Inventory | Ethnography | Cuneo
- Common name
- Wedge
- Dialect name
- cugn
- Material
- iron
Description
The wedge was used by the blacksmith to shape iron, especially when the metal was hot and therefore malleable. It was used with beating to shape the metal during the working process in the forge. The wedge was a key tool for creating precise angles and shapes in iron.
Use
- Areas of use
- craft activities
- Specific use
- metalworking
- Craft
- locksmith
Preserved specimen
blacksmith wedge
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s040-00193
