

The curve in the blade was designed so that its radius was equal to the length of the handle plus the length of a person's arms. OOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* *OOOo.Ĭutaway view of a shipwright's adze showing the "spur" or nail punch and the socket where the handle would attach. OOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOo.oOOOOOOOOOOOOO* *OOOOo. OOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOo.oOOOOOOOOOOO* *OOOOOOOo. A cutaway view of an adze head can be seen below.

The adze is no longer in common use but a variety of tools are still available both new and used from tool catalogs and auctions. It was also very dangerous and required concentration and skill. The result was a beam which was almost perfectly smooth. When surfacing a wooden beam the carpenter would stand on top of the beam and swing the adze over his head, bringing it down on the material directly in front of his feet. In usage a two handed adze is swung like an axe or pick usually in a downward motion. The adze was also a common tool for building wooden scoops, gutters, dugout canoes and basically any time a large concave cut was needed. A similar tool was also used by furniture makers to cut a hollow into the seat of chairs. Coopers used a small one handed version with a curved cutting edge to shape barrel staves. The belief that, aside from blood, the Adze is also believed to drink coconut milk and palm oil That there is no known spell, weapon, or potion to keep the Adze away That the only way to stop the Adze is to capture it And that the Adze has been terrorizing Ewe communities for many centuries now.

The shipwright's adze had a small protrusion on the head at the opposite end of the blade which was used for driving nails below the surface. It looked very much like a garden hoe with a much more robust head, a shorter handle and a sharper cutting edge. The adze will either drain the person of life, or possess them, consigning them to madness or. Carpenters used a two handled adze with a straight cutting edge to surface large wooden beams. As legend goes, there’s no potion, spell, or weapon that can ward one off, and no cure for the bitten. This African Adze is absolutely amazing and its. The adze was once a very common tool and came in many shapes and sizes and as such had a variety of uses. Antique African Axe Tonga Tribe Zimbabwe weapon tool ethnic art Adze Zambia. This PNG image is filed under the tags: Axe, Adze, Antique Tool, Battle Axe, Cold Weapon. If you imagine a tool that looks like an axe but the blade at a right angle to the handle you would have an adze (also adz). of this file is 1050x1200px and its file size is: 501.76 KB.
