Some hewing progress

I found myself with some rare truly free time, so I went ahead and gave hand hewing a try. Blisters and a sore back brought only one half hewn side for a vertical support beam, but I learned a lot even in that short time. This gave me a heightened level of amazement at our ancestors and their level of skill at this. The existing hand hewn beams in the barn are BEAUTIFUL, dead straight, and massive. I am sure that I couldn't get anywhere close to that level of perfection without YEARS of practice, so I will keep my efforts small and slow.