2 new carving tools Elbow adze/Straight knife

[mr dazzler]

Elbow adze, about 14 inches long. blade is a recycled sheffield gouge (1 1/4 inch wide) Adze body/handle made from dense pitch pine, with an inserted ash dowel reinforcement, wrapped with raw hide for a change instead of the bootmaker twine I usually use







Also a straight knife made from a svord peasant blade. I simply do not like the svord handle, too often the thing loosened up in my pocket when it dried out in the warm after being wet, opened a bit and stabbed me when I reached for it. The handle was naff but the blade is suberb as many of you know. I simply shaped a 8 inch piece of ash, cut a housing, epoxed it up, then wrapped with inner tube and twine





I carved these up this afternoon using the new knife (not finish cuts, the Plum wood is still semi green)

 

[Robson Valley]

Thanks for the detailed photographs of the adze handle. What's the elbow? Maybe 45 degrees?
I have a Sitka gutter blade in the P.ost from Kestrel as of last week.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice job, I like seeing that kind of upcycling.

 

[Stew]

You're definitely right about the svord handle!

Good job on both!

 

[Muddypaws]

Great work on the adze - that looks really useful. The Svord knife looks interesting. I know what you mean about how good the steel is, but the friction folder is not to everyone's taste.
(BTW The spoons are looking great too)

 

[bobnewboy]

....and there goes Photobucket - no access to your photos for us!