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Adze or Adz 
(however you want to spell it)



An edge tool used to cut and shape wood 

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching
blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for
chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

Gransfors Bruks-Hand Adze

Also called a one-handed adze...available in either curved or flat profiles.

8" handle length gives you just enough space for one or both hands. 

Flat profile is 

Curved is 2 1/2" wide blade with heavy curve... Some woodworkers call this a "bowl adze".

Comes surprisingly sharp. With leather sheath.
As with all Gransfors Bruks tools-this one is top quality. You'll keep this one forever. It's about as good as a tool gets. 


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GB Hand Adz with leather cover
 

Flat     $289.95
Curved $291.95

Style
Flat
Curved

Quantity:
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Comes with a leather sheath now rather than the Cordura shown here.
Gransfors Bruks-Long Handled Adze
pronounced:
(Gransfors Brooks)

3-1/4" wide on 26" axe style handle (not straight). 
Approximately a #6 sweep. 
The "droop" to the blade is similar to the short handled version shown above.


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GB Hand Adz with leather cover
 

$350.95

Quantity:
5 lbs.  
Oxhead ("Ochsenkopf")
Good German Steel in these adzes.

Two styles of adze are available. 

  • The flat lip adze is used primarily for hewing large amount of wood. Available in two widths...85mm and 95mm
  • The curved lip adze is for hollowing out chair seats or other "hollowing out" tasks, or to give a pronounced adzed effect for decorative purposes...curved lip adze is also known as a gutter (as they were used to make wooden gutters), hollow, or curved adze

Handle is 31" long. 

Price includes handle. 


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Flat edge       
  #850  $84.95
  #950  $89.95
Curved edge    
 
#700  $89.95

Handles are 31" long

Size and Style
#850-flat
#950-flat
#700-curved

Quantity:
4 lbs.
Showing flat edge