We saw a drill for dirt and this is a chisel for dirt. Digging a hole in the ground with a shovel is remarkably similar to chiseling a mortise into a block of wood. You start in, then as the hole gets deeper you start shaving off the sides, shaping the hole until it’s just right. A shovel is very much a chisel for dirt. (And isn’t this a lovely, bizarre, storied shovel? It’s obviously been patched, mended, and cobbled for many years by someone who probably didn’t have the resources to just go get a new one. Or perhaps they were rich because they were stubbornly cheap and refused to get anything new when all that was needed was a bit of mending.)
Location: Shelf 12
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