Homemade Adzes

[I'mSoSharp]

Some adzes I've made, forged & ground from spring steel (torsion bar), Oak handles & brass ferrules.

The idea of the shape was to get some extra weight, & get it forward, the picture above shows them balanced on a hatchet handle.
Where the bars enter the handles they are narrowed down considerably to make the riveted tangs, again helping to keep the weight forward.

I made them a while ago & still haven't got round to sharpening the largest one. I've used the others a bit to try them out & so far seem up to the job.

 

[Agent_H]

That is beautiful work right there. A couple of the handles especially are striking.

 

[.30WCF]

I'm going to have to try that.


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[Square_peg]

Those are fantastic!

Beautiful, clever design and functional. And I love the way you've finished them. Are those brass ferrules something you're able to buy off the shelf?

 

[halfaxe]

Beautiful adzes!

 

[Lieblad]

Nice!
Thinking outside the box making them like that.

Perhaps they can also get 'finessed' along with a soft mallet.

 

[littleknife]

Beautiful work! :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[Square_peg]

Reminds me of my home made spring fuller.

 

[Beachlogger]

Beautiful adzes, are they heavy enough to chop with or do you use them another way?

 

[Park Swan]

Nice work!!

 

[I'mSoSharp]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

are they heavy enough to chop with or do you use them another way?

Plenty heavy enough, some hand adzes consist of simply a blade mounted or tied on a wooden handle.

 

[Remzy]

Amazing forge work mate

 

[archertl]

That is very good work

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Very nice! The shape should help with the balance and clearance in the cut as well.