It is important to hold the chisel properly. This is how to hold your chisel while using a mallet, the chisel held securely in hand. Your mallet should be held in your dominant hand and lastly ...

The “mortise” is the recess where the tenon goes. It can be cut by hand with a mallet and mortising chisel, or mechanically ...

They would have used a harder stone to do this and this could have been the start of using a gavel or mallet. When it was found that metal could be shaped into a chisel, a wooden mallet really ...