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froe

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riving knife, froe, frow
A tool for splitting shingles and the like.
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Mainly I use the felling axe, snedding axe, side axe, saws, billhooks, slasher, froe or riving axe, adze and a drawknife.
Mirror Works: Back to Basics: HEART and CRAFT; WOODSMAN RICHARD ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Thicker pieces of wood can be riven,or split with a Froe,a blade that is knocked into the end of a small trunk and pushed from side to side, splitting the wood as it travels up the length of the trunk.
Week in erddig by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
It can be made on-site with only the most basic of tools--a saw, axe, auger or drill, froe or wedges and chisels.
The homestead workshop: Make a woodland spring pole lathe by METHVEN, ERIC J / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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