Chisel
![Steel woodworking chisel.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Chisel2035.jpeg")
![Neolithic stone chisels from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany around 4100 to 2700 BCE](/Images/godic/202501/28/Neolithic_chisels_4100-2700_BC2035.jpg")
![A chisel (right) is used to remove wood to make space for a door hinge.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Chiseling_a_hole_for_the_door_hinge_while_comparing_it_to_previous_door2035.JPG")
![A sharp wood chisel in combination with a forstner wood drill bit is used to form this mortise for a half-lap joint in a timber frame.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Wood_chisel2036.JPG")
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.