I find it puzzling that the hatchet has largely fallen out of use in furniture maker’s workshops. Period accounts describe its use instead of sawing narrow rip cuts (as an example, see the Nicholson entry in the 2nd picture – this is from @1snugthejoiner’
Oftentimes, it takes us buckets of tears, sweat and (literally) blood before we achieve what we want in life. But so long as it means waking up the next day to a morning as majestic and picturesque as this, I would not mind fighting till I shed the last b