Pickaroon Explained
A pickaroon (or picaroon) is a wood-handled (may be other materials also), metal-topped log handling tool that originates from the Alpine Region where it is called "Sappie, Zapin, Sapine".[1] [2] It is distinguished from a pike pole by having a shorter handle, no metal point, and an opposite curve to its hook (toward the handle rather than away); and from both a cant hook and peavey by having a fixed hook facing its handle rather than a pivoting one facing away.
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]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Extreme How-To Skills - 5 Extreme Tools . Popularmechanics.com . 2011-03-11 . 2018-07-26. (dead link 11 July 2023)
- Book: Bryant, Ralph Clement . 1913 . Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States. New York . Wiley and Sons . 498 . First.
- Web site: U.P. MI Pickaroons, Hookaroons & a Pike pole . 2012-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226184437/http://axehistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=34 . 2014-12-26 . bot: unknown .
- Web site: Products . Pickaroon.com . 2018-07-26.
- News: Of Malts and Men . July 2008 . Contempo Media . Sharp Magazine . 2012-11-01.
