Stonemason's hammer

Hammer with opposed flat and chisel blade striking faces

A stonemason's hammer, also known as a brick hammer, has one flat traditional face and a short or long chisel-shaped blade.^[1] It can thus be used to chip off edges or small pieces of stone, cut brick or a concrete masonry unit, without using a separate chisel. The chisel blade can also be used to rapidly cut bricks or cinder blocks. This type of hammer is also used by geologists when collecting rock and mineral samples and is one of several types of geologist's hammer.

References

^ "Stonemasonry Hammers".

Stonemasonry

Types

Ashlar
Rustication
Carving
Dry stone
Letter cutting
Masonry
Post-tensioned stone
Massive precut stone
Monumental
Rubble
Sculpture
Slipform
Snecked

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Types of tools Cleaning Cutting and abrasive Forestry Garden Hand Kitchen Machine and metalworking Masonry Measuring and alignment Mining Power Woodworking

Masonry tools

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