Tool
Chisel
Iron ore → Iron bloom → Wrought iron → Chisel
Picture to come.
A forged iron blade with a bevelled edge, driven by mallet or pushed by hand to cut joints, mortices and recesses in wood; stronger versions were used by masons on stone. Chisels were essential to carpenters, wheelwrights, coopers and joiners, and the spread of mortice-and-tenon jointing in 12th- and 13th-century buildings depended on them.
Caveats (confidence: medium)
Chisel forms of this period are not specifically documented in the sources consulted.
Sources: medievalists.net · ruralhistoria.com
Made by
- Forge a chisel
A tool for
- Build an ox cart
- Cut a hand quern
- Turn elm hubs
- Cut a millstone
Used to build
- Wheelwright and wainwright shop