The painful irony of hewing timber right beside a fully functioning woodmizer was not lost on us.... however
these tie beams needed to be 7.5m so we decided it was a good excuse to go fully old school!
This particular broad axe was forged in the factory of Isaiah Blood of Ballston, NewYork over a hundred and fifty years ago. It’s a beautiful thing. Rings like a bell and cost me 25 quid at the Great Dorset steam fair. I would absolutely love to trace the building’s it’s been involved in over its life and it’s great to be still using it!
#timberframing
#oak
#hewing
#broadaxe
#isaiahblood
