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Summary
The cockscomb or cock's comb, also known as a stone mason's drag, is the tool in the foreground marked "BRADS".

Cockscomb is one of the English names for a wooden handled tool with serrated blades set underneath it and used for working soft limestones by dragging the blades to make a more level surface.

As of 2008, they are still made by modern stone tool supplier, Joseph et Fils, Paris, and termed "Chemin de fer Parisien ou Bordelais" (literally "Road of iron [or railway] Parisian or of Bordeaux].

The firm Auriou, which also made the tool, has recently ceased trading (as of 2008).

The tool is also spelt as "cock's comb" and can be "a thin shaped steel plate with a serrated edge. It is used for finishing moldings and other shapes."

"Stone mason's drag" is another name for the tool. Mediaeval example.

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