page_title: Chisel
hierarchical_section_title: Chisel
caption_attribution_description: English: Neolithic chisels made of stone, found in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Dated to 4100 to 2700 BC. Photographed at Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany. Deutsch: Neolithische Meißel aus Stein, gefunden in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland. Datierung um 4100 bis 2700 vor Chr. Fotografiert im Archäologischen Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Deutschland.
context_page_description: A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it.
  Chiselling use involves forcing the blade into some material to cut it. The driving force may be applied by pushing by hand, or by using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight may be used to drive a chisel into the material.
  A gouge serves to carve small pieces from the material, particularly in woodworking, woodturning and sculpture. Gouges most frequently produce concave surfaces. A gouge typically has a 'U'-shaped cross-section.
context_section_description: A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or  mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it.
  Chiselling use involves forcing the blade into some material to cut it. The driving force may be applied by pushing by hand, or by using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight ('trip hammer') may be used to drive a chisel into the material.
  A  gouge (one type of chisel) serves to carve small pieces from the material, particularly in woodworking, woodturning and sculpture.  Gouges  most frequently produce concave surfaces.  A gouge typically has a 'U'-shaped cross-section.
caption: Neolithic stone chisels from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany around 4100 to 2700 BCE
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