Throughout history, humans have relied on wood and stone to shelter and protect themselves, and the chisel is one of the best tools to work those materials.
Without it, we’d still be banging rocks together to get anything done. Typically consisting of a long, narrow, sharpened edge attached to a handle, chisels are distinguished from knives and axes in that they’re driven by a sharp blow from a hammer or mallet.
Early chisels made out of flint that date back 10,000 years have been discovered, while more modern incarnations are made out of tempered steel.