Before the arrival of Europeans the blades of adzes were made of stone. Why do you think people would adopt this new style of adze blades? Adzes tools come in many shapes and sizes (see Figure 1-4), ...

In his personal blacksmith shop, Pulaski modified the tool -- getting rid of the shovel head and lengthening the axe and adze blades -- and thus the Pulaski was conceived. Ed Pulaski. Credit ...