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Block hooks: With a straight or slightly convex cutting edge, they were often used in urban environments for cutting against a wooden block, similar to the back edge of a broom hook, used for trimming the head of a birch besom to length. Often found with a small hook at the back of the blade – useful for pulling the wood towards the user.
Curling broom. The curling broom, or brush, is used to sweep the ice surface in the path of the stone (see sweeping) and is also often used as a balancing aid during delivery of the stone. Prior to the 1950s, most curling brooms were made of corn strands and were similar to household brooms of the day.
A building housing the ice sheets ("the curling rink") Sometimes used as a synonym for sheet; Roaring Game, The Slang for the game of curling, it is the sound a stone makes while sliding along the ice Rock The device thrown by curlers during the game. It is made of granite and has a standard weight of 19.6 kg (44 lb). Also called a stone Roll
I tested and reviewed the Shark FlexStyle and its Auto-Wrap Curlers, Oval Brush, Paddle Brush, and Styling Concentrator attachments. Check out the results.
The Manitoba tuck is a form of slide in curling. A tuck under is when the curler's front toe is the only part of the slider that comes into contact with the ice as the heel is raised. [ 1 ] While the slide is most commonly found in the province of Manitoba, it is a technique used by curlers around the world. [ 2 ]
Wheelchair curling can be played by people with a wide range of disabilities. All that is needed is the co-ordination to exert a measured pushing force, and a tolerance for cold. It is not an aerobic activity. Without the need for sweepers, wheelchair curling is well suited to two-person formats such as stick-curling.
Rasp with visible tang going into the handle Two sides of a tang (nakago) on a Japanese katana. A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc. [1] [2] One can classify various tang designs by their appearance, by ...
Included in this set is the Airwrap styler, a pre-styling dyer, two different sized curling barrels, a soft smoothing brush, a firm smoothing brush, a volumizing brush, a storage case and a travel ...