which weighs about 200-500 gr, is used to harvest (winter) grain, grass, beans, etc. With one hand you hold the stems, with the other - in which you keep the sickle - you cut them off. In general, therefore, cutting is done by friction. However, chopping is also done (1). Exceptionally, a toothed sickle was used as a knife to cut a clod of butter in all directions to get the hairs, straws and the like out (2). The Japanese sickle has an elongated, relatively short (approx. 15-20 cm) blade that is attached at right angles to an approx. 30-40 cm long stem. The edge is slightly concave; the back is convex and relatively wide (approx. 2-6 mm). That sickle weighs about 150 g and is used to cut grass and to harvest rice; a heavier version (approx. 500 g), for pruning shrubs...

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

Brush with stiff bristles or steel wire, often fan-shaped, and a straight or button-shaped handle. It is used to scrub the sink and dirty pots and pans. Modern dish brushes are made of plastic. See also the pan scrubber. [MOT]

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

The slate ripper is used to pull out the nails that hold the slates to a roof. It is a metal sheet of approx. 30-50 by 4-5 cm with lateral backward notches, one end of which is bent perpendicularly. A metal handle is forged at that end that ends in a hook. The slater pushes the sheet under the broken slate, grabs the nail into a notch and pulls the tool towards him; sometimes he hits the right-angled part with his hammer. [MOT]

Hand tool with a wide rectangular blade (6 to 10 cm) with a very sharp, straight cut and a firm handle. With the skiver, the leather is processed before it is cut to size. The leather worker places the blade almost horizontally on the leather when planing and pushes the skiver forward. In this way, it scrapes away unevenness on the surface of the leather and the leather becomes evenly smooth and shiny. To prevent the skiving knife from slipping, the part of the leather to be processed is dusted with flour. In this way, the edge of the tool grips well on the leather. The skiver is stored in a sturdy leather or cardboard cover.The tool can be distinguished from the lace cutting knife. [MOT]