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

Spoke dog of a wheelwright

This scraping iron of a stonemason is a metal scraper with two curved ends to smooth away the chisel and gouge marks in soft and semi-soft stone types. This tool is to be distinguised from these ornamental tools of the plasterer. [MOT]

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

Kitchen utensil that is used when straining hot vegetables. It consists of an aluminum or stainless steel perforated plate in the shape of a semicircle, to which a handle is attached. With one hand, the straining lid is held over the rim of the pot while the pot is tilted with the other hand. Some models have a sliding handle with hooks so that the straining lid fits different sized pots. [MOT]

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

The stonemason's gouge is a metal chisel with single cutting edge and curved blade to carve rounded surfaces or details in stone. Similar to the carpenter’s carving gouge. [MOT]

Small (approx. 5 cm), metal, V-shaped tongs with round ends (comparable to pancake tongs) for removing the crown of strawberries. One can also pick out the bones from fish fillets. Some claw-ended models resemble sugar tongs. [MOT]

The stonemason's handsaw is a small hand saw with wooden handle to saw notches in soft stone. In contrast to woodworking handsaws, the teeth of these saws are never set (= alternately bent outwards). [MOT]

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