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Cant Hook
- Description
- Cant hook with long wooden handle and metal end. The hook (dog) is wider at the hook end. It is held in place by a metal screw, which allows it to swing.
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- FORESTRY TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Cant hook with long wooden handle and metal end. The hook (dog) is wider at the hook end. It is held in place by a metal screw, which allows it to swing.
- History Of Use
- A cant hook 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. Unlike the similar peavey, the cant hook has a blunt tip, often bearing teeth. Source: Wikipedia, accessed 2017-11-03.
- Length
- 117
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- length measures entire length of handle.
- Accession No.
- 2017.111.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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