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[Yankee Josh]

24 footers do take some getting used too.

These are "only" 20 footers and there's no getting used to them. Haha.
My second set of stairs to the beach this month. I finished this set and platform for these people's neighbors last week. I couldn't pass up the twenty foot comparison even though it's not really relevant at all. Lol.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

I studied that first picture looking for poles for longer than I would like to admit.

 

[jake pogg]

Great job,Josh.
So,in selecting such 20-ies,IF one was reasonably sure it's Doug fir( and not hemlock),at least in theory one May come across stock suitable for re-handling an old pike...(seems like you did buy one too,a while back?).

(what a beautiful place Maine is...some of the best months of my far-off youth were spent as a roadie for a Bridgeton rock band "Apathy"...but we never went anywhere near the coast,only inland..).

 

[Agent_H]

I haven’t seen a lot of lugged-pickaroons. Exceptions being modified axes.
This might an old Warren Hookaroon/Pickaroon I picked up at the coast:

Hookaroon.26


Hookaroon.26


Hookaroon.26

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

I haven’t seen a lot of lugged-pickaroons. Exceptions being modified axes.
This might an old Warren Hookaroon/Pickaroon I picked up at the coast:

Hookaroon.26


Hookaroon.26


Hookaroon.26

I love that thing!

 

[Agent_H]

Clean donor hardware for a solid handle.

Hookstick

 

[Agent_H]

Not much for "pointy" on this one but thought it might fit the thread.


Spud


Spud


Spud

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

Wow! That is heavy steel in that area for it to be bent there?!?

 

[Agent_H]

Wow! That is heavy steel in that area for it to be bent there?!?

Very heavy. I've never owned/used one before but I assumed it was to keep your knuckles off the log. Kind of like a purposeful S-curve of a broad axe handle. The bend is in-line to the blade. Like I said, I haven't seen many of them to know if there were commercial models like that to begin with.

 

[Agent_H]

S Square_peg has a couple of nice ones, maybe he could weigh in?
Also, this one in the Warren catalog looks less in-line to straight - might just be the illustration:

The dimensions match up close at 15.5" on the socket and 12.5" on the handle.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

Curious? I had not seen one purposefully bent before and suspected someone used it to try to lever something.
Mine also looks very similar to yours, although fairly straight, it has a gentle curve that is cupped inward. (Maybe to help it track around the curvature of the log and dive under the bark?)

oh yeah! There is a bark spud thread!?
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bark-spuds-cedar-spuds.1310310/

Now I wonder if we should move this conversation over there?..

 

[Square_peg]

S Square_peg has a couple of nice ones, maybe he could weigh in?

I have an unmarked bark spud that looks much like yours. I also have a Warren Bulldog bark spud and a Warren cedar spud. The Warren is on the bottom in this photo.

The Warren has a little less curve than the unmarked. I like my Warren better. It seems to get under the bark easier and more efficiently. I think my unmarked might be bent from use at the tip. If I'm bringing them to a volunteer event then I will use the Warren and let another volunteer use the unmarked.

But I like using the cedar spud more. The length makes it more comfortable for me. I keep it sharp so I can shave the knots on my way by.

Sometimes I'll start the peel with the bark spud and then finish it with the cedar spud.

 

[Square_peg]

(Maybe to help it track around the curvature of the log and dive under the bark?)

Exactly right.

 

[Yankee Josh]

My Snow & Neally bark spud is curved. Only slightly;
I've only used it maybe ten or twelve times. It seems to me that an s curve might be welcome if it were something I had to do all day.

 

[rjdankert]

Ice Hook on a Stick

Bob

 

[Agent_H]

Ice Hook on a Stick

Bob

Cool hook Bob, nice redirect as well

 

[Square_peg]

Ice Hook on a Stick

Bob

Geesus! What a nice piece! Did you find that locally? You must be up north somewhere.

 

[ithinkverydeeply]

Ice Hook on a Stick

Bob

Wow! That is really cool.

 

[rjdankert]

Geesus! What a nice piece! Did you find that locally? You must be up north somewhere.

Thanks, came from an antique mall in Grand Rapids, MI. (approximately 50 miles north of where I live).


Bob