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Being a very soft wood I'm sure they chop pretty easy...other than the shear size of them. You'll also notice on most of the redwood crosscut saws they used had half as many teeth and double the number of rakers to facilitate clearing the "noodles" out of the saw kerf.

I think that is more of a European head design that you have there.

Have you ever looked at the size of the ax chips at the base? Pretty impressive.

That makes sense.

That's the author's work shop. A friend of mine.

Ask for the "hand picked" option... it's worth the minor added cost because the grain orientation will be right and there shouldn't be a lot of grain run out.

The reason for a shorter handle has a lot to do with accuracy. Much harder to be accurate with a handle that's too long. I'm 6 feet and a 32 feels perfect for me and meets the arm length rule for me. Chopping wise. I could see splitting might be a bit different and maybe a longer handle...

Post up a picture John.

Nice ax B. For most users the ideal handle length (for chopping) is measured by placing the end of the handle in your underarm and the tips of your fingers should just touch the base of the ax head. I think there is a picture in One moving part ax manual.