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2. Rug hooking - Wikipedia

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   To pull out hook and draw tight the two cut ends finishes the knot. This is really a pile fabric and is known as a Turkey Rug but sprang from the hooking process as the earlier hook used was of the crochet hook form." During the 1930s, latch-hooked wool rugs became popular and written guidelines helped standardise the craft.

3. Bench hook - Wikipedia

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   If suitably square and flush, the stop that spans the full width of the bench hook (the hook) can also be used as a fence so the bench hook can be used as a short shooting board, for trueing the ends of pieces using a hand plane. [4] [2] A pair of bench hooks made to the same dimensions can be used in unison for supporting longer pieces of wood.

4. Clothes hanger - Wikipedia

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   The first is the wire hanger, which has a simple loop of wire, most often steel, [citation needed] in a flattened triangle shape that continues into a hook at the top. The second is the wooden hanger, which consists of a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang-like shape with the edges sanded down to prevent damage to the clothing, and a hook ...

5. Hook (hand tool) - Wikipedia

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   A hook is a hand tool used for securing and moving loads. It consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 20 cm (8 inches) long projecting at a right angle from the center of the handle. The appliance is held in a closed fist with the hook projecting between two fingers.

6. Wooden halibut hook - Wikipedia

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   Traditional working wooden halibut hooks usually have a stone sinker attached, to keep the hook at the optimum level above the bottom, in order to catch halibut of moderate weight. Octopus is a common bait. [2] A carved wooden fishing float is used to signal the fisherman that a halibut has been hooked. Halibut tend to gulp in rather than ...

7. Cant hook - Wikipedia

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   A modern cant hook. A log driver using a peavey. A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills. A cant dog has a blunt end, or possibly small teeth for friction.