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HOOK KNIFE [5 records]

Record 1 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A small emergency knife, carried in the jumpsuit or on the parachute harness, that is designed to cut through fouled lines or bound webbing. Resembling a seatbelt cutter, the knife forms a blunt hook around an inside cutting edge(such as a concealed razor blade), which only slices on a pull stroke.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

UP Coupe-Suspentes. Très facile à transporter, ce coupe-suspentes peut tout simplement vous sauver la vie en cas d'urgence. Indispensable en cas d'atterrissage dans l'eau, de conflit entre la voile et le parachute de secours!

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

This shows a typical beet-topping knife, with the dangerous hook on the end that is used to pick up the beet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Production légumière

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

Projection on lower part of main hook for retaining it in upper position by supporting it on open shed knife.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Butoir de retenue sur la partie inférieure du crochet pour retenir celui-ci en position supérieure en l'appuyant sur le couteau pour pas ouvert.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Woodworking
DEF

an adjustable stop with a projecting knife or hook that holds a piece of work on the bench.

CONT

Blocking knife.... The blade is forged to an iron bar varying in length from 1 to 4 ft. This bar has a hook at one end, and a handle, often T-shaped, at the other. The hook engages with an eye-bolt fixed to a bench or stool to form a hinge. In operation, one hand holds the wood to be shaped, while the other, by moving the knife up and down, pares away the unwanted wood, using the bar as a lever. The longer [size]... is used by cloggers, brush, and by boot-last and boot-tree makers; the smaller sizes are used for shaping rake tines, tent pegs, wooden spoons, etc.

OBS

All the terms listed above, except "bench knife" are common to England.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Travail du bois
DEF

Outil à main de sabotier ou de formier, composé d'une lame pouvant prendre diverses positions autour d'une de ses extrémités formant pivot, et qui sert à dégrossir les bûches ou les ébauches.

OBS

Le découpage d'une billette, pour qu'elle s'adapte au pied humain, demande de l'habileté et de nombreux coups de lames différentes. L'avantage des couteaux à leviers utilisés pour ce découpage est que vous pouvez exercer un gros effort sur la lame tout en présentant le bois sous n'importe quel angle.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Farm Buildings
DEF

... [a tool] ... used for splitting and pointing hazel spars.

OBS

thatch-spar maker. Thatch spars are thin pieces of split wood, usually hazel, from 2 to 3 ft. long and bent into the form of a staple. They are used for securing the longer spars(«liggers») which are laid across the exterior of the thatch to hold it down.... The tool used for trimming, splitting, and pointing the rods is most often a small curved knife like a Bill Hook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Constructions rurales
OBS

hart : Petite branche fine et souple, dont on se sert pour ceinturer les plions aux gaules; une première variété, la «hart rouge», est une branche de coudrier, alors que la «hart blanche» est une branche de noisetier.

OBS

Le syntagme «serpe à tailler les harts» a été proposé en raison de la ressemblance évidente qu'a le «spar hook» avec une serpe d'élagage à bec.

Spanish

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