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Acant hook,pike, orhooked pike is a traditionallogging tool consisting of a woodenlever handle with a movable metal hook called adog at one end, used for handling and turning logs andcants, especially in sawmills. A cant hook has a blunt end, or possibly small teeth for friction.
Apeavey orpeavey hook is similar but has a spike in the working end.[1] Manylumberjacks 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 operatorleverage to roll or slide or float the log to a new place. The peavey was named forblacksmith Joseph Peavey ofMaine who invented the tool as a refinement to the cant hook in the late 1850s.[2] The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located inEddington, Maine, and manufactures several variations. From early times to about 1910, the peavey was written about with various spellings such as "pevy" and "pivie".
A logging tool description from the Lumberman's Museum atPatten, Maine, reads in part: "Acant dog or cant hook was used for lifting, turning, and prying logs when loading sleds and on the drive. At first, a swivel hook on a pole with nothing to hold it in position was used. This was called a swing dingle."[3] However, the termswing dingle is more often published as being a type of logging sled.[4] These early types are also called aring dog orring dog cant hook.[5] In 1858, Joseph Peavey, ablacksmith in Stillwater,Maine, made a rigid clasp to encircle the cant dog handle with the hook on one side. It moved up and down, but not sideways.Loggers have used it ever since.
While this tool has its origins in the logging industry, manyarborists,tree care professionals,landowners and portablesawmill operators now use cant hooks for moving logs and timber.
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