With my T4 Carpenter on my Improved Carpenter’s Bench the 5 wood (logs) per 1 bark isn’t realistic at all. Though obviously we are in a fantasy world, some realism is required.
There are so many good things about the game, but this seems so out of par with what it was when we shaped wood into planks and got bark as a result - receiving two items - which made sense.
It should be more like 5 bark per 1 wood (log). That would be more realistic. It’s faster and cheaper not to waste the wood and just use your pick on all trees from now on making the hatchet obsolete (unless you need branches).