These wood working axes use a horizontal striking force to remove heavy waste from timber surfaces. You can even use the wood carving axes when making totem poles, masks, bowls, barrels, canoes, gutters, and chairs. 18-inch wood handle comes unattached from axe head for accurate and comfortable sharpening prior to use.

The hewing adze (ship carpenter’s adze) is specifically designed for hewing timbers. When used in conjunction with our scarf slick your timbers will have a traditional hand hewn look. st0250-adze-barr-ship-Hewing-carpenter-Flat-

uxcell 16 Inch Wood Long Replacement Handle Curved Replaceable Handle for Axe Hammer Flat Square Eye Oak Wood

2022年6月7日 · An adze is a versatile woodworking tool with a long handle and a sharp, curved, chisel-like blade perpendicular to the handle. Primarily used for shaping, hollowing, or smoothing wood surfaces, adzes have been employed since ancient times in carpentry, boat building, and sculpting, with various sizes and shapes available for specific tasks.

Two basic forms of an adze are the hand adze, a short handled tool swung with one hand, and a foot adze, a long handled tool capable of powerful swings using both hands - the cutting edge usually striking at foot or shin level.

Four Adzes, ready to go. From top to bottom: 2" Lip adze, Sitka gutter, Sitka straight, Texture or Finishing adze. Sitka straight adze. The full size Sitka adze is our most popular seller. The gutter form allows cross-grain cuts, making it a good choice for roughing out and hollowing.

At the heart of this woodworking adze lies its meticulously crafted curved blade, ingeniously positioned at the ideal angle to the handle. This feature is a game-changer, offering unparalleled precision in smoothing, shaping, and material removal.

The hand adze has a handle with a pronounced recurve for clearance, and a compact shape that’s ideal for close work with the stock held on a low bench. It measures 11 3/8" overall and weighs 1 3/4 lb, with an aggressive 2 1/4" radius sweep. The gutter adze is based on the style of adze traditionally used to hollow rain gutters from solid wood.

Gransfors Bruk Straight Adze - Long Handle. A Scandinavian style axe from the Viking Age, characterized by its transverse edge. The adze, or tväryxa as it was also called, was a type of axe with a wide range of uses, such as carpentry and as a cutting tool used to make boat frames. This replica, forged by hand, is based on several originals.

You can find two types of adzes, the hand adze (short-handled) and the foot adze (long-handled). We swing the hand adze with one hand and it handles lighter jobs. The foot adze calls for swinging it with two hands and we work on the workpiece at foot level.