>>1434069>What is bulk carving? Not a term I'm familiar with can't argue that either way.Large removal of wood you don't want on your carving. Like you have a small log and you want to make a boat paddle so you rough it out with a hatchet instead of whittling away forever with a roughing knife.
>you shouldn't be making fires large enough to require processed wood at allThat depends on the weather. In bad wet weather you saw up small logs then contact split them so the drier insides can be more easily lit. Feathering is also a bit easier with larger sized limbs and a hatchet.