Axe or adze of grey flaking stone, from Boghall, Bathgate, West Lothian

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Kregmetype) of flint, Kregme-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Kregmetype) of flint, Kregme-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Hornebytype) of flint, possibly Horneby-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted adze (Tyknakkede huløkse) of stone, Neolithic, from Sjaelland, Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Kregmetype) of flint, Kregme-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Kregmetype) of flint, Kregme-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Gouge or adze (Huløkse) of flint, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Kregmetype) of flint, Kregme-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Hornebytype) of flint, possibly Horneby-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Thick-butted gouge or adze (Tyknakkede huløkse, Hornebytype) of flint, possibly Horneby-type, Neolithic, from Denmark

Shafthole adze of stone, from Birkhill, Cambusbarron, Stirling

Model adze with a copper blade set in a wooden handle, one of five model tools from the tomb of Sobekhotep: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Beni Hasan, Middle Kingdom, c.2055-1795 BC

Flat model adze blade in copper with straight cutting sides: Ancient Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Adze head in bronze with a long blade expanding from a constricted neck to a lunate cutting edge: Ancient Egyptian, New Kingdom or later

Adze head of iron with a triangular blade expanding from a narrow flat head: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus, Roman Period