MAKING an ADZE with AXE, KNIFE, and FILE- ASMR 

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its a design that's used all over the world for thousands of years, of course its gonna work good lol

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I have its just finding the time... Take care.

The handle is hickory to absorb the shock. The blade was left over from another adze I had made by a blacksmith.

My blade should have a bit more interior curve to prevent that. I guess both could work.

But then the bully of the woodwould be on top of the blade. Creating an obstacle that will bump against the wood you are carving, You could probably get around this by changing the angle that the edge is put on. You’ll notice that on this adze Chris has cut the angle on the down face of the blade, whereas in the rest of his adzes the angle is cut in towards the inside crook of the handle. That is actually how you would tackle the issue of the angle of attack. You make that angle more severe, and it is plausible that the handle will clear your work and not dent it. It would solve another issue with the conventional design, which is wood chips won’t get jammed where the blade meets the handle. I’m not convinced that the balance would be correct tho. When the blade is honed in the conventional fashion the weight of the blade is coming in directly behind its edge for every swing. The other thing is that the adze is not a prying tool. There is meant to be a springiness to it tat carries you through the work to help stave off fatigue. If you think of it that way, then having the blade resting inside the crook would then put all of the strain of of you blows against the strings.

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The blade was think enough that I could file a slightly curved edge into it. Hopefully that can work for you. Good luck.

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It is very very average. The blade profile needs more work but for my 1st adze I’m pretty happy.

​@@ChopWithChrisChris, what makes this one average as you say? What would make it better? What makes an adze, great?

@@LitoGeorge It just does not feel very good in my hand. The balance could be better.

@@ChopWithChris so I saw you take care with putting the square on to measure the angle of attack. Romandybala below says to place it at 90deg to the handle. Do you think that would offer a better balance? (Given this is 2 years ago, have you changed or fixed it yet?)

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I had a blacksmith try to make an adze for me from an old drywall hammer. It was never finished so I decided to use that. A lawnmower blade will work as well.

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All god points. It’s not great. Needs more work for sure.

Chop With Chris Only the way it chops will determine how great it is. Out where I am we seem to prefer a bit more of an acute angle than what seems to be standard with other dazes I’ve crossed paths with. If it feels right to you, then it’s right. In fact your adze looks right to me because the haft and the shank of the blade or pretty much dead on for the way I would make it. It’s just that the Kant on the blade is on the opposite side, which changes the math. But I’ve only been doing things a certain way, because that’s the way it’s always been done (in my neck of the woods). I haven’t tried another way, so that’s why I would be happy to hear how you like it.

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