Putting a log in the wood stove today, I thought of this whole chamfer thing.
We usually never put a round, unsplit log in the stove til there are a good amount of coals to get it going. Wide chamfers help a post or beam resemble a round log.
By contrast, if you put a split piece of wood in the fire on the coals, esp. the thin triangle edge near the center, it lights pretty quickly.
