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T H E H A N D C A R V E D B O W L

Chapter 2 | T O O L S

ADZE

This roughing tool may not be

familiar to most outside of the

carving world. It is like an axe with

its edge turned perpendicular to

the handle, and is typically swung

between the legs, which can make

it a dangerous tool. The femoral

arteries run on the inside of both

legs and are very vulnerable in

this particular stance. Good tech-

nique is important with this tool,

not just for clean, consistent cuts,

but for safety as well.

Antique shops sometimes have

old carpenter’s adzes whose long

handles and straight heads were

used to hew beams for timber

frames, but bowl carving adzes

have a curved head from heel to

edge, and on the tool edge itself

from side to side, that easily

removes large amounts of waste

material of the hollow and other

concave areas of a bowl.

ADZE HEAD SHAPES

The design of an adze head, both

from its heel to edge, and from

one side of the cutting edge to the

other, will affect how it can best be

used for various shapes. The shape

and degree of the curve from heel

to edge will affect how the tool

can navigate concave shapes like

the hollow under the handles of a

bowl or into the bowl’s hollow. The

more this curvature matches the

shapes, the easier it will be able to

create them.

EDGE SWEEPS

The cutting edge of an adze per-

forms similarly to a large gouge,

and its sweep (curve along the

edge) will influence how it can

best be used. A steep sweep will

take deeper cuts, leaving a texture

with more hills and valleys while