Monday, May 19, 2025

Monday Mystery; Not a knife, not a chisel... Update, yes it is a chisel.



What is it?
 

3 comments:

Dave said...

It is in fact a mortising chisel; informally known as a "pig sticker."

You can put a lot of leverage on them and they wont break, and replacement handles are easy to make.

Mr. G said...

Thank you Dave, I knew you’d know. This one was so dull, I wondered if the long tapered edges were somehow the business end.

Dave said...

My dad was an English teacher but he volunteered as a shipwright at a maritime museum and they get a lot of use out of large mortise chisels. I have his set and I use them at times; not always for chopping out mortises (my dad probably rolls in his grave if he sees how I put them to use, but they are handy for deck construction).