Name/Title
AdzEntry/Object ID
2001.01.61Description
Flat Adze
Head Connected to handle by smaller peices of wood wedged into the top.
an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle. Blade is perpendicular to the handle.
unlike an ax an adze is used up and down not side to side to cut something down but to shape it
Sometimes written as ADDES in older books. Principal tool of the old time ship builder in the days of wooden ships. Shaper blade slightly curved inwards towards handle. ( considered difficult to use)Collection
John Carroll CollectionCondition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
Jan 2, 2007Examined By
Keira GruberNotes
Wooden handle is cracked anf looks broken (as if it was longer). Metal is tarnished (possibly rusty). Head still connected to handle