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Froes, Adzes & Chairmakers Spoon Bits

Froes are spliiting tools. We offer two lengths and 2 makers here. The Gransfors Bruks froe is the heavy duty option with a 12" blade and hickory handle.

Adzes - 4 on offer here from Gransfors Bruks (2 long handled and 2 short handled) in Sweden and 4 short handled adzes from Auriou Toolworks in France.

Chairmakers Spoon Bits - made by Clico (Sheffield), tapered and parallel sided spoon bits for chairmakers.

Gransfors Bruks Froe 12" Edge Ref: GA487

This is the tool used to split shingles, shakes and lumber. It is struck with a wooden maul or mallet, pounding the blade into the end of short logs, then quickly pulled back or pushed with the handle to split the wood. It has a 12" iron blade with an 18" hickory handle and weighs 4lbs. Please note that this tool is not provided with a grain-leather sheath but does come with a hickory handle.

Price: £67.48 (€78.28) (Including VAT at 15%)

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Handled Froes Ref: R1

6" & 9" Handled Froes

Difficult to find froes these days. The 9" comes with a beech handle (6" is not supplied with a handle) and are made in Lincolnshire, England by Raymond Iles of the famous Iles clan.

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6" unhandled - £25.00
9" handled - £40.00

Straight Adze Short Handle 476 Ref: GA-QAKG476

This adze has an axe style head with a flat blade for easy cutting. The 3" blade is slightly swept. Weight incl. handle approx 2lb with a handle length of 7". The adze is fitted with a tight-grained hickory handle and provided with a protective leather sheath.

Price: £126.20 (€146.39) (Including VAT at 15%)

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Curved Adze Short Handle 476 Ref: GA-QAKH478

This adze has an axe style head with a drooped blade for easy cutting. The blade is deeply swept and slightly flattened at the bottom for clean shaping. It is 3" wide with a handle length of 7". The head weight is 2lb. The adze is fitted with a tight-grained hickory handle and provided with a protective leather sheath

Price: £127.19 (€147.54) (Including VAT at 15%)

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Straight Adze Long Handle 477 Ref: GA-QAGG477

Same as the short handled version at the business end of things but but fitted with a 25 inch handle. Weight incl. handle approx 2 1/2lb. The adze is fitted with a tight-grained hickory handle and provided with a protective leaather sheath.

Price: £145.79 (€169.12) (Including VAT at 15%)

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Long Handled Gutter Adze 477 Ref: GA-QAGH479

This 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 with your elbows braced against your knees. The blade is 3" wide, deeply swept and slightly flattened at the bottom for clean, smooth shaping. Head weight 2 1/2lbs. The adze is fitted with a tight-grained hickory handle and provided with a protective leather sheath

Price: £154.64 (€179.38) (Including VAT at 15%)

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Hand Adzes Ref: SEI-QA00

Hand forged using high quality fine grain steel in France, superbly balanced with short, straight ash handles. These are light and easy to handle with a blade edge of 60mm.

These are sold to various craftmen from carvers, to canoe makers and chairmakers to folk dressing down old timber beams.

There are now 4 sweeps

Series 3, very shallow, nearly flat
Series 5, medium sweep
Series 7, tight curve
Series 9, almost semi circular

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Series 3, very shallow, nearly flat - AA3 - £65.00
Series 5, medium sweep - AA5 - £65.00
Series 7, tight curve - AA7 - £65.00
Series 9, almost semi circular - AA9 - £65.00

Clifton 250 Tapered Spoon Bit Ref: TSB

This is used by a chairmaker for boring or reaming holes in the seats or arms of chairs, in particular Windsor-style chairs.
Hand forged from high carbon steel.
The bit should be honed using a slipstone on the inner edge.
Start boring vertically, when the bit has "bitten" it can be tilted to drill a hole at any desired angle.
The spoon portion of the bit is 125mm(5") long and 30mm(1.3/16") wide at its widest, with a square tang.

Price: £42.08 (€48.81) (Including VAT at 15%)

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Clifton 260 Parallel Spoon Bits Ref: PSB

Shown here with the tapered bit described above. These are parallel sided spoon bits with a choice of 5 sizes.

Hand forged, carbon steel.

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Size

Diameter 3/8" £29.02
Diameter 7/16" £24.20
Diameter 1/2" £25.26
Diameter 9/16" £25.79
Diameter 5/8" £27.14
Diameter 11/16" £27.67
Diameter 3/4" £30.96

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