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A pickaroon (or picaroon), also called a hookaroon [1], sappie [2], hand-hook (vocabulaire), or tie pick (hardware age) is a tool used for log handling, fishing (oed), firefighting, and construction. It consists of a handle, usually wood, up to 40 inches long (NC Brown logging), with a metal pick at the end, which can be either curved or straight. It may also include a metal spike on its tip,(American tool logging co) although most modern variations do not. It is distinguished from a cant hook or peavy by having a fixed hook curving toward its handle rather than a pivoting hook curving away. In some cases a distinction is made between hookaroons and pickaroons based on the curvature of the pick.
A pickaroon with a down-turned point on its hook is known as a sappie or hookaroon;[3] one with an axe blade opposite its hook an axaroon, eliminating the need to carry two tools to manage logs.[4]
See also
[edit]- Picaroons Traditional Ales – A New Brunswick brewer named after the tool.
References
[edit]- ^ Bryant, Ralph Clement (1922). Lumber: Its Manufacture and Distribution. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 462.
- ^ Basic Technology In Forest Operations. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations. 1982. pp. 58–60. ISBN 92-5-101260-1.
- ^ "U.P. MI Pickaroons, Hookaroons & a Pike pole". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
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