House work is getting faster as you'd expect. Would have been raising another two posts today, but it was rained off. Should happen tomorrow with a bit of luck.
One interesting suggestion regarding the fishtail was that the user (while seated) could hook the next piece of wood without having to move. There was also some debate of the purpose of the wooden handle and how they were actually used.
My latest toy, which I'll post about at some point, is a demi-bisaïgue, or pontache. The Franco-German answer to the slick. It's basically a long, wide chisel of all metal construction with a handle mounted perpendicular to the chisel body. Traditionally used for cleaning up mortises and tenons. It's certainly proved a lot easier to use than my 50mm chisel, although it's weight requires a little more strength!
