Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:36:36 -0500, "Bob" wrote:

I have a #407 in this picture.
http://www.made-in-china.com/showimages/111/100005806/0/Pick_(P402,P406).jpg
It works good on roots.

That's exactly what i remebered--- but here's the actual tool;
http://home.nycap.rr.com/elbrecht/adze4.jpg

That's a mattock, not an adze. An adze would have either a single
sharp cutter on one side, a single cutter with a hammer face on the
other, or a single cutter with a pin hammer (not sure of the
terminology) on the other for setting spikes in boat building.

We think of an adze as giving a pretty rough finish, but the Spartans
didn't use adzes as they thought the finish was too smooth and
effeminate. Maybe that's why they had marble toilet seats.

R