It followed me home (Part 2)

Ernest, we always kill our hogs on Thanksgiving weekend. When I was younger I was forever more on the search for the perfect hog scraping implement. Always ended the day with a butcher knife, usually an Old Hickory (we are hillbillies, never could afford the Green Rivers ;)
 
Ernest DuBois said:
My guess, that's all it is, a guess, is a scorp only a scorp with a one handed grip instead of two. Used in woodworking to carve concave forms in a surface most typically by the chair maker to form the seat but also the trough maker, similar versions but then smaller used by the wooden shoe maker. This one double edged so you can reverse cutting directions.
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I'm guessing not, I think that there is too much flex in the blade and too little control for that type of work. Someone mentioned it was possibly for scraping his, and the agricultural tool idea makes sense.
 
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Ernest DuBois said:
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I understand, it's just that this one is so long the the blade flexes under pressure and control is limited. If you tried that on the outer 1/4 of the blade with real pressure it really move quite a lot. It just may be a very similar looking tool with a very different purpose. But, it is only my intuition speaking, I do not have concrete evidence. You could very well be correct.
 
Old Axeman said:
jb- can we see the Cant Dog? The other thing you just showed us looks like a large hook knife (used like a bent knife but shaped different) I have smaller versions, but have never seen any that large. Your tool was meant to be sharpened both sides and a sharp point from the looks of it. Also has the look of a useful garden tool.
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Sure thing, here it is. Other than a chip at the end of the handle it is in great shape. I am sure that they are out there, but this one has the longest handle that I have personally seen on one.

IMG_20180824_182913 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180824_182756 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180824_182746 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
 
jblyttle said:
Sure thing, here it is. Other than a chip at the end of the handle it is in great shape. I am sure that they are out there, but this one has the longest handle that I have personally seen on one.

IMG_20180824_182913 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180824_182756 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
IMG_20180824_182746 by Justin Lyttle, on Flickr
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The length and perhaps slight bend in that handle, its age...is what makes me think original. And yes I agree too, longest handle I have seen on one.
Great example!
 
Square_peg said:
Yeah. That's super cool. Looks like it was used as-is. Is that a flat out beyond the hook? I'm thinking it was made just for turning logs in a mill. Not made for big timber.

The long drift pick is also very cool. It could have been drawn out and re-steeled at some point. I'd like to see more picks of both of these tools.
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I cant see myself sticking this into the kerf of a tree I am felling to give it a heave hoe...damn tree would probably flex back on me in the opposite direction, squash my truck or something fun like that lol!
I would say it was for rolling logs, sawmill or farm or a guy like me for firewood.

I will gladly get more pictures of the Billnäs and the Collins pick posted up today. I am interested in hearing or seeing the tells of the pick possibly being drawn out (extended) and or resteeled. I will get its weight and length too:thumbsup:
 
Miller '72 said:
I cant see myself sticking this into the kerf of a tree I am felling to give it a heave hoe...damn tree would probably flex back on me in the opposite direction, squash my truck or something fun like that lol!
I would say it was for rolling logs, sawmill or farm or a guy like me for firewood.
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Here's a one-minute demo video showing a "felling lever" being used, first to make the tree fall off the stump, and later to roll a cut tree out of the neighboring trees where it's hung up.

 
Steve Tall said:
Here's a one-minute demo video showing a "felling lever" being used, first to make the tree fall off the stump, and later to roll a cut tree out of the neighboring trees where it's hung up.

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Excellent video demonstration, and just as I imagined when you found its identity last night :thumbsup:
 
Miller '72 said:
Excellent video demonstration, and just as I imagined when you found its identity last night :thumbsup:
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I saw some potential for irony when the felling lever causes the cut tree to go into the neighboring trees, hanging it up, the tool can also be used to wrestle it out.

It must be a European thing that never really caught on in the USA.
 
The coincidence is I thought the same thing...A European design and intended market for use perhaps...smaller and similar sized diameter trees they are felling.
Less cutting of the chainsaw for what advantage that may bring on time or cost.

Its definetly seemingly unique here to see. And boy is it practical and light too
 
Visiting family and was given an old axe, no pictures because it's in the back of the truck and I'm not home yet.

It's a Michigan with convex cheeks, but at the moment is a bit curious.
It's a boys size eye, with a full length haft, but almost looks like an over sharpened full size.

It's probably just an abused boys axe with a too long replacement handle, but I'll know tomorrow when I clean it up.
 
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I just got back about an hour ago and couldn't wait so I spen about 20min on this axe removing the handle and wire wheeling the rust off.
I'll have to post pictures tomorrow, but I can tell you right now that I think Steve Tall may have his work cut out for him;);) ( all I can make out 100% is AXE , but I think I see faint evidence of more )


it's not a boys axe btw:(:( it's just a full size 3.5 lber that's been through hell and back twice.
it's been sharpened a lot and on a grinder , but it was tempered pretty far back and the file test was promising.
The poll has been hammered, fixed, and ground again, and it's been hammered on it other spots.
After all that though the eye doesn't appear exanded in any way , and the haft suprisingly didn't warp leaning all those years.
It'll take a lot of tlc on my part, but it can be saved and will be swung again.
 
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Hickory n steel said:






I fear this is one even Steve Tall might not be able to identify.
I think I may see a faint CH and possibly evidence of a number underneath, but I don't think I'm lucky enough for this to be a Sager chemicalaxe.
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i definitelly see AXE but i'v never seen that type of sager mark on a single bit, it's always just the big blocky SAGER
 
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