Pickling iron

Pickling iron with billet head. The cutting edge is approx. 1.5 cm wide

The pickling iron is a sharp flat chisel used by stone masons , similar to the chisel iron , only narrower and sharper. It is used to create a first edge (pickling) on ​​the raw stone block. This work step is necessary to prevent the edge from breaking out during further processing (secure the edge), so that the excess stone material, the bosses , which the stone masons and stone sculptors call bosses, is then removed with additional tools ( chisels , pointed chisels , etc.) can be.

The pickling iron is a historic tool that is still used today by stone masons.

Similar tools

• Hitting iron
• Scharriereisen
• surface
• chisel

jobs

• Stonemason
• Stone sculptor

other topics

• Stone surface

literature

• Reiner Flassig: Historical stone processing. In: Training center for the stonemasonry and sculptor's trade (ed.): Steinmetzpraxis, The manual for daily work with natural stone. 2nd, revised edition. Ebner Verlag, Ulm 1994, ISBN 3-87188-138-4 , p. 310 ff.
• Karl Friedrich: Stone processing in its development from the 11th to the 18th century. Filser, Augsburg 1932.
• Peter Völkle: Work planning and stone processing in the Middle Ages . Ebner Verlag, Ulm 2016, ISBN 978-3-87188-258-6 .