Trouble Making Stone Axes/Adzes
I've only made a small handful of stone axe heads and virtually no adz heads to date. Last night I tried making a copy of a style of adz head used in the Hawaiian islands. It's more of a chunky item -...
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Tom, i've been blessed with having several resturants nearby who use tons of river rock for their landscapeing.
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I've been bipolaring quartzite cobbles and occasionally an almost perfect adze blade would pop off. Soon I'll haft one up and field test it. I have to harvest (with stone tools, of course) the handle...
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This probably doesn't help much, but try to think three dimensional. Also, try make the head with a kite shape cross section, then knap the blade is parallel to two of the edges. A thick core helps....
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I'm sure Tom would have appreciated the help, Joe, but that post is 8 years old. I'm pretty sure he figured it out by now. For those of you still interested in crafting an adze head, the traditional...
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