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Adze Adjustments
I’ve been getting a lot of good questions from people that, unable to find a good bowl adze, wish to make the most out of a less-than-ideal adze or refurbish an antique adze head. I’ve written about adzes in several … Continue reading
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Tagged adze, bowl adze, grinding an adze, hollowing adze
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Sharpening an Adze
I took some photos tonight while I sharpened my adze. I wrote about my general sharpening procedure for an axe in this post a while back. The general idea is the same, but sharpening an adze can be more intimidating … Continue reading
Jason Lonon
Today, we are lucky to be experiencing a revival of traditional toolmaking, and there are many smiths making excellent tools. However, there has been a bit of an exception when it comes to the adze. About six months ago, I … Continue reading
White Oak Bowl — Hollowing with an Adze
When I have demonstrated at festivals, I have noticed several different types of reactions and comments among observers. By far, the most common reaction is sincere interest and curiosity that elicits good questions from open minds and enjoyable conversation. However, … Continue reading
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Hollowing with an Adze
Following up on my last post about adze design, I wanted to share a series of photos that show the procedure for my adze work. At the stage of the first photo (above), I’ve hewn and hand planed the upper and … Continue reading
Do You have an Outie or an Innie?
I have some general information on tool selection here at my website, but I’d like to focus more specifically on the adze in this post. It is probably the single most expensive tool used for this work, so it pays to choose … Continue reading
What’s a saz?
That was my first thought when I was asked recently to make one; well, the bowl part of one. Turns out that a saz is a long necked Turkish lute (I found the photo of the one above — I had … Continue reading
Get a Grip
You may remember the “Pine Tar Game:” On July 24, 1983, The Kansas City Royals were losing 4-3 to the New York Yankees in the top of the ninth inning. George Brett, the Royals’ last hope, approached the plate with two … Continue reading