Pickaroon Hookaroon [Lost Tools]

In this video, we take a look at a traditional logging tool, a Pickaroon/Hookaroon. I talk about the history of my pickaroon and how to use them. A pickaroon (or picaroon) is a wood-handled (may be other materials also), metal-topped log handling tool. 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, one with an axe blade opposite its’ hook is an axaroon, eliminating the need to carry two tools to manage logs. In the video I move a large pile of firewood using the tools and loading on to my trailer. Cheers!