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  2. Axehandle hound - Wikipedia

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    The animal resembles a dog with a body axe-like in shape. It has a head shaped like an axe blade, hence the name, complemented by a handle-shaped body atop short stubby legs. It subsists on a diet consisting entirely of the handles of axes which have been left unattended. [ 1 ]

  3. Hafting - Wikipedia

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    An axe hafted with an adhesive. Hafting is a process by which an artifact, often made of bone, stone, or metal is attached to a haft (handle [1] or strap). This makes the artifact more useful by allowing it to be launched by a bow , thrown by hand , or used with more effective leverage . When constructed properly, hafting can tremendously ...

  4. Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    In Old English, the bow was known as a boga. [73] In neighbouring regions of continental Europe with different soil types, archery equipment are more common finds. Around forty bow staves and various arrows were uncovered at Nydam Mose in Denmark, dating to the third or fourth century CE.

  5. Dog collar - Wikipedia

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    A dog collar is a piece of material put around the neck of a dog. A collar may be used for restraint, identification, fashion, protection, or training (although some aversive training collars are illegal in many countries [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ).

  6. Bow tie - Wikipedia

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    A striped bow tie. The bow tie or dicky bow [1] / b oʊ / is a type of necktie. A modern bow tie is tied using a common shoelace knot, which is also called the bow knot for that reason. It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around the collar of a shirt in a symmetrical manner so that the two opposite ends form loops.

  7. Sharpening - Wikipedia

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    The substance on the sharpening surface must be harder (hardness is measured on the Mohs scale) than the material being sharpened; diamond is extremely hard, making diamond dust very effective for sharpening, though expensive; less costly, but less hard, abrasives are available, such as synthetic and natural Japanese water-stones. Several ...

  8. Shoelace knot - Wikipedia

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    The shoelace knot, or bow knot, is commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow ties. The shoelace knot is a doubly slipped reef knot formed by joining the ends of whatever is being tied with a half hitch, folding each of the exposed ends into a loop and joining the loops with a second half hitch. The size of the loops and the length of the ...

  9. Grindstone - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal grinding grooves, or axe-grinding grooves, have been found across the Australian continent. [3] The working edge of the hatchet or axe was sharpened by rubbing it against an abrasive stone, eventually leading to the creation of a shallow oval -shaped groove over time, [ 4 ] The grooves vary in length from 80 mm (3.1 in) up to 500 mm ...