Iron tweezers, scraper and poker, or pick, suspended from two connected loops. The tweezers have straight tips and the top is enclosed around the ring. The scraper's end is hooked around to enclose the suspenion ring, and splays out at the tip. The poker, or pick, is hooked around the suspension loop and is formed of twisted metal that ends in a point.
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