A Stonemason's hammer has one flat traditional face and a short or long chisel-shaped blade. It can thus be used to chip off edges or small pieces of stone without using a separate chisel. The chisel blade can also be used to rapidly cut bricks or cinder blocks. Steel woodworking chisel. ... Steel woodworking chisel. ... An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and Brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks which are hardened, either by burning in a kiln or sometimes, in warm and sunny countries, by sun-drying. ... A stack of rectangular cinder blocks A cinder block (also mistakenly called a concrete block), breeze block, or Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU), is a rectangular block or brick used in construction. ...

This type of hammer is also used by geologists when collecting rock samples. A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology, studying the physical structure and processes of the Earth and planets of the solar system (see planetary geology). ...

Trivia

The Norwegian municipality of Iveland has a stonemason's hammer in its coat-of-arms. County Aust-Agder District Setesdal Municipality NO-0935 Administrative centre Iveland Mayor (2004) Ole Magne Omdal (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 293 262 km² 246 km² 0. ...

Also known as a SCUTCH