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256047 Michael Blair <branson2@s...> 2015‑08‑30 Re: New, old tools
Dwight,

The froe is definitely blacksmith made.

The adz is certainly a cooper's adz.  This is a standard for English 
coopering
and coopering traditions that derive from English practices.  The style 
appears
to have been derived from a less common French form used specifically 
for trussing
up.  Sometimes it is called a "trussing adz" in fact.  The earliest 
image I have
of this style comes from an 18th Century book, Utensiles de Tonnelerie 
XVIIIe.

Here's a photo of the trussing adz at work:

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/barrel-maker-royalty-free-
image/182892921">http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/barrel-maker-royalty-
free-image/182892921

I have two other images that show trussing adzes that have no sharp edge 
at all.

Mike in Sacto

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