Stone Chisel
name: label: associated user
content: Pirie, W.
label: associated user
content: Woods, C.
notes: label: Description
content: A chisel is a hand tool with a characteristic wedge-shaped cutting edge at the end of its blade. A chisel is useful for carving or cutting hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. Stone chisels are used to carve or cut stone, bricks, or concrete slabs.
label: Description
content: This stone chisel is forged with an octagonal shank, a round neck, and a bulbous mallet head. It also has a straight common point. It is part of a set, .26 - .37, used by a stone carver, C. Woods.
label: Description
content: J. Voltz was the manufacturer of this chisel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Olde Country Store of Witmer, PA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1265.36
label: accession number
content: 1979.1265
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1265.36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chisel
label: Other Terms
content: Chisel; Stonecutter/Stone Dresser; Stoneworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)