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

Large pieces of meat are pre-cut with a carving knife. It has a slightly flexible blade (approx. 25-30 cm long) with a sharp, sometimes curved point with which the meat can be cut loose from the bones. In the past, carving knives were quite wide so that the meat could also be served with them. Most carving knives have a 3/4 or full tongue. The handle can be made of all kinds of materials: plastic, wood, stag horn, stainless steel, silver or ivory. The stiffer knives serve to pre-cut beef, pork or lamb; slightly flexible knives are used for poultry. It is often used in conjunction with a carving fork. See also ham slicer. [MOT]

This text on the caulking iron can only be consulted in Dutch. [MOT]

The chain hook is an approx. 80 cm long iron hook with a T or ring handle, with which heavy (anchor) chains can be transported on ships or in the harbor, for example during a check. When the vessel is stopped by a chain when launching a boat, the worker at the capstan catches that chain with the aid of two shorter chain hooks (1). [MOT] (1) FROST: 140.

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

The cask-scrub is a brush used in a brewery to sand and wash the barrels on the inside. The working part is made of heather, baleen, etc. and attached to a wooden handle (approx. 100 cm). [MOT]

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

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

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

The stopper of a champagne bottle can easily be loosened with champagne nippers. The narrow jaws with fairly large teeth grip the head of the cork. Sometimes the opening is behind the rotating spindle and we find champagne scissors at the front to cut the muselet, i.e. the wire around the cork. Another model has 2 brackets about 4 cm above the jaws to hold the cork when it comes out. See also the champagne cutter. Can be distinguished from the wax tongs to break the wax of a sealed bottle. [MOT]