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Hand tool name Image upload Geographical origin Pronunciation
Hammer Basic types of stone tools: knives, axes, a hammer-axe and a hammerstone. Neolithic or Copper Age. The City of Prague Museum. Reference: "File:Stone tools, Neolithic or Copper Age, City of Prague Museum, 175541.jpg." Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. 15 May 2017, 18:41 UTC. 28 Jun 2018, 03:55 . Photo Credit: Africa ham·mer /ha-mər/ noun: hammer: plural noun: hammers
Axe The Gränsfors Broad Axe model 1900 has a traditional design and is suitable for squaring logs and planks, for example when building a log house. Broad Axes vary greatly depending on the shape of the head and edge and the angle of the handle. Reference: “Gränsfors Broad Axe, Model 1900.” Gränsfors Bruk, https://www.gransforsbruk.com/en/product/gransfors-broad-axe-model-1900/. Accessed 23 Dec. 2018. Oceania /axs/ noun: axe; plural noun: axes; verb: axed, axing
Froe The Gransfors Bruk 12" Froe Reference: Gransfors Bruk 12" Froe | Greenwood Tools | Woodsmith Experience | Woodsmith Experience. For Specialist, Handmade, Woodworking Tools. https://woodsmithexperience.co.uk/shop/product/gransfors-bruk-12-froe/. Accessed 8 Oct. 2019. \ˈfrō \
Adze Eggenburg ( Lower Austria ). Krahuletz-Museum: Neolithic adze. By Wolfgang Sauber (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Africa /adz/ noun: adze; plural noun: adzes; noun:adz
Plane A No.4 smoothing plane in the German style. Reference: "File:Strug gladzik.jpg." Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. 10 Nov 2015, 08:49 UTC. 17 May 2020, 21:38 . Europe
Auger Study of a Man with a Drill Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ADurerAugerBayonne.jpg Attribution: Albrecht Dürer / Public domain
Chisel Carpenter tools: Hand wood chisel Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hand-wood-chisel-01.jpg Attribution: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
Spokeshave The spokeshave refining the form and edge of a wood billet. Reference: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Utilisation_d%27un_wabstringue_-_Mobilier_National.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Utilisation_d%27un_wabstringue_-_Mobilier_National.jpg Europe spoke·​shave | \ ˈspōk-ˌshāv \