12.5" I think basswood?.. My old Keech with 18 degree chisel grind.

got out to chop. this is a mystery log from a friend's brush pile. it's a bit dry, but cuts pretty well. old heavily reground keech at 18 degree chisel.

[@Joey-L]

Got my hands on some Basswood last year. Was a pleasure to chop. Nice work !

[@Jzelenko27]

Thank you! And yeah.. I think it is, it came off a friend's brush pile with some varied oak species and cottonwood lengths.. But this stuff cuts well even if a bit dry, if I can get more, I'll peel some and try one of my thinner ground axes in it I think.

[@Brian2bears]

Nice chop sir..

[@Jzelenko27]

Thank you!

[@lifebehindtheaxe3835]

Do you have enough room on your deck for you to slife to the right a bit? If you put your left foot closer to the center of the stand, it will force you to rotate your hips more on the near hits as well as helping you reach your far wood much better.

[@Jzelenko27]

Yeah, I do have some more room.. Enough to shift over comfortably I think. But, I'll try putting my foot right at my stand center or at least a bit closer and see how that feels. I've noticed stancing out to the right with my backfoot a bit was helpful, I'll try being more intentional about a front foot shift though. Thanks for the advice!

[@williefick]

Basswood is suppose to be very soft. Carvers like it. Cut tiny grooves in the dogs and put a ratchet strap around it to keep it in place.

[@Jzelenko27]

This was a mystery log from a friend's brush pile. It was/is getting fairly dried out now. But still was pretty soft, amd fairly light, that's why I think it was the basswood. Could be a smaller cottonwood I suppose too. I do need to do something about those dogs though, the grooves and the strap are a good idea.