[SEL] OT what do you call that tool?

[Bill Brueck]

Froe: a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block

So would that be the same thing as the adz?  Or maybe a specialized version
of an adz?

B²
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, Minnesota USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
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> It was and is called a froe.
> Dan Bousman
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> > What do you call the tool that used to make siding for houses?
> > It has a wooden handle and a cutting edge 90 degrees to the handle.
> > They would pound this thing into the end of a log and then crank
> > the handle back and forth to split the log..
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