Figure 206.—Hafting technique of adz, chevron design:

a, the end of the braid (1) is fixed at the back of the toe by slanting it obliquely upwards and carrying the braid transversely round to the right near the lower margin of the toe. The braid is carried transversely round the front over the adz and reappearing on the back at the left makes the transverse turn (2) over the oblique end. It passes to the right just above the first trun and continuing round the front in this relationship makes another complete turn (3); b, the third turn finishes on the right side of the toe. From there it is carried obliquely upwards across the front of the adz and round the back to the toe angle. It then crosses upwards over the right side of the shaft and is brought round it to the right again; c, crossing below the shaft as it crosses to the right, the braid is carried page 360round the right side of the toe and makes an oblique turn downwards over the front of the adz to cross the ascending turn in the middle line. Below the crossing, it meets the previous transverse turns on the left and is carried round the back just above them; d, succeeding turns are now carried on, each close above the preceding oblique turns and proximal turns round the handle. Thus six ascending turns are made from the lower right side of the foot and six descending turns from the upper right side. The crossings are made under the shaft and in the middle line over the front of the adz; e, the appearance of the crossings on the front are here shown and completes the lower set of crossings. The braid after the last turn round the shaft is carried obliquely upwards across the front of the adz in a line parallel with the previous ascending turns; f, the upper set of crossings is made by taking the turns round the projecting heel instead of round the shaft. Thus the braid from the last ascending oblique turn is carried round the back of the heel and then descends obliquely across the front; g, the descending oblique turn crosses the ascending turn in the middle line and passes round the left side of the toe level with the point where the ascending turn appeared on the right side. From there it is taken transversely round the back of the toe to appear just below the first ascending turn on the right. It will be seen that the first crossing of the upper set is a little distance above the last crossing of the lower set. The space between has to be filled in by succeeding turns passing obliquely upwards across the front from right to left, transversely behind the heel, obliquely downwards from right to left and then transversely behind the toe. Each turn instead of being above as in the lower set, follows below the preceding turn in the upper set; h, about seven full turns completes the upper set as shown on the side view of the right side; k, the completed crossings in front fill up the space denoted in figure g. The braid after making the last upward oblique turn is on the left side; m, the braid is carried across from the left side to just beyond or proximal to the turns round the shaft. About four complete loose transverse turns are taken round the shaft and the end of the braid passed back towards the heel under the turns. Each turn is then drawn taut commencing with the one nearest the heel. When the last or proximal turn is drawn taut, the braid end is pulled taut towards the heel so as to remove the slack. The end of the braid is thus fixed and any excess cut off close to the turn from under which it emerges. The methods of fixing the commencing end of the braid and the finishing end are the same in all lashings. The use of the upward projecting heel and downward projecting toe can now be appreciated from, the lashing point of view.