Pick

A pick, also known as a pickax or pickaxe was a hand tool for digging and breaking up hard or rocky ground, considered essential for excavating ore.

Description
Picks ranged in size from about long with a perpendicularly mounted striking head. Their head were a sharp spike on one side and the other side could either be a chisel, hammer, or another spike. Their spikes were typically curved slightly toward the haft. Primitive picks were known to have only a single spike. Their shafts were usually made of stout wood, but were also seen crafted from metal or bone.

Varieties

 * Serrated picks, a type of pick that was similar to the standard variety but had longer, more saw-like heads.
 * War picks, otherwise known as military picks, were picks adapted and designed for the purposes of warfare.