Collection: Historic Maritime I (1620-1675): The First Colonial DominionД¬ross Reference Searches Standardized Subject Headings The Adze has transcended centuries because nobody has ever been able to create a better design for this type of woodworking.It was used to hollow out wooden gutters, troughs, sputs and similar long workpieces. Adze makers created several types of adze and stone tools to fulfill different requirements and tasks - larger blades for heavy duty work and shaping, smaller. ADZE BLADES ( PLATES 18, 19, 20, AND 54 ) Two types of adze blades are. A gutter or guttering adze (also called a canoe or spout adze) is a two-handed adze with the bit and cutting edge formed into a hollow curve approaching a half circle. It is thus the oldest type, and the only one found in the First Period.

It is swung in a circular path in a manner and direction and the worker uses his chest or thigh as a 'stop' to prevent the arm from swining too far. It was found in a circa 1885-1900 New England carpenter's tool chest, but is much older than that.ДЄdzes are used for removing heavy waste, leveling, shaping, or triming the surfaces of timber.

It was probably used for making rain gutters and wooden drains. It is a classic example of a rare form of a colonial era adze. And the unique design of proper curvature of the blade adds efficiency of its work. The mechanical device used for holding jobs is called vice. With unique square eye hole design provides more strength and stability to the tool. In a workshop, it is absolutely necessary to hold a job strongly for the purpose of carrying out the various operations like filing, drilling, chipping or milling, etc. Tool Making Elbow Shaping Adze Elbow Texture Adze D Adze with Axe Blade D Adze with Flat Blade Fancy Adze Handle Crooked Knives Straight Knife Hafting. Properly heat treated and tempered for maximum strength. A distinct welded forged iron cutting edge extends 4 1/2' to a narrow flat polled body. This forged Adze is drop forged from quality carbon steel. This is an adze clearly manufactured by a blacksmith working directly from the bloom it shows the telltale silica inclusion of reworked bog iron.

Types of adze