Cant hook
tool for turning logs
A cant hook, pike, or hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills. A cant hook has a blunt end, or possibly small teeth for friction.
A peavey or peavey hook is similar but has a spike in the working end. Many lumberjacks use the terms interchangeably. A peavey is generally from 30 to 60 inches (0.76 to 1.52 metres) long. The spike is rammed into a log, then a hook (at the end of an arm attached to a pivot a short distance up the handle) grabs the log at a second place. Once engaged, the handle gives the operator leverage to roll, slide or float the log to a new place. The peavey was named for blacksmith Joseph Peavey of Maine who invented the tool as a refinement to the cant hook in the late 1850s. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Eddington, Maine, and manufactures several variations.
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