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

With a table crumb sweeper you can easily wipe crumbs from fabric tablecloths. It consists of a roller brush in a plastic or metal frame, with or without handle. When sweeping the crumbs with the brush, they are picked up and end up in a receptacle located in the frame. See also the carpet sweeper, crumb scraper and table crumb brush. [MOT]

Tailor's scissors are large (approx. 25-40 cm) scissors, completely made of metal or with plastic-covered arms. The arms bent upwards so that it can remain flat while cutting the fabric. [MOT]

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

The railway worker uses this pickaxe to put fine (e.g. gravel) and coarse ballast under the rails. The iron ends in a point and the other end is T-shaped. [MOT]

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

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

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

The timber scribe is used to mark trees to be felled by cutting a strip of bark, also to indicate - when unloading a ship - the number of beams of a raft (1). The timber scribe has a metal blade with a U-shaped end and a wooden or horn handle of 10-15 cm. One side of the U is sharp (cf. clog maker's scribe, beam scribe, rubber tapping knife). Some timber scribes have a foldable blade and some sort of plate to protect the hand. See also the hoof cleaning knife. [MOT] (1) JANSEN: 117.

Thorn-hedge shears are used to prune thorny shrubs and to cut branches that are too thick for the pruning shears (up to approx. 2,5-3 cm) The osier worker sometimes uses shears with bent arms to reduce the need to bend down to cut close to the ground. See also hedge shears. More technical information on the dutch version of this page. [MOT]