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The hammer and pick, rarely referred to as hammer and chisel, is a symbol of mining, often used in heraldry. It can indicate mining, Mining, mines (especially on maps or in cartography), or miners, and is also borne as a charge (heraldry), charge in the Coat of arms, coats of arms of mining towns.
The symbol represents the gezähe, traditional tools of the miner, a hammer and a chisel on a handle, similar to a pickaxe, but with one blunt end. They are pictured in the way a right-handed worker would lay them down: the pick with the point to the right and the handle to the lower left, the hammer with the handle to the lower right and the head to the upper left. The handle of the pick protrudes over the head, because the head is not permanently fixed, but can be swapped for a newly sharpened head when it is blunt from use. In coats of arms the symbol is often shown in black (Johanngeorgenstadt, Hövels), but also in natural colours (Telnice (Ústí nad Labem District), Telnice) or in gold or silver (Abertamy, Bodenwöhr, Gelsenkirchen).
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File:Wappen at muehlbach am hochkoenig.png, Arms of Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Salzburgerland, Austria
File:Wappen Töpen.png, Arms of Töpen, Bavaria, Germany
File:Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg, Coat of arms of New Zealand
File:POL Świętochłowice COA.svg, Coat of arms of Świętochłowice, Poland
File:Flag of Karlovy Vary Region.svg, Flag of Karlovy Vary Region, Czech
File:Kerkrade wapen.svg, Arms of Kerkrade, Kerkrade, Limburg, The Netherlands
File:Seal of the United States Geological Survey.svg, Former United States Geological Survey logo
File:BBI Verwaltungsgebäude Wackersdorf Gebäudedetail.jpg, Hammer and pick on the former administration building of the ''Bavarian Lignite Industry AG'' in Wackersdorf, Germany
File:Seal of Colorado.svg, Seal of the State of Colorado in the United States.
The hammer and pick, rarely referred to as hammer and chisel, is a symbol of mining, often used in heraldry. It can indicate mining, Mining, mines (especially on maps or in cartography), or miners, and is also borne as a charge (heraldry), charge in the Coat of arms, coats of arms of mining towns.
The symbol represents the gezähe, traditional tools of the miner, a hammer and a chisel on a handle, similar to a pickaxe, but with one blunt end. They are pictured in the way a right-handed worker would lay them down: the pick with the point to the right and the handle to the lower left, the hammer with the handle to the lower right and the head to the upper left. The handle of the pick protrudes over the head, because the head is not permanently fixed, but can be swapped for a newly sharpened head when it is blunt from use. In coats of arms the symbol is often shown in black (Johanngeorgenstadt, Hövels), but also in natural colours (Telnice (Ústí nad Labem District), Telnice) or in gold or silver (Abertamy, Bodenwöhr, Gelsenkirchen).
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The hammer and pick is used to indicate the working day, on Schedule (workplace), timetables. As an emoji, it is often used as a symbol for fans of Premier League side West Ham United and for fans of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk.Unicode
In Unicode, the "hammer and pick" symbol is U+2692 ⚒.See also
*Arm and hammer *Hammer and sickle Political symbols Heraldic charges Mining culture and traditions {{Heraldry-stub