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Adze
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Description
- Forged as one unit, the head extends 5.5CM above the blade. The head has a flared end and is bevelled. The opposite end has a flared square end. The wooden handle is shaped like the typical axe handle with a slight box to it. This adds strength to the wood and frees the wrist from vibration.
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- WOODWORKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Forged as one unit, the head extends 5.5CM above the blade. The head has a flared end and is bevelled. The opposite end has a flared square end. The wooden handle is shaped like the typical axe handle with a slight box to it. This adds strength to the wood and frees the wrist from vibration.
- History Of Use
- Jim and Jan Owens came to the community of Evelyn in July 1922. They camped beside the railway bridge for three months while Jim built the cabin. He had never seen a log cabin before, but managed to build his own. He knew nothing about notching and made his corners flat. They lived in the house for 25 years. Owens Road materialized as it is now in 1974, when some friends helped build it, with axes, saws and a few boxes of powder. This adz was just one of many tools needed to clear land, build houses, sheds and roads. The adz was used to smooth the surfaces of beams and remove the score marks of a broad axe. Sometimes it was used to clean logs before broadaxing into a beam. The adz was swung in the curvature of the blade, with the arm and tool forming the radius. Because of the flaring square end, the adz head had to be removable, as the bevel to be sharpened was on the inside and inaccessible to a grindstone. Adz are still used today by some ship builders.
- Material
- WOOD-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;
- Height
- 9.2
- Width
- 21.2
- Length
- 82.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1978.31.16
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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