Pick

A pick, also known as a pickax or pickaxe was a hand tool for digging and breaking up hard or rocky ground.^{[citation needed]}

DescriptionEdit

Picks ranged in size from about 1 to 4 feet (0.3 to 1.2 meters) 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.^{[citation needed]}

VarietiesEdit

Serrated picks, a type of pick that was similar to the standard variety but had longer, more saw-like heads.^[4]
War picks, otherwise known as military picks, were picks adapted and designed for the purposes of warfare.^[5]^[4]

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External LinksEdit

Pickaxe article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook 3.5 edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 128. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
↑ Robert A. Nelson (January 1987). “Dungeoneer's Shopping Guide”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #117 (TSR, Inc.), p. 24.
↑ Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 61. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Jeremy Crawford, Stephen Schubert (September 2011). Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0786957446.
↑ Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen, Jon Pickens, John Terra and Scott Davis (1991). Arms and Equipment Guide. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 83–84. ISBN 1-56076-109-1.

[PHB3.5-p128-0] 1.0 ^1.1 Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook 3.5 edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 128. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.

[1] Robert A. Nelson (January 1987). “Dungeoneer's Shopping Guide”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #117 (TSR, Inc.), p. 24.

[AWRC-p61-2] Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 61. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.

[MME-p21-22-3] 4.0 ^4.1 Jeremy Crawford, Stephen Schubert (September 2011). Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0786957446.

[AaEG2e-p83-84-4] Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen, Jon Pickens, John Terra and Scott Davis (1991). Arms and Equipment Guide. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 83–84. ISBN 1-56076-109-1.

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