This section is from the book "Wood-Block Printing", by F. Morley Fletcher. Also available from Amazon: Wood-Block Printing.
This is needed for driving the larger chisels.

Fig. 5. - Short chisel in split handle.
These are all the tools that are needed for block cutting. For keeping them in order it is well to have oilstones of three grades:

Fig. 6. - Mallet.
1. A carborundum stone for rapidly re-covering the shape of a chipped or blunt tool.
2. A good ordinary oil stone.
3. A hard stone for keeping a fine edge on the knife in cutting line blocks. The American "Washita" stone is good for this purpose.

Plate IV. Colour Block Of A Print Of Which The Key-Block Is Shown On Page 5
 
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