Over the last few years (10) I have been building and working with wood and over that time the tools I have been using have been getting older and older.
I converted a potatoe packing shed into a cottage with modern tools.
I have built my own mill and with the wood I have sawn made furniture and some small sheds.
I have helped to build a stand alone kitchen modeled on english 14th century examples (sawn timbers, hand tooled joints).
As for hewing experience I have made 3 axe handles.
For notching I have a 4.5lb plumb felling axe or an axe which I think is of the style that you mentioned.
