Cooper's adz   Save
Zoar Collection
Description: This cooper's adz dates from 1850-1900. This black woodworking tool is made of wood and iron. There is a washer and nut on the bottom of the handle. A cooper's adz is a type of adz (wood-shaping tool) used by barrel-makers. The Ohio Historical Society received this cooper's adz from Miss Margaret E. Lautenklos of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, in 1939. This adz belonged to Adam Lautenklos, who was one of a family of German coopers who settled in the United States in approximately 1845. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73288
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)