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Elbow Adzes (click pictures to enlarge)
Large Gutter Adze $293 Edge is 2" long with 3.5" dia. cup Overall Weight is about 13 ounces	Large Straight Adze $258 Edge is 1.75" long Overall Weight is about 12 ounces

Small Gutter Adze $250 Edge is 1.5" long with 2.5" dia. cup Overall Weight is about 9 ounces	Small Straight Adze $222 Edge is 1.25" long Overall Weight is about 8 ounces

Elbow Adze Irons These are the same irons as the ones above, sold without the handles, to make them more affordable. A well made iron - properly curved and cupped, heat treated and sharpened - is the part that is outside the experience of most carvers. I am glad to provide that option, and I encourage it. Besides saving some money, there is just nothing like using a tool you've made yourself. They come with very good instructions (including a full scale pattern and seine twine for lashing). Forged from round bars of the same high carbon steel I use for all my knives. They are each 6 inches long.
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Large Gutter Iron $133 Edge is 2" long with 3.5" dia. cup	Large Straight Iron $99 Edge is 1.75" long

Small Gutter Iron $92 temporarilly out of stock Edge is 1.5" long with 2.5" dia. cup	Small Straight Iron $66 temporarilly out of stock Edge is 1.25" long

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Bowl Adze

curvature of two bowl adzes, light and heavy

Heavy Bowl Adze

Total weight about 2# 5oz (37oz)
Edge is about 2 3/4" across,
with 5" diameter curve.
$508.00
(temporarily out of stock)

Light Bowl Adze

Total weight about 1# 12oz (28oz)
Edge is about 2 1/2" across,
with 2 1/2" diameter curve.
$484.00
(temporarily out of stock)

This adze was designed for a well renowned bowl maker, Rip Mann, who teaches classes along the US East Coast. His step-by-step instuctional books are very good and are available on his website.
This Bowl Adze is available in two different weights. They are both the same size and geometry.
I recommend the Light Bowl Adze for people with smaller hands or whose wrists and forearms might appreciate a lighter tool. With its smaller curvature, the Light Bowl Adze is also better for carving smaller bowls.
I recommend the Heavy Bowl Adze for most people, especially heavier people with larger hands, and for carving larger bowls.

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A customer recently convinced me to make him an extra heavy bowl adze.
I made several extra and am offering them here for a time.
Same geometry as those pictured at left.

Extra Heavy Bowl Adze

Total weight about 50 oz
Edge is about 3 1/4" across,
with 8" diameter curve.
$545.00
(temporarily out of stock)

My carving knives are intended for serious wood carvers. They are razor sharp and can be very dangerous if used improperly. Please be careful and don't allow young people to use them unsupervised.

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