Dwight Beebe wrote: "I'm right-handed, so the long bevel is to my left and
toward the wood."

It seems to me that this asymmetrical bevel takes you about halfway to a side
axe, without having to spend an exorbitant amount of work in flattening the flat
side. What would the effect be of an even longer bevel, say an inch and a half
or two inches? Would the hatchet work worse or better for carving?
Tom Conroy