oooh. that cut nice.

that's a significant point for axe/adze work- wood selection. i spent yesterday trying to emulate mr. davidson's brace curve work on dry, knotty spruce that had been chain-saw hewn a year ago, and it was an exercise for sure. i was reminded of the reason i used a chainsaw to hew it in the first place.

green clear wood is best suited to edge tools. not that other kinds won't cut, but for the sheer pleasantness of chopping at a newly fallen tree, it's helpful to make that distinction between what may be necessary and what is just plain good.