A back-to-the-roots look at vernacular woodworking. Rather than focusing on the use of dried, dimensioned stock at the bench, Michael Updegraff brings you into the woods. Felling trees, drawknives, sharpening, and shaping a new hatchet haft – you can learn to work wood with the deeper understanding that wood is a living, changing material. Knowing the difference this makes will help anyone become a better woodworker.