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Post by Woodyrock on Oct 24, 2010 18:20:44 GMT -5
Something I have wanted to do for some time was to make an adze from Jade. I have, and use steel adzes in woodworking, and wanted to compare the steel to jade. The Jade is from the Frazer River in British Columbia, and the handle is a piece of Dogwood I have seasoning for several years. Woody    |
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 24, 2010 18:35:36 GMT -5
Neat tool. Have you tried it out yet ? The jade should be tough enough for working soft woods.
Don
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Post by SteveHolmes on Oct 24, 2010 21:20:52 GMT -5
I was hoping someone would actually post what an Adze is...but I'll have to go search! It must be a sort of chisel from the above comment. Whatever it is...it's very neat and it looks like it could cause alot of hurt. Can I borrow it?!?! no just kidding...
Steve
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Post by Woodyrock on Oct 25, 2010 0:21:12 GMT -5
Steve:
An adze is a wood working tool used to shape, and smooth a surface. Similar to an axe, but the blade is turned 90 degrees. Jade was used because it is tough, and resists chipping like would obsidian, or agate. Most adzes have an ell shaped handle, but they were also made with a dee shaped handle, and a straight handle. Some straight handle adzes were one piece of jade with the hand grip cut into the adze.
Woody
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Post by adrian65 on Oct 25, 2010 10:52:53 GMT -5
Wow, that jade looks prety gemmy. Very interesting.
Adrian
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Post by Toad on Oct 25, 2010 11:38:30 GMT -5
Nicely done.
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Post by bgast1 on Oct 25, 2010 16:37:35 GMT -5
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Post by mc2 on Oct 25, 2010 21:45:01 GMT -5
That is pretty neat. How well does it work? Pretty good I imagine.
Mike
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Post by carloscinco on Oct 30, 2010 9:59:24 GMT -5
That's nice work on the jade blade.
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Post by rockrookie on Nov 4, 2010 19:12:21 GMT -5
nice job , Woody !!
--paul
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Post by rockrookie on Nov 4, 2010 19:15:11 GMT -5
nice job , Woody !!
--paul
by the way my dad used to use the word adze in Scrabble , all the time . he liked to win
challenges from other players .
--paul
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