| We had a broadax and we drove it into a block of wood and used it for an anvil. |
| Massive 40-foot beams for the structure were hand-hewn from logs with a broadax. |
| You can still see the cut marks made by the broadax and adzes, hand tools that required a strong back and would guarantee a healthy appetite, too. |
| If you use a broadax, hew the log face perpendicular to the ground rather than parallel, as shown here. |
| A broadax was, you know, twelve or fourteen inches wide and the handle was curved a little. |
| The joists above and below were made of logs, the upper ones squared with a broadax. |
