Research

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

Hand tool for punching holes in wood (1). It is a round or square, sometimes triangular metal tip of approx. 5-20 cm, which sticks into a wooden or plastic handle of approx. 10-15 cm. The Japanese awl (Japanese: tatsupu horuda) is cone-shaped and resembles the marlingspike. It is about 14 cm long and about 2.5 cm thick and has a wooden handle. In theory, the awl is not struck, except by hand. It is only used to make small and shallow holes, eg for screws. Not infrequently it replaces the scribing point. The basketmaker uses a similar awl, but with a blunt point (see basketmaker's awl). [MOT] (1) To punch holes in leather, the leatherworker uses a shoemaker's awl.

Kitchen utensil with a metal hemisphere (approx. 0.5-3 cm) on one or both ends of a straight handle. With the ball cutter you can turn balls from potatoes, melon, root vegetables, butter, apples and cheese and remove cores from half apples or pears. Often it is combined with other kitchen utensils such as a butter cutter (1). It can be distinguished from the ice cream scoop and from the comedo extractor. See also the bottleopener. [MOT] (1) Eg. BRIDGE & TIBBETTS: 43.

Shoemakers use the ball iron and egg iron (hand) to apply pressure to the inside of a shoe when something needs to be glued there. The ball iron should not be confused with the training fighting knife and the embossing tool. See also ball iron and egg iron on a stand. [MOT]

Hand tool to cut the tensioned twine bands that bind the pressed straw or hay bale by lightly touching it and pulling the tool towards you. The bale tie cutter consists of a triangular blade - often a cutter bar tooth - that sticks into a wooden handle. For the same purpose, other knives, foldable or not, such as the pruning knife, are used. See also the sheaf-knife. [MOT]

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

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

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

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

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