Cutting tools

thumb|240px|One of 12 roundels depicting the "Labours of the Months" (1450–1475) A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain crops, or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock. Falx was a synonym, but was later used to mean any of a number of tools that had a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge.

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tool for trimming toe or finger nails

thumb|upright=1.35|The exposed blade and tang (blade)|tang of a [[Japanese sword without the hilt]]

hand tool

device to remove body hair, modern variant (non-electric)

thumb|Modern billhook with saw blade, used in bushcraft activities thumb|Traditional Devon pattern billhook made by W. Gilpin in 1918; original handle has been replaced. 12-inch/30 cm ruler shown for reference. A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. It is distinct from the sickle. It was commonly used in Europe with an important variety of traditional local patterns. Elsewhere, it was also developed locally such as in the Indian subcontinent, or introduced regiona

tool bits used in milling machines

thumb|A pneumatic jackhammer thumb|Video: A construction worker uses a jackhammer in Japan.

machine razor

electric device to remove body hair

machining process that uses a toothed tool, called a broach, to remove material

cutting tool

tool used for cutting chains, padlocks, bolts, and wire mesh

specialized tool for cutting or deforming

non-rotary cutting tool used for machining

tool used for cutting glass

thumb|Pipecutter thumb|Cutting copper pipe with a close quarters tubing cutter

powered garden tool

technical process for thermal cutting

cutter for cigars

thumb|Manual nibbler, punch-and-die type A nibbler (or pair of nibblers) is a tool for cutting sheet metal with minimal distortion. It may be used for "nibbling": cutting a contour by producing a series of overlapping slits or notches.

machine for cutting vinyl

An edge trimmer or lawn edger is a garden tool, either manual or motorised, to form distinct boundaries between a lawn, typically consisting of a grass, or other soft botanical ground cover, and another ground surface feature such as a paved, concreted or asphalted area, or a granular material such as sand or gravel, or simply uncovered soil, for example an unbounded garden.

thumb|The serrated edges of tiger shark teeth thumb|A hunting knife with a serrated back edge

cutting tool where the cutting edge consists of a separate piece of material (brazed, welded, or clamped)