Nothing is more authentic than hand-hewn barn timbers, and this siding is cut from the faces of these timbers to give your project an instant antique or even ancient look; everything about this siding reveals it's rustic history; the timbers were originally carved by hand with an adz and have weathered and aged since; most often hand-hewn siding is used to recreate the hewn log cabin siding look, and since many of these timbers often come from that original application it works perfectly to recreate the hand crafted structural appearance; it will give your project a huge wow factor from the first glance.