The Gransfors Bruk Small Straight Adze is an old Scandinavian axe design with a transverse edge. Gransfors describes it as a chisel you can chop with. Use it to square off logs and planks to a smooth surface, shape beams and purlins, and form ribs for boats.

This is the 80 mm version, the wider of Gransfors' two small straight adzes, made for surface smoothing. The short handle is for work close to the log, where it gives better control. It is hand-forged in Sweden and ships with a vegetable-tanned leather sheath and The Axe Book.

Specifications:

• Item no.: 476-80
• Edge length: 8 cm (3.15 in), straight
• Length: 24 cm (9.45 in)
• Weight: 0.92 kg (2 lb)
• Steel: Swedish recycled high-carbon steel (C55/C60)
• Handle: hickory
• Intended use: log building; surface smoothing
• Includes: vegetable-tanned leather sheath, The Axe Book
• Made in: Gransfors, Sweden by Gransfors Bruk