A needle whose eye or point was removed is tahor. If one prepared it for stretching, it is tamei. [A needle] of sackmakers whose eye was removed is tamei, since one writes with it. [If] its point was removed, it is tahor. [If it is used] for stretching, [then] either way it is tamei. A needle that has become rusty, if [the rust] obstructs the stitching, it is tahor, but if not, it is tamei. A small fork that one straightened is tahor. [If] one bent it, it reverts to its [former state of] tumah.