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I was reclining on my bed, with a smaller book behind my 8.5x11" printer paper. Awkward writing position, sorta like lefties fight. Being a lefty in a right-handed world of machines and design is something that seems challenging.

No, why?

I thought it was something about all iPictures being turned to Landscape Format. no?

Mine always load correctly... Android phone.

EZPZ. Something for some species for some circumstances...another tool in the tool bag.

First example, neutral spar, or slight-moderate (not barberchair-type ) favorable lean. Second example, swing wood to overhead/ to-side rigging point, using a sapwood strap to hold-back/ 'butt-tie'. This was leaning on my birch example, so there was no pushing off the piece...gravity-activated...

Sure. Give me a few minutes. Drawing pictures and taking a photograph is sometimes the easiest bet. 3 diagrams, another cup of coffee, coming up.

Not quite. First step: deeper horizontal cut#1, Second Step: sloping cut meets the horizontal somewhere short of the depth of the horizontal cut #1. Third Step: horizontal Cut #2, below the height of Horizontal cut #1, from step 1. You aren't worrying about cutting off part of your hinge...

Easy to practice on a small spar, where you can exit the stump area.

Usually, most cuts will work fine on most rigging, on most trees. Academically, there are going to be differences, and Best Practices. Rotten trees, and big weights, etc... stacking odds in your favor adds up. Personally, I typically just pop in a humboldt, and call it good. When you're...

If you were to be chunking down a spar(vertical or lean toward the lay), and can snap-cut the piece effectively (I'm envisioning a 2' diameter log chunk, 3-4' tall), tied to the side, you can snap-cut it, and wiggle it to the point where its balancing on the far edge of the spar, and tip it...

Bird-beak, open face cut is supposed to be safer. Situationally dependent. Aerial face-cuts get overused a lot when roping. Face cuts give directional control. If you don't need directional control, its not needed, frequently.