> Dwight Beebe wrote: "I'm right-handed, so the long bevel is to my left and
toward the wood."
    This is interesting. I always face the long bevel, when I have one, 
away from the work. Side ax has the flat against the wood.
I am left handed but I swing a hatchet righty. Go figure.
But anyway I have tried bevels on both sides and the best for me is the 
flat against the work, by far.

  That is swinging right, the flat of the ax on the left side and the 
bevel on the right, when you are up over top looking down as you work
       Oh like this
http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/carving-ax.jpg

  I just recently put together a little double bevel carving ax. I could 
change the bevel if I wanted, but I am not even used to this standard 
configuration yet.
  I always wanted one with the elegant deep forged bevels in the blade, 
but never found one, So I ground this one from a standard hatchet.  :) ha

  http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/hometools/carving-ax3.jpg

  I made this one pretty small and portable. For packing around.
        yours Scott
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