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The celt on the other hand is much the adze. Most handles would be made amazing. These two pieces of history smaller, the length is only 5" and 2" out of hard woods. The celt, axe head will be passed down through more Celts wide, the thickness is a little over an and adze are all made by labor-inten- generations along with the stories by joel Spencer inch. The celt would be used to pick up sive and time-consuming grinding on behind them. I hope that more of where the axe head left off, making harder stones, which could take weeks these historical treasures will be found smaller and more precise chops due to until the desired shape would be on our land. It’s not every day historical treasures are its smaller size. achieved. After the initial shape has found on your land. I became interested been formed, sand would be used to in "Celts" from my grandparent's stone The adze is about 5" long, 3" wide, the polish and fine tune the shape. Celts, axe head, which was passed down from cross section is much thinner (1 1/2") along with axes and adzes, are known generations starting with my and has a curved edge and flat top, as stone tools. These tools have been great-grandfather. That axe head was unlike the celt and axe head that have dated back as far as the Stone Age Era. found on my family's farm (homestead- straight edges. There are different sizes ed in 1838) sometime in the 1940's by and uses for adzes. The first is a full In American history, the Native Ameri- my great-grandfather while plowing a sized adze which has a long handle and cans usually found the stones along new part of a field. In late summer of would be used standing up and swung in creek beds. They used the celts for two 2015, my father was plowing the same between the legs. The second, is a hand reasons: first, was to work and shape part of the field that my great-grandfa- adze which would be used in other fresh green wood, later in time it was ther plowed and found a celt near the positions where the full sized adze could used as a weapon. Commonly they same area. not get to. I decided it would be fitting used cryptocrystalline (a sedimentary to make the handles for both the stone rock) which includes flints, cherts, The axe head was large, being 6" long axe head and the celt. obsidians, and basalts. These kinds of by 4" wide at it's widest part and about rocks were used because they have a 1" at its thickest cross section. It weighs Both the axe head and celt have handles fine grain structure. Celts, axe heads, a little under one pound but still feels on the sides, unlike the adze which has a and adzes can be found all over the quite heavy in comparison to the celt handle in the middle. The handle for United States. and adze. Axe heads are usually used to the celt is a socketed wooden handle, the Joel is an intern at White Pine chop down trees and to generally shape celt is wedged on the top and bottom It feels so incredible to own something Wilderness Academy. He has the wood that was needed for their but not the sides. While the axe head that was essential to survival for thou- been attending the Friday camps project. It has a parallel, half a centime- has a young sapling bent around the sands of years, and to know someone for over 2 years and enjoys being ter groove, going completely around the groove; the adze has a slightly curved could have relied on this for their own able to work with his hands on handle that was placed in the center of survival or was used to make something head where the handle would be bound. projects. Joel is 15 years old.

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