Best for: Woodworking, carving. With a short handle for one-hand use, an adze blade is set perpendicular to the handle ...

Adzes have a carved wooden handle lashed to a metal blade. Before the arrival of Europeans the blades of adzes were made of stone. Why do you think people would adopt this new style of adze blades?

In his personal blacksmith shop, Pulaski modified the tool -- getting rid of the shovel head and lengthening the axe and adze blades -- and thus the Pulaski was conceived. Ed Pulaski. Credit ...