I always thought of hewing as work for a broad axe. But I was thinking in terms of bigger logs. The Dogfather handled that scantling very well, and so did you, Momaw.
Well, thanks. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> We do have a proper broad axe, but if you were packing it into the woods it would probably be a quarter of your entire carry weight. Not exactly portable. We also have a Gransfors carpenter's hatchet, which excels by design at this kind of thing. But the point of the exercise was to use the DF, and it does work pretty well. It would be interesting to see what the DF would be like if it was flat on one side and only ground from the other, like the hewing axe; I hear the Battle Mistress is (or was) sold with that similar profile.
>> Sell bark to the tanner, ere timber ye fell,
I didn't peel this log because I was only playing, but we do save stripped pine bark for mulch. Tip: only run pine bark through a chipper after it is thoroughly dried. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />
>> Cut low to the ground, else you do not do well.
Check.
>> In breaking save crooked, for mill or for ships,
Not applicable this time around.
>> And ever in hewing save carpenter chips.
And I've used the chips from this sort of work as kindling. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Though curls from planing and the drawknife work better, more surface area.
