Chad and trainee.

About Hand-Crafted Log Homes

It was while attending Virginia Tech that I hewed my first log. I remember picking up the broadax and thinking "You've got to be kidding, you want me to do what?" It was after the third or fourth stroke that my heart started to race as the shavings were falling around my feet.

I was addicted from that moment on. I never really tried to make log building my life. It just happened. I think that all handcrafters have one thing in common. We all love the craft.

The snow may be blowing in your ears and down your collar, your fingers so cold that they tingle when you move them. But when you pick up your slick and scarf off that last wood shaving and the notch comes together as seamless as water....it's the perfect day.

-Chad Clark