Gransfors Small Gutter Adz

Includes a grain leather sheath.

Gransfors small gutter adz.

Nice weight requires a little time to become proficient but once practiced very satisfying to use and very effective. The small gutter adze is usually kept for when the user is working close to the material making a shorter handle preferable. It is perhaps best described as a chisel you can chop with. The gränsfors small gutter adze is a kind of adze with a different cutting edge that is rounded up at the ends.

The bottom grip of the hickory handle is roughened which gives a steady grip even when one s hands are wet or sticky. Ideal for the quick removal of wood inside bowl blanks or shaping chair seat bottoms. Adze weighs 1 3 4 lb. Its area of use is hollowing out timber for example to make a trough old style gutters and notchwork in log building for which the rounded edge is ideal.

The adze has a wide range of applications. Small handled doubly curved adze with a large sweep. Its area of use is hollowing out timber for example to make a trough old style gutters and notchwork in log building for which the rounded edge is ideal. Gransfors bruks gutter adze gransfors bruks premium swedish adze features a hand forged axe style head with a nicely drooped blade for easy efficient cutting.

Grasp its 25 hickory axe handle near the end for use with an erect stance and a heavy swing or hold it just as comfortably 4 to 6 from the end for a compact fully controlled swing. You may not be planning to do any log grooving boat building or wood sculpting this weekend but that doesn t mean you can t appreciate the rustic beauty of the gränsfors bruks gutter adze 310 the swedish company famous for their luxurious roughhewn hand tools outdoes themselves with the small form factor bowl shaped adze designed for maneuverability and control. The gränsfors small straight adze is an old scandinavian axe design with a transverse edge.