woodworking Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning. History Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked b ...

, a fishtail (also fishtail gouge or fishtail spade gouge) is a type of

chisel A chisel is a hand tool with a characteristic Wedge, wedge-shaped cutting edge on the end of its blade. A chisel is useful for carving or cutting a hard material such as woodworking, wood, lapidary, stone, or metalworking, metal. Using a chi ...

with a flared blade that resembles the tail of a fish.Editors of ''Woodworker's Journal'' (2007). The Collins Complete Woodworker: A Detailed Guide to Design, Techniques, and Tools for the Beginner and Expert Harper Collins, They are used for light

wood finishing Wood finishing refers to the process of refining or protecting a wooden surface, especially in the production of furniture where typically it represents between 5 and 30% of manufacturing costs. Finishing is the final step of the manufacturing p ...

lettering Lettering or Lettering design is an act or result of artfully drawing letters, instead of writing them simply. Lettering is considered an art form, where each letter in a phrase or quote acts as an illustration. Each letter is created with attent ...

, skimming, and modeling.Bridgewater, Alan Bridgewater, Gill (1998). ''How to Use & Care for Woodwork Tools.'' Stackpole Books, They can be used to reach in tight places where a full-width gouge would not fit.Bütz, Richard, Bütz, Ellen (1997). ''How to Sharpen Carving Tools: Woodcarving Step by Step With Rick Bütz.'' Stackpole Books, In

gardening Gardening is the process of growing plants for their vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and appearances within a designated space. Gardens fulfill a wide assortment of purposes, notably the production of Aesthetics, aesthetically pleasing area ...

, a fishtail

spade A spade is a tool primarily for digging consisting of a long handle and blade, typically with the blade narrower and flatter than the common shovel. Early spades were made of riven wood or of animal bones (often shoulder blades). After the a ...

has a flared triangular blade combining the versatility of the Dutch hoe and power of the common round point shovel into a multipurpose tool. Fishtail spades

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