After a hammer and chisel failed to gain access to the cairn, they brought in a backhoe and applied substantially more force.

Source: https://www.yukon-news.com/opinion/history-hunter-time-capsules-a-blast-from-the-past-or-a-look-to-the-future/

Another artist is Gedion Nyanhongo, who creates intricate sculptures out of stone using all hand tools to hammer and chisel and then scrape and file to create the finished work.

Source: https://www.lajollalight.com/news/events/story/2023-09-28/atypical-art-la-jolla-art-wine-festival-to-return-oct-7-8-with-unique-and-conventional-offerings

As recently as October last year, 42-year-old Slobodan Novakovic was arrested and charged with six offences after he allegedly tried to smuggle drugs and a chisel into Canberra's jail.

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8062200/prisons-600k-body-scanners-sit-idle-as-drugs-and-contraband-hit-three-year-high/?src=rss

One famous case was that of Rowland Bowen, a renowned cricket historian who used a hacksaw, a hammer and a chisel to remove his perfectly healthy right leg in 1968.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dad-begs-doctors-cut-hand-31333725

Plus, it would be easier to just tie a rope around the stones, rather than laboriously chisel out a hole.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/vikings-artifact-forgeries-oklahoma-history.html?via=rss

They can’t chisel away at that.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/opinion/nancy-pelosi-maureen-dowd-interview.html