Gracious Galoots,

Well, my shop lives in a new abode.  What a mess!  Found things I'd
forgotten I had and lost some things I knew I had.  In a box somewhere.
Anyway, MLW came home today with even more things for me: a broad axe, a
froe, and what I think is a cooper's adze with a very interesting handles.
  The axe and the froe look blacksmith-made.  The exchange involves
cleaning the rust off of a very old, double-barrel shotgun for the previous
owner of the tools.  Been a long time since I handled a long gun.  It's a
very lovely piece.  I have no real idea how to approach that problem
without doing anything hurtful, but I think this is a question for a
different group.

Pictures of the edge tools are here:

http://bit.ly/1PEUyKY

I think the froe is delaminating or something similar.  I have found no
maker's marks, but have not done a really thorough inspection.  Is the adze
a cooper's adze?

Regards,

Dwight