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A mattock (/ ˈ m æ t ə k /) is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe , it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze ( cutter mattock ), or a pick and an adze ( pick mattock ).
Between the blade and the spike was a ring into which the handle could be inserted at right angles to the head, with the handle inserted the tool could be used as a pick mattock. Besides being used for digging defensive fighting positions, entrenching tools were used for digging latrines and graves.
Ceremony hammer of a miner VEB Kombinat Senftenberg - with honorary uniform. A pickaxe, pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for prying.Its head is typically metal, attached perpendicularly to a longer handle, traditionally made of wood, occasionally metal, and increasingly fiberglass.
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A mattock /ˈmætək/ is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock). A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires.
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