Hi Dl,

The European website that you are seeking is :-

http://www.en.charpentiers.culture.fr/

The one thing that was not addressed in all 612 replies / 284,138 views on NH's hewing thread was that of hewing spiral grain logs.

Check out some photos taken last week at my woodlot :-

http://cid-a449afe501ee8113.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Woodland

to see both the process and problem that results i.e. that of tear out of the lower aris as finish hewing proceeds. Has this problem got anything to do with the direction of spiral i.e. LH / RH or indeed the direction of hewing i.e. up / down the log ?

Regards

Ken Hume

Looking back to see the way ahead !