Carving Axes & Adzes

Keep your carving tools protected and portable with this Journeyman Handcrafts tool roll made from a two colours of 8oz waxed cotton canvas giving a lovely contrast of colour when rolled up. The tool roll is lined with a cream wool to give added protection to your tools. This tool roll is made to last and will endure many years of hard use. It’s double stitched with a very strong bonded nylon...

A large carving axe with a really broad edge (DOUBLE SYMMETRICAL grind), designed to throw big chips! This axe will still work well in the right hands when creating smaller carvings. 145mm - 150mm (6") edge - SYMMETRICAL grind. The head weight is approximately 850 - 900g - SO BEWARE THIS IS QUITE A BEAST NOTE - Should you wish to strike the poll, please do so with a wooden mallet (not...

Large carving axe (RIGHT GRIND) with a really broad edge, designed to throw big chips! This axe will still work well in the right hands when creating smaller carvings. 145mm - 150mm (6") edge - RIGHT grind. The head weight is approximately 850 - 900g - SO BEWARE THIS IS QUITE A BEAST NOTE - Should you wish to strike the poll, please do so with a wooden mallet (not a steel hammer). Handle...

A hand forged 30mm diameter hand adze with a compound sweep profile to the cutting edge (more of a U profile). The head weight is approximately 450g with a 210mm - 215mm long (just over 8") hand carved, faceted, kin dried ash handle. The leather adze cover is made by Oscar using Italian leather with solid brass rivets (these are much stronger than cap rivets). This adze has been carefully...

A chop axe for hewing bowls and other wooden objects, artistic wood carving and architectural work. The characteristic curved shape of the cutting edge, carried well above the head’s eye, the position of the edge in proportion to the handle, the rather thick bit and the big angle of the wide beveled face makes the axe a good carving tool. You "cut on the beveled face" with curved movements. This...

The Pfeil Sculptor's Hatchet is a small hatchet which is very handy and easy to guide. With leather edge protector. Overall length 280mm (about 11") Weight 550gms with cutting edge of 80mm.

Sheffield made hand forged adzes by Henry Taylor for single handed use. This one is a tight gouge (sweep 9), however this lucky fella is outcannel which makes it a Bowl Adze. At the other end to the cutting edge is a square faced hammer poll. All Henry Taylor adzes have an ash handle of 250mm (about 10") . The overall head size (from the square face of the hammer poll to the cutting edge)...

Sheffield made hand forged adzes by Henry Taylor for single handed use. There is a choice of 3 adzes, this one a gouge end with a shallow/mid gouge or there is a tight gouge (sweep 9) and a 50mm (2") straight edge (like a chisel). At the other end to the cutting edge is a square faced hammer poll. All the adzes have an ash handle of 250mm (about 10") . The overall head size (from the...

Again, these adzes are from Leonhard Muller's Carpenter's Hatchets range but they are based on the traditional French design where the head gradually flares from the poll. 3 sweep widths to chose from and all come with straight hickory handles. Straight 450mm hickory handles (about 18") Choice of 65mm, 60mm or 56mm wide medium sweep cutting edge.