Made of hardened steel, cold chisels have a beveled cutting edge and an octagon-shaped hand­le. The cold chisel has a flat cutting edge, but related chisels are wedge-shaped (cape chisel), half ...

The blue chisels are called bevel edged chisels. The yellow chisels are known as mortise chisels. A bevel edge chisel is for more general purposes, while a mortise chisel is specialised for deep ...

Hold the chisel with the bevel facing down and draw it back along the strop, maintaining the same angle you used on the stones. Do this about 30 times then flip the chisel over and strop the back ...