@Burnham thank you for the explanation. A more natural cleaving of the fibers is produced by the axe which leaves more holding wood on the front face of the hinge intact. The more “non vertical” the hinge fibers are, the more this would negatively affect the fell. The more fiber orientation...
I don’t follow? You know more than me, guaranteed, so I’d go back to the axe but I’m having trouble visualizing what you’re saying. Can you elaborate please?
Gap face on red oak. 80’ spar after the top was dropped. Very slight lean towards the drop zone. 395xp with 28” bar. Honestly, I did a gap face because I dutchmaned the face cut and I was already kinda deep so the gap was the solution. I do like the bored gap over the “smack it out with the axe”...
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