A heavy, pick-like hand tool traditionally used by coal miners to split and shape large blocks of extracted coal. Unlike a standard pickax designed for digging into a face, the dresser features a specific blade geometry optimized for cleaving coal along its natural bedding planes. This allows miners to size the coal for easier transport without crushing it into less valuable dust.
Heard on the job
Hand me the dresser so I can break down this lump before it jams the tub.