adze-hammer British Museum

Iron adze-hammer with remains of wooden handle (rowan, whitebeam or service tree). On display with reconstruction of handle. The eye is oval with a long, rectangular sleeve below it. The hammer-head is rectangular with a slightly domed face. The adze-blade is turned through a sharp angle and has straight sides which splay out to give a relatively wide, slightly convex edge.

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1920s PAPER AD 2 Sided David Maydole Hammer Adze Eye Bricklayers' Hammers

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