We talked about the size of the log while helping Mike set up, and ended up with the same results you did, Ken. The fellow doing the hewing should be selecting the logs needed and the resulting size would be "just right". The log was not selected by the hewer, he had to work with it though.

I only pealed off a couple of feet and found the T-axe to be rather light, which I liked, it is used with the blade parallel to the log not angled, with other axes I find you have some freedom of angle, this one liked to be parallel. I would use it to clean up the last 1/4" of thickness for its light weight would prevent heavy wood removal. Mike jokingly commented it would be his axe he will use in his retirement years, it is not one of his primary axes. That is my limited impression, about 2', but enough to make me want to try it a lot more. It is a single bevel axe.

Tim