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Froes, Adzes & Chairmakers Spoon Bits

Froes are splitting tools. We offer two lengths and 2 makes 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.
Froe 12" Edge 487 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: £88.00 (Including VAT at 20%)


Froe 12

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Handled Froes Ref: RI FROE

6" & 9" Handled Froes

Difficult to find froes these days. The 6" and 9" Froes come with a beech handle and are made in Lincolnshire, England by Raymond Iles of the famous Iles clan.

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Handled Froes

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(small) 6" handled : RI FROE 6 £38.29
(large) 9" handled : RI FROE 9 £44.93


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 incl VAT 


Price: £155.00 (Including VAT at 20%)


Straight Adze Short Handle 476

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Curved Adze Short Handle 478 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 incl VAT 


Price: £155.00 (Including VAT at 20%)


Curved Adze Short Handle 478

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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: £175.00 (Including VAT at 20%)


Straight Adze Long Handle 477

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Long Handled Gutter Adze 479 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: £186.00 (Including VAT at 20%)


Long Handled Gutter Adze 479

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Auriou French Hand Adze 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 made by Michel, one of Auriou's 2 resident blacksmiths at Forge de Saint Juery near Albi in South West France.

Prices include VAT at 17.5%  
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Auriou French Hand Adze

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Adze Series 3, very shallow almost flat profile - AA3 £84.25
Adze Series 3, very shallow almost flat profile - AA3 with Sheath £112.34
Adze Series 5, medium sweep - AA5 £84.25
Adze Series 5, medium sweep - AA5 with Sheath £112.34
Adze Series 7, tight curve - AA7 £84.25
Adze Series 7, tight curve - AA7 with Sheath £112.34
Adze Series 9, almost semi circular - AA9 £84.25
Adze Series 9, almost semi circular - AA9 with Sheath £112.34


Clifton 250 Tapered Spoon Bit: TSB 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: £50.40 (Including VAT at 20%)


Clifton 250 Tapered Spoon Bit: TSB

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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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Clifton 260 Parallel Spoon Bits

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Size
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 3/8" £27.54
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 7/16" £28.32
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 1/2" £29.46
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 9/16" £30.12
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 5/8" £31.68
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 11/16" £32.34
Clifton Spoon Bit Diameter 3/4" £36.12


Veritas Tapered Reamer Pro Ref: VJ6101


Designed for use in a hand brace, our pro reamer offers excellent control and good cutting capability for general woodworking. It is particularly useful for tapering through holes where you want to be able to wedge tenons, such as in chair construction.
This reamer has a cast steel alloy body, a separate spring-steel blade, and a pair of blade-adjusting set screws.

When reaming out an existing hole (7/16" to 1-3/16" in diameter), the depth can be adjusted for working soft or hard woods and the angle can be adjusted for tenon/socket fit. The body has an included angle of 12.8° to match the tenons from our Veritas® Tapered Tenon Cutters when making chair-leg socket joints.

5-5/8" long overall, with a tapered square shank for use in a two-jaw hand brace. Weighs about 8 oz. Blade is easy to sharpen
 


Price: £33.50 (Including VAT at 20%)


Veritas Tapered Reamer Pro

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