September 19, 201312 yr First one is 1060 if Im not mistaken and the second is mild steel with 1075 bit..
September 20, 201312 yr Very nice. At some point I'd like to try and forge an adze and try to work with it. I've always been a fan of heavy timber framing and construction.
November 13, 201312 yr Lovely! I bet they remove material aggressively. I make a lot of bowl carving adzes for customers from hammer heads. I would love to make them from scratch but the price most folk are prepared to pay for these things prohibits.
December 3, 201312 yr KYBOY Nice work. I was just reading one of Roy Underhill's books the other night and adzes were covered thoroughly. You did a great job. One difference I noted was that he mentioned that they should have pickaxe style handles so you can get the handle out of the way for sharpening the bevel. I suspect he was more interested in using a large sandstone grinding wheel for sharpening. Unless I'm much mistaken you've made what he calls a shipwrights lipped adze. Really nice work.
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