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A two-pronged hand-held device for holding charcoal when lighting).
Ãâó: saintpauls.org/glossary/t.htm
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Metal accessories for handling stamps to avoid soiling stamps, and creasing or breaking off perforations.
Ãâó: www.acfmd.com/438523.html
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Tongs are the things that allow a blacksmith to handle hot metal without burning HIS tongs! For cold metal work, pliers are used. A set, or pair, of Tongs consist of two mirror-image pieces, riveted at the fulcrum, or pivot. The handles are referred to as reins and the business ends as bits (also jaws). (As in bridle terms.) While a blacksmith will generally only use 2 or 3 sets of tongs on a day-to-day basis, he may also have 50 others that he made just for specialty tasks. ...
Ãâó: www.appaltree.net/aba/terms.htm
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Tweezer-like tools with a smooth gripping service used to handle stamps.
Ãâó: www.stamps.org/kids/January/stamps_vocabulary.htm
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