I talked to a neighbor I met in the neighborhood workshop, he told me he had around 2000 mm x 150 mm, each dried logs of cherry and juniper. The juniper I figure I can carve into kitchen utensils, and the cherry can be used for tool handles.
The problem is I’m a complete beginner to woodworking. I have no clue how I should go about preparing the stock for this. I have a set of chisels, a Stanley No.5, Stanley No.4½, all of which I have the ability to sharpen. I have no hatchets, froes, or logging chisels.
He said he was gonna throw this out soon, and hardwood is hard to come by where I live.
EDIT: To clarify, I share the workshop with this neighbor, and a few other neighbors. The wood has been stored in this location for several years, and I would keep storing it here. Thank you for all of your replies!
If you have the option to store the wood in a proper location go for it. As you wrote yourself hardwood is not easy to come by and propererly processed even more so. Worst case is you sell it on and depending on the quality you make a good chunk of cash.
I won’t be able to store it at home, as I have no space for it. It’s currently stored in the shared neighborhood workshop. I’ll look into what tools I could get my hands on to process this.