Thread: What is this chisel for

First thing I thought re purposed 3 corner file.
Regards Rod.

It looks very much like a purpose-made bushman's tool. The bushies would often make tools out of whatever was at hand, or could be scrounged. The sharpened face shows no curve, as would be expected from a grinding wheel, and the handle shank is off-set, suggesting that it had to fit into a specific place. Maybe a point for a digging machine, or a log-splitter?

Originally Posted by Rod Gilbert

First thing I thought re purposed 3 corner file.
Regards Rod.

Me too, Rod.

But then I thought about that curved side - lot of work to put a curved side on a triangular file, unless it had some specific purpose.

Also, it might be just the camera angle, but is that ridge line off-centre?

Back to square one ???




Cheers

Graeme