![]() As it is typologically similar to the adze and, at the same time, lacks several technical and anatomic features of the plane, the writer proposes abandoning the misleading denomination “adze-plane”. It is functionally rather similar to the adze and obviously not a kind of plane. Therefore, it could be concluded that the two-handled adze is a specialized kind of combination tool and not an intermediate between an adze and plane. Shaving, respectively carving worked more precisely and effectively with the two-handled adze. When used for chopping it worked as well as the two-handled adze even though both tools showed different characteristics. For comparison, another adze of the same shape and construction was built, but with only a single handle. In practical use, the reconstructed tool turned out to be a full equivalent to the ordinary adze but with additional features. As there are no complete finds of the “adze-plane” a reconstruction based on a combination of elements from the existing sources has been manufactured. Archaeological finds of specific forms of adze-blades have convincingly been associated with depictions of the tool. It has therefore been considered a possible intermediate between the adze and the proper woodworking plane as known from the Roman era onwards. ![]() The tool in question consists of an often semi-circular adze-blade attached to a two-handled shaft and seems to be suited both for chopping and for shaving wooden surfaces. ![]() This article presents a practical approach to a Graeco-Roman woodworking tool called “ascia-Hobel” in the archaeological literature, respectively “adze-plane” as the corresponding English term. Experimental Archaeology the Exhibition.Putting life into Late Neolithic houses.Registration Form for Individual Members.Registration Form for Institutional Members.Institutional Members Groups & Associations.Institutional Members Higher Education Centres.
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