The short handle gives precise single-handed control when used for smaller tasks like carving bowls, producing carpentry joints and smoothing wood. And we’re glad to include a personalized message on the card upon request. A solid engineered hand adze, the curved CrMn blade is hardened to RC 59-61, with a 290mm straight grained ash handle. We can mail directly to you, or to the recipient. This way your loved ones will have something special to unwrap… and either dollars to spend at our store, or tools to look forward to receiving in the near future! Order for a dollar amount, or pre-purchase specific merchandise and we can mail you a gift certificate stating what you’ve ordered. These come with matching card and craft-paper envelope, making a beautiful gift. These tools are definitely worth the wait, but if you are last-minute gift shopping, a wonderful option is to purchase a Kestrel Tool Gift Certificate, which can be sent right away. We are having a busy year and currently running a lead time on orders of 6-8 weeks. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding supplies for your class, and thank you for teaching. We are grateful and honored to work with students, teachers, and community members of Native Communities all over the US and Canada, and want to make sure your students have the best possible tools available to practice their art. (We’re not and that’s why you love us, right?)ĮDUCATORS PLEASE NOTE that any large orders (5 or more of the same item) placed by educators and schools serving Native Youth and other Native learners are eligible for a 10% discount, so long as the order is placed at least three months in advance.
We’re a small, handcrafted tool business, and appreciate both your business and your patience. Our current delivery time from the date of your order is 6-8 weeks. Keep it that way by frequent touch=up whetting with aįine-grain whetstone.We’re very busy here at Kestrel Tool, cranking out your adzes and knives. The result of all this will be an edge that is very sharpĪnd smooth.
On the backside, the whetstone mustīe flat on the adze blade so that NO BEVEL is produced on the back Then polish the back side of the edge vewry carefully to remove theīurr from previous sharpening. The bevel side at an angle very near the angle of the ground edge, With a whet stone to remove roughness from the grindstone marks. Ground down to a sharp edge on the wet grindstone and then whetted The handle for grinding on a wet sandstone wheel. Must be kept wet by turning in a water bath or with a dripĪrrangement, and turned slowly. That is what wss used when adzes were in daily use. The proper way to sharpen an adze is on a wet sandstone grinding The field, but their not the greatest at a fine edge. I run a sharpening shop, and I use a 1" belt sander or a largeĭremel style grinder, then buff it out on a polishing wheel.īastard files are great to rough things in or if you ding it out in Well, Im going to disagree with Gerbil also. It has been a while since I sharpened an adz, but I think that the technique that Gerbil mentions sounds like it would do the job. Hate to disagree with Gerbil, but you want to sharpen your adz razor sharp or sharper, just like any tool used for cutting wood. (On most hoes,įollow the existing angle which will be the inner edge.) Gerbil Also when you are using a hoe in the garden, keep a file Keep after the adz when you're working, it is anĪmazing help. In any event, you should have a bastardįile or two around. I'm assuming that you haven't done a lot of sharpening, so probably If the head isĭamaged or this is something you've just forged, wouldn't hurt to lookĪt a picture or two, or check lumberyards near you to see if they have Mis-sharpening, just follow the angle that's there. Unless the adz has been mangled through misuse or I'm no good at estimatingĪngles, but there's maybe 1/2-3/4inch of taper between the edge to theīody of the tool. Whatever you do, work slowly and carefully. Hardware store or lumberyard will be able to help you. If you are doing it by hand, get a bastard file. In either case work veryĬarefully and slowly-use eye/face protection-watching that you don't
Want to do that, use a small angle grinder. If you can easily get the head off (usually the handle is tapered) and Or think of it as the inside edge, under the curve. That means the edge that would be up if you were using your adz. You want it sharper than a splitting maul,ĭuller than a knife, about the same as an axe. Adze sharpening adze sharpening : LUSENET : Countryside : One ThreadĪnyone know the correct way to sharpen an adze?
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