Another great video, Dan. It looks to be a really sweet little tool of the Adz type. I couldn't tell you one way or the other, but it looks like an awesome hand tool for carpentry. You looked out of place and ill at ease in the wood butcher's habitat. 😊⚒️🔥 ffffforge on brother.
Love these types of videos!! I'll email you some pics of how I start my adzes out. I like how you split and flared to get the blade, which is pretty much what I do. The only difference is that I try to keep the transition between the eye and blade as streamlined as possible.
Perfect!!! There’s soooo many adze out there for so many different applications for wood working. So as long as it’s sharp and hard which I’m sure it is then there’s nothing wrong with it!!! Great work
Enjoyed your way of splitting the cutting end to get the width, looks as if it should work for any type of adze by paying attention to the shape before you split it. Know nothing about adzes at all but see that uncle John at black bear forge makes (and uses, I think) them regularly. Harry Rogers, in your part of the world, could put you in touch with adze users. He is on you tube. 👍
No touch mark? Thats a wicked looking tool! Love it! I've watched my dad use an adze, but it was a flatter blade and a longer handle. He used it to "plane" for want of a better word, large timbers laying flat on the ground and he swung it between his legs. He used to get a pretty good finish, nice and flat and even thickness, across a 250 mm board, 2-3 mt long.
Dan the adze looks great! I've done a lot of wood working though I'm not a professional adze swinger myself, here are a couple points regarding questions about the cutting bevel and the handle shape. First off the bevel IS in the correct orientation. An adze is nothing more then a hand swung planer or carving gouge. With all planers you want the trailing edge to have the bevel so as to create a relief point in your cut. This will also help roll out of your cut with better control as you follow through the curved surface. If the bevel were turned around all your gonna do is gouge way deep into the wood instead of shaving the surface. I would suggest running a slightly longer bevel to provide more relief as your working angle changes ( this visual perception may be wrong due to camera angles yours just looks sorta steep). Maybe like 10-15 degrees off your outer blade curve....ballpark figure. There are some mathematics behind it all....between the head curve, handle curvature and bevel, so that your shaving at a certain contact angle when swung....but that's beyond me. In regards to the handle shape since the desired outcome is basically a "shave" vs a digging into the wood type cut. You do want a degree of curvature to the handle so that the adze is swung down and across the wood horizontally so the blade is basically facing back towards you...vs an axe handle you want the cutting edge facing vertically to drive through the wood causing a split. This will also help move the point of momentum more above the cutting edge to aid in gliding through the wood. So add a "touch" of goose neck or forward sweep to the butt end of the handle and you should turn out good. On a short handle adze a butt on the handle helps to kinda provide extra one handed grip point. Again I'm not a professional.....just sharing a bit of what I've been learned.
Hi, that adze looks fantastic!! I use an adze alot for hollowing windsor chair seats and that one would definitely do the job by the looks of it. I was really glad to see you do a video af forging one of these without using a power hammer. I'm just starting to look at doing some blacksmithing, clearly not at your very skilled level yet, but it looks like a lot of fun. I was particularily impressed with how you hammered out the curvature of the cutting end, I've only ever seen it done with a swage block,(I think that's what it's called). Great video, thanks for posting
First I must say that you did a good job on that adze ! Second - I am glad that you put a short handle on it . The longer handled adze's are known as 'Shin Splitters' . The adze you made would fit right in to any log builders tool kit. It would be perfect for carving out the lateral grooves in building logs. if you google 'Log builders tools' you might even see its mate listed . It would also be a good tool to carve out a dugout canoe. there are probably more types and styles of adzes than axes out there. Yet the art of hand crafting logs/wood has given way to power tools.
So, as an irregular adze user; that's a definite example of one of the styles of adze. If the sweep (curvature perpindicular to the cutting edge) is a segment of a circle, that's a 'Bowl Adze'; if it's a U shape it's a 'Gutter Adze'. The single handed style are sometimes hafted in the same way as an axe (as you did here); but also sometimes the same way as the larger adzes. The larger (two handed) carpenters adze is used for flattening wood. They tend to have much less curvature; and are hafted much more like a froe; where the eye shape is much the same (larger at the top), but the haft is made to fit through the eye, and ends with a swell. This has no wedge, and the handle is sometimes loose - but due to the enlarged end, the tool head remains on during swing. One of the less obvious aspects of a bowl adze is that the curvature from poll to bit determines the _smallest_ internal bowl curve it can cut. Therefore, the wider ones tend to be shallower in that direction too. Theres usually a natural limit there; after which one would switch to gouges. I'm not sure that I would ever use an adze for a spoon - unless one is thinking of a 'spoon' thats more of a 'ladle' size, then the tight spaces and control would suggest against it. (Mind you, my hammer control is rather poor compared to someone who swings one for a living; so that might make all the difference there). Instead, I cut spoons with crook knives and gouges; my primary use for adzes is roughing out larger bowls (dough bowl sort of size).
@@danielmoss2089 Hrm, 800g.... I'd say that's on the heavy side for that sort of adze. Not unheard of, but at that sort of weight, I'd have expected a bit tighter sweep, and maybe a bit less bend from poll to bit. That's more the weight I'd expect in a 'roughing' tool; and tighter sweep and less bend fit with that. The Narex 'small carvers adze' is in that ballpark, for a specific example. Mostly, though, I feel that the single handed adzes should be a 'little lighter' than a carving axe; and 800g is the upper end on that. The adze, working from the inside of a curve, needs to be used a little more carefully than an axe; and hence being a little lighter fits with that. The Robin Wood carving axe has a 500g head, and he describes that as 'medium weight'; my 'larger' carving axe is 550g head, and I'd broadly agree. Overall, I'd say that it looks like a good tool; but a little tuning on angles to turn it into a full on 'roughing' bowl adze would probably give it a more comfortable usage experience. (Roughing in quotes because one would nearly always finish cut with a gouge). That sort of shape would probably be more comfortable to use at around 500g (18 oz). This is all just one guys opinion, of course; and not a day to user at that. Other people may have more experience and different preferences - but that's how I'd look at tuning in that design. Of course, that's (as always) biased by what I use adzes for (rapid stock removal for carving, and bowl hollowing); other use cases may well have other trade off points (just as with axes and hammers).
Mate I think it came out tops. I've used them quite a bit as I enjoy doing primitive wood processing, using adzes, drawknives, siding axes, froes, etc, and given that you've never even held an adze before it came out pretty bang on. Only feedback I'd have is that they usually have a slightly less aggressive curve to them, but on one that small I'd say you wouldn't even notice it, to be honest. I think it'd be bloody handy! If anything you could add a slight forward curve to the handle and it'd make good use of the additional sweep. I'd be interested to see if you could get the same width out of it just by forging it flat to begin with, rather than doing an axe-like profile and then splitting it like that. Gorgeous work as always! Also looking forward to potential collabs with the missus!
Very nice, adzes come in varying degrees of curvature (as well as handle length) depending on what you are using it for. Additionally, the curvature across the front of the blade varies quite a bit as well. So I don't think there's any "wrong" answer, really depends on the intended use. I'd call that one fairly aggressive, maybe more for bowl making or similar. Nice work, looking forward to the collaborations!
Dan the sharp end edge can be on either side and depending on the work the blade geometry changes I used one during my apprenticeship during a short time in the shipwrights shop maki a small mast they had a flat blade and the handle was about a metre long swung between the legs
That looks spot on from what I have seen. Nice job dude. Glad to see your better half is going to let us have a peek at some of her work. I might even subscribe!!!🤔🤣🤣🤣👍👍⚒ on!!!
Looks awesome mate! In future projects I would say that you might not need that much "crook" in the cutting edge, meaning the angle between edge and handle. Otherwise I think most questions have been answered in other comments. Forge on mate!
@@danielmoss2089 no worries mate, in this instance I'm only concerned about the user's knuckles with such a straight handle :) it looks awesome though!
That's a nice looking piece sir! I don't know if the shapes are right as I had to google what an adze was in the first place but it looks like what google said an adze was :D. Also I've been enjoying this newer format keep it up
Funny, I'm working on a couple of adzes right now and have been spreading the blades out by the typical peening style and was thinking doing something like this where you cut open and spread the blade....and then heres this video....looks like the idea works well!
Another great video, I was not expecting the slit and split method, is this how they used to be forged? I was expecting more of a sideways axe type forging. Anyway it looks exactly like an adze to me and I have been looking for one...
Daniel Moss nah i just made a new forge a week ago(bottom blast) and i was thinking about making a side blast forge (like the japanese) and i saw yours and i was doubting if it was a bottom or a side blast.
PLEASE clean the mushroom off that sledge flatter before something happens... loved seeing the process over all! I hope to make something like this soon.
Nice nice. Oh well the man to ask is John Switzer BlackBear Forge. Axes and adzes are his real deal. Does look good. Giggle at the speed shot where your whacking the end and its bouncing. " Daniel! Oh poor thing they've gone n turned you into a power hammer w a tattoo, bless your heart!!" Lol sorry it was funny to me. Nice video though. Us blind old men on cell phones ait right sure what the mesurments are lol cuz we cant zoom on youtube dernit. Oh yeah, Daniel sir, yiur going to have to work on that beard b4 quad state. Cant be showing up w such a short little thing like that! ROFLMAO ! Blessings to you sirSir Crawford out 🧙♂️
@@OuroborosArmory lol. I figured hed quip back at me over that, but hes a busy man. Lol. Ive not had to shave now in a few months so my lil grey beards gotten longer than ever b4. Lol.
When we talked, my intention about the adze is for bowl carving not spoon, sorry if I wasn't clear about that. Imagining a adze small enough for spoon carving is pretty funny.
Your Adze looks to be very nice and of a high quality but the handle is quite short these tools have been used to dig out dirt to carving things like canoes and having length and the ability to use 2 hands was important but it looks great.
This is a small tool for making bowls! I'm sure you can uses this to make a canoes but most people like the person that asked about adze form making spoons i have made this for small work. People that make bowls uses small handles to get access. But great comment
you need to make a much smaller and lighter head for spoons and bowls and a very sharp blade and that handle length would be appropriate for fine wood working.
Not an adze expert but shouldn't the bevel on the cutting edge be on the inside. Looks to me yours has the bevel on the outside of the tool making the cutting edge further away from what you're intending to use it on. Other than that I think it is nicely done! I enjoy your videos & have learned a lot. Keep up the good work!
I thought the bevel generally went to the inside, but John at Black Bear Forge put out a video of one he made a few days ago with the bevel out, so maybe we are wrong, or just thinking of a different type of adze.
Well for a first attempt it’s pretty darn impressive Dan! Wouldn’t expect anything less! Thanks for sharing!
Turned out well my friend forge on keep up the great craftsmanship and work
Nice Canoe Adze. Good job.
Dan, the adze looks just great, a wonderful job. Your vids are so interesting and informative - I can’t wait to watch them as they appear!
Another great video, Dan. It looks to be a really sweet little tool of the Adz type. I couldn't tell you one way or the other, but it looks like an awesome hand tool for carpentry. You looked out of place and ill at ease in the wood butcher's habitat. 😊⚒️🔥 ffffforge on brother.
Awesome as all ways and the video quality has improved for sure keep it up!
Love these types of videos!! I'll email you some pics of how I start my adzes out. I like how you split and flared to get the blade, which is pretty much what I do. The only difference is that I try to keep the transition between the eye and blade as streamlined as possible.
Nice job Dan. Looks like an adze to me.
nice job Dan
I like the way you forged the bit different to the way I've seen it done before. Good job
To my eye it looks pretty well spot on. Nice touch leaving the tempering colors by the way, gives it a lot of character
Really love this style of video, forging first and talking after. The annotations are excellent too!
This! I do love this format from you Daniel.
And the "music" has gone too, yay!
@@donaldasayers Idk, don't mind a bit of music if it's non intrusive
Adze look beautiful.
Perfect!!! There’s soooo many adze out there for so many different applications for wood working. So as long as it’s sharp and hard which I’m sure it is then there’s nothing wrong with it!!! Great work
Enjoyed your way of splitting the cutting end to get the width, looks as if it should work for any type of adze by paying attention to the shape before you split it. Know nothing about adzes at all but see that uncle John at black bear forge makes (and uses, I think) them regularly. Harry Rogers, in your part of the world, could put you in touch with adze users. He is on you tube. 👍
Dan that is a beauty, you're coming up big time with your forging, I can see it clearly, keep it up mate.
No touch mark?
Thats a wicked looking tool! Love it!
I've watched my dad use an adze, but it was a flatter blade and a longer handle. He used it to "plane" for want of a better word, large timbers laying flat on the ground and he swung it between his legs. He used to get a pretty good finish, nice and flat and even thickness, across a 250 mm board, 2-3 mt long.
great job on the adz.
Dan the adze looks great!
I've done a lot of wood working though I'm not a professional adze swinger myself, here are a couple points regarding questions about the cutting bevel and the handle shape. First off the bevel IS in the correct orientation. An adze is nothing more then a hand swung planer or carving gouge. With all planers you want the trailing edge to have the bevel so as to create a relief point in your cut. This will also help roll out of your cut with better control as you follow through the curved surface. If the bevel were turned around all your gonna do is gouge way deep into the wood instead of shaving the surface. I would suggest running a slightly longer bevel to provide more relief as your working angle changes ( this visual perception may be wrong due to camera angles yours just looks sorta steep). Maybe like 10-15 degrees off your outer blade curve....ballpark figure. There are some mathematics behind it all....between the head curve, handle curvature and bevel, so that your shaving at a certain contact angle when swung....but that's beyond me.
In regards to the handle shape since the desired outcome is basically a "shave" vs a digging into the wood type cut. You do want a degree of curvature to the handle so that the adze is swung down and across the wood horizontally so the blade is basically facing back towards you...vs an axe handle you want the cutting edge facing vertically to drive through the wood causing a split. This will also help move the point of momentum more above the cutting edge to aid in gliding through the wood. So add a "touch" of goose neck or forward sweep to the butt end of the handle and you should turn out good. On a short handle adze a butt on the handle helps to kinda provide extra one handed grip point.
Again I'm not a professional.....just sharing a bit of what I've been learned.
I believe that you nailed it, it is a adze used often for coupin logs in log cabins . Love it
Looks great to me!
I like the new titles in the videos. It works well.
Thanks dude. Really playing with the video editing. Hope your enjoying? I'll keep trying my best
Hi, that adze looks fantastic!! I use an adze alot for hollowing windsor chair seats and that one would definitely do the job by the looks of it. I was really glad to see you do a video af forging one of these without using a power hammer. I'm just starting to look at doing some blacksmithing, clearly not at your very skilled level yet, but it looks like a lot of fun.
I was particularily impressed with how you hammered out the curvature of the cutting end, I've only ever seen it done with a swage block,(I think that's what it's called).
Great video, thanks for posting
Can't wait to see how your idea grow
Looks like a good adze
Ok, so now go get a dried log and make a dugout canoe!!!
Looks great!
Looks great! John at Black Bear Forge would be the one to ask. If it were up to me, it looks perfect!
I was just about to suggest that. John Switzer is definetly your man when it comes to Adzes.
First I must say that you did a good job on that adze ! Second - I am glad that you put a short handle on it . The longer handled adze's are known as 'Shin Splitters' . The adze you made would fit right in to any log builders tool kit. It would be perfect for carving out the lateral grooves in building logs. if you google 'Log builders tools' you might even see its mate listed . It would also be a good tool to carve out a dugout canoe. there are probably more types and styles of adzes than axes out there. Yet the art of hand crafting logs/wood has given way to power tools.
Beautiful work again
Looks good, Dan! I’m liking these styles of videos.
Good job Daniel!
I'm no expert on adze either, looks pretty good to me. Keep up the great forging content.
Looks good in my opinion. Love the videos
So, as an irregular adze user; that's a definite example of one of the styles of adze. If the sweep (curvature perpindicular to the cutting edge) is a segment of a circle, that's a 'Bowl Adze'; if it's a U shape it's a 'Gutter Adze'. The single handed style are sometimes hafted in the same way as an axe (as you did here); but also sometimes the same way as the larger adzes. The larger (two handed) carpenters adze is used for flattening wood. They tend to have much less curvature; and are hafted much more like a froe; where the eye shape is much the same (larger at the top), but the haft is made to fit through the eye, and ends with a swell. This has no wedge, and the handle is sometimes loose - but due to the enlarged end, the tool head remains on during swing.
One of the less obvious aspects of a bowl adze is that the curvature from poll to bit determines the _smallest_ internal bowl curve it can cut. Therefore, the wider ones tend to be shallower in that direction too. Theres usually a natural limit there; after which one would switch to gouges. I'm not sure that I would ever use an adze for a spoon - unless one is thinking of a 'spoon' thats more of a 'ladle' size, then the tight spaces and control would suggest against it. (Mind you, my hammer control is rather poor compared to someone who swings one for a living; so that might make all the difference there). Instead, I cut spoons with crook knives and gouges; my primary use for adzes is roughing out larger bowls (dough bowl sort of size).
so your verdict on the adze i made weight is about 28oz
@@danielmoss2089 Hrm, 800g.... I'd say that's on the heavy side for that sort of adze. Not unheard of, but at that sort of weight, I'd have expected a bit tighter sweep, and maybe a bit less bend from poll to bit. That's more the weight I'd expect in a 'roughing' tool; and tighter sweep and less bend fit with that. The Narex 'small carvers adze' is in that ballpark, for a specific example.
Mostly, though, I feel that the single handed adzes should be a 'little lighter' than a carving axe; and 800g is the upper end on that. The adze, working from the inside of a curve, needs to be used a little more carefully than an axe; and hence being a little lighter fits with that. The Robin Wood carving axe has a 500g head, and he describes that as 'medium weight'; my 'larger' carving axe is 550g head, and I'd broadly agree.
Overall, I'd say that it looks like a good tool; but a little tuning on angles to turn it into a full on 'roughing' bowl adze would probably give it a more comfortable usage experience. (Roughing in quotes because one would nearly always finish cut with a gouge). That sort of shape would probably be more comfortable to use at around 500g (18 oz).
This is all just one guys opinion, of course; and not a day to user at that. Other people may have more experience and different preferences - but that's how I'd look at tuning in that design. Of course, that's (as always) biased by what I use adzes for (rapid stock removal for carving, and bowl hollowing); other use cases may well have other trade off points (just as with axes and hammers).
Loved the process Dan! Be Well
It would be cool to see you make a bowl now.
Mate I think it came out tops. I've used them quite a bit as I enjoy doing primitive wood processing, using adzes, drawknives, siding axes, froes, etc, and given that you've never even held an adze before it came out pretty bang on. Only feedback I'd have is that they usually have a slightly less aggressive curve to them, but on one that small I'd say you wouldn't even notice it, to be honest. I think it'd be bloody handy! If anything you could add a slight forward curve to the handle and it'd make good use of the additional sweep. I'd be interested to see if you could get the same width out of it just by forging it flat to begin with, rather than doing an axe-like profile and then splitting it like that. Gorgeous work as always! Also looking forward to potential collabs with the missus!
Thanks dude and loved the feedback your epic
Very nice, adzes come in varying degrees of curvature (as well as handle length) depending on what you are using it for. Additionally, the curvature across the front of the blade varies quite a bit as well. So I don't think there's any "wrong" answer, really depends on the intended use. I'd call that one fairly aggressive, maybe more for bowl making or similar. Nice work, looking forward to the collaborations!
I thought you were losing it with the rough shape…then you started splitting it with the chisel. Ah-hah moment! Nice work!
Thank you. It is mostly blind luck but sometimes I get it to work lol
Tres bien 👍
I just took a mason hammer and made mine only needs last grinding and sharpen and handle mount
Thanks
Your missus has some nice gear in there! I’d be spending more time in there as well !
What you say about my missus gear!!!
Hehe
Nice job really like how you made it
Damn fine job sir, looks like it will work just fine. Talk to John at black bear forge he makes them all the time. PS. Plane tickets...
Dan the sharp end edge can be on either side and depending on the work the blade geometry changes I used one during my apprenticeship during a short time in the shipwrights shop maki a small mast they had a flat blade and the handle was about a metre long swung between the legs
Thank you for the pointer I'll keep it in mind great comment
That looks spot on from what I have seen. Nice job dude. Glad to see your better half is going to let us have a peek at some of her work. I might even subscribe!!!🤔🤣🤣🤣👍👍⚒ on!!!
thanks Ben love the support as ever your amazing hehe
@@danielmoss2089 Knock it off
Looks awesome mate! In future projects I would say that you might not need that much "crook" in the cutting edge, meaning the angle between edge and handle. Otherwise I think most questions have been answered in other comments. Forge on mate!
cool. I have seen lots of different geometry on the bends some more than the one I have made and some much less. Ill keep this in mind.
thank for the great comment
@@danielmoss2089 no worries mate, in this instance I'm only concerned about the user's knuckles with such a straight handle :) it looks awesome though!
@@SamTownsBladesmith I think the handle needs some work as does the edge. Ill get it next time lol
That's a nice looking piece sir! I don't know if the shapes are right as I had to google what an adze was in the first place but it looks like what google said an adze was :D. Also I've been enjoying this newer format keep it up
Liked and subscribed. I have to make one aswell but do not know where to start .
Daniel, John Switzer at Black Bear Forge has done some Andaz and they look similar to what you've done. His doesn't look to me to have as much cup.
Funny, I'm working on a couple of adzes right now and have been spreading the blades out by the typical peening style and was thinking doing something like this where you cut open and spread the blade....and then heres this video....looks like the idea works well!
Yeah great video Dan I like the way it flows. Interested in why you slit the hole don't you normally punch?
I slit the hole dude to the thin starting stock. Make life a little easier.
@@danielmoss2089 thanks Dan as always love your work
I think it looks cool, don’t know if it’s a proper adze or not...I like the red and white font “titles”.
Thanks dude. I really can't thank you enough for your kind words and support in lots if my videos means a great deal.
Cool👍👍👍👍
Excellent job on the Adz. Looks just like one to me. What angle did you place the blade from the handle? That can make or break an Adz.
Another great video, I was not expecting the slit and split method, is this how they used to be forged? I was expecting more of a sideways axe type forging. Anyway it looks exactly like an adze to me and I have been looking for one...
Your forge is bottom blast or side blast?
It's a side.
Daniel Moss ok thanks for the quick answer
Pleasure was the any motivation behind the questions or just curious?
Daniel Moss nah i just made a new forge a week ago(bottom blast) and i was thinking about making a side blast forge (like the japanese) and i saw yours and i was doubting if it was a bottom or a side blast.
Noob question: Why do you split the blade instead of hammer it out flat then bend?
just messing about but also to stop it growing in length. worked well i felt. great comment thanks
Well I’m gonna have to knock this back farther on the list of tools to forge and video now lol
PLEASE clean the mushroom off that sledge flatter before something happens... loved seeing the process over all! I hope to make something like this soon.
yes boss. doesn't seem so bad in the flesh but your right shouldn't use poorly maintained tools.
Daniel Moss I just don't want you to get hurt! I love your content too much to see you get hurt! Sorry if I sounded like a nag.
@@p38sheep I know dude didn't take it as a dig or spot on. Thanks for the epic comments and kind words.
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John at black bear forge is the to ask great guy check him out. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AGAIN for your time and hard work Dan📖⛪
Nice nice. Oh well the man to ask is John Switzer BlackBear Forge. Axes and adzes are his real deal. Does look good.
Giggle at the speed shot where your whacking the end and its bouncing. " Daniel! Oh poor thing they've gone n turned you into a power hammer w a tattoo, bless your heart!!" Lol sorry it was funny to me.
Nice video though. Us blind old men on cell phones ait right sure what the mesurments are lol cuz we cant zoom on youtube dernit.
Oh yeah, Daniel sir, yiur going to have to work on that beard b4 quad state. Cant be showing up w such a short little thing like that! ROFLMAO !
Blessings to you sirSir
Crawford out 🧙♂️
No lie I have seen all the burly beards that are on most of those guys
@@OuroborosArmory lol. I figured hed quip back at me over that, but hes a busy man. Lol.
Ive not had to shave now in a few months so my lil grey beards gotten longer than ever b4. Lol.
I could not forge the head.
Yet the shaft is ergonomically incorrect.
Generally the shaft would be a swan neck. To aid leverage.
My bad thanks for the heads up. I will look into it. I'm bad with wood hehe great comment
They work best cutting across the wood grain rather than with it. Looks good though mate
When we talked, my intention about the adze is for bowl carving not spoon, sorry if I wasn't clear about that. Imagining a adze small enough for spoon carving is pretty funny.
Your Adze looks to be very nice and of a high quality but the handle is quite short these tools have been used to dig out dirt to carving things like canoes and having length and the ability to use 2 hands was important but it looks great.
That short a handle would work if the adze was half that mass, for finer work on wood.
This is a small tool for making bowls! I'm sure you can uses this to make a canoes but most people like the person that asked about adze form making spoons i have made this for small work. People that make bowls uses small handles to get access. But great comment
@@FornaxusCrucible OK so its two big?
@@FornaxusCrucible Well sure but Dan made it quite hefty from what i can tell.
you need to make a much smaller and lighter head for spoons and bowls and a very sharp blade and that handle length would be appropriate for fine wood working.
I made something very similar recently. Yours looks better though :D so I can't tell you what you did wrong
only thing is short handle
I have only seen the adze with sort handles. Its for making bowls! I have just check again and the adze i can find for making only have short handles.
Have a chat to John @BlackBearForge, he makes quite a lot of Adze's
Not an adze expert but shouldn't the bevel on the cutting edge be on the inside. Looks to me yours has the bevel on the outside of the tool making the cutting edge further away from what you're intending to use it on. Other than that I think it is nicely done! I enjoy your videos & have learned a lot. Keep up the good work!
I thought the bevel generally went to the inside, but John at Black Bear Forge put out a video of one he made a few days ago with the bevel out, so maybe we are wrong, or just thinking of a different type of adze.
@@BrianDaleNeeley Thanks for that. Like I said, not an expert by any means but I guess it would depend on the intended purpose.
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Нужно показывать 'как работают инструменты которые вы делаете' не все люди понимают как это работает.
Can't see a thing wrong with it, except it's not in my shop!
Needs a better cutting edge. was it you Stan that asked about adze??
@@danielmoss2089
Wasn't me, but donation won't be refused!
A lot of work but this is a new way for me Be well and be safe