I spent a morning with Mike learning how to hew, he's a great guy and very knowledgeable. He has several axes that he uses, a scoring axe, different hewing axes and a felling axe.
I tried different axes and quickly developed a favorite, I'm sure that anyone that tried hewing would do the same.
Here is Mike's website:
http://www.mudpond.net/I've built a barn and a shed out of sawn timbers. I plan to hew some pines this winter and build a screened porch next summer. Still looking for a good hewing axe, hard to find at a reasonable price.
Joe