Once commonly used in many cultures, the hand adze is a versatile tool useful to sculptors, carpenters, boatbuilders, millwrights, or anyone else who needs to shape wood. A one-handed tool that is easy to use, it has a particularly comfortable feel in action. Today these are made only in Portugal and are called enxós (pronounced en-shaw). The blade is about 4" wide and over 5" long. It comes bevel ground but needs honing. The handle, which is eucalyptus or orangewood (depending on supply)…