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Before the days of sawmills, the posts and beams of a house were manually cut out of logs. In building a frame house the old builders had a tool resembling an ax and called an adz. This is a wood-cutting tool with a curved blade and a straight cutting edge, with a bezel like a chisel.

Adz

Before the days of sawmills, the posts and beams of a house were manually cut out of logs. In building…

A small axe with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

Hatchet

A small axe with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.

Adz Hatchet

A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.

An illustration of a small hatchet.

Small Hatchet

An illustration of a small hatchet.

Hatchets used by the ancient tribes of Australia.

Hatchets

Hatchets used by the ancient tribes of Australia.

Also known as Dolabriform. A leaf in the shape of an axe.

Hatchet-Shaped Leaf

Also known as Dolabriform. A leaf in the shape of an axe.

A single handed striking took with a sharp blade used to cut and split wood.

Stone Hatchet

A single handed striking took with a sharp blade used to cut and split wood.

A young boy trying to chop down a tree with an axe.

Tree Chop

A young boy trying to chop down a tree with an axe.

A man and his son hunting in the mountains of Virginia.

Virginia Mountaineers in Colonial Times

A man and his son hunting in the mountains of Virginia.