Forged steel tools for stone sculpture

Chisels made of forged steel are very suitable for working softer and medium-hard stones up to a hardness of about 3 on the Mohs scale such as soapstone and alabaster , but also most marble varieties, soft and medium hard  limestone or softer  serpentine .

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What makes forged steel chisels?

Forged steel chisels can be provided with very sharp edges and tips. In addition, they can be made with a lower cutting angle. This makes forged steel chisels particularly suitable for working crystalline rocks such as marble: The chisels can be set at a flatter angle when striking, so that you preserve the characteristic crystal structure of the stone.

Refine forged steel chisels regularly

To maintain the sharpness of forged steel chisels, they must be regularly re-sharpened during work, e.g. quite simply by hand with a diamond sharpening block . If you have used your tools intensively over a long period of time, the forged steel chisels can be reforged to restore the tip to optimum sharpness. Your tools will then be like new! Just ask us about our forging service.

Hammerhead or mallet head?

When choosing your chisels, please take into account whether you want to work with a carver's mallet, hornbeam or a metal mallet. For working with a mallet please choose chisels with a mallet head, for working with the mason's hammer accordingly chisel with hammerhead.

Sculptor's tools from traditional German & Italian smithies

The forged steel chisels you will find in the bildhau range are carefully handcrafted in traditional forges in Germany and Italy.

If you would like to know even more about hand tools for stone working

You can find out more about chisels, e.g. which chisel shapes are best suited for which work here.

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