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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