Pickaroon - Mans Best Friend
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That Pickaroon with thick tip and the angle of the tip was a purpose design. That Pickaroon was designed to pick into the cut log , lift the log, immediately and effortlessly automatically release the log into a standing position ready to be split by an ax with NO bending over.
Was looking for this info. Figured it was intentional =\
Yeah I think he missed the design purpose due to not having the muscle mass. The design needs a harder swing, but effortlessly drops.
That tip was a little too thick. That’s what she said..
Need an East coast man to use this tool. West coast man surly knows how to work a shaft…
I love these old Wranglerstar videos...before he went crazy.
How flattered would the guy who originally made this be, if he knew you'd taken the time to bring this old tool back to life! What a compliment!
Love the C. S. lewis Audio book in the background, thats exactly what I do when working on my projects. Glad to see that he is appreciated across the pond as well as on this humble isle.
I have used him in the school room here in the USA. Most students like him
IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?! I just knew it from the voice over in the game Everything. I thought it was a lecture series or some such. Thank you!
I could have swarn it was Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Yes you are correct about the proper way to seat an axe head. The pickaroon didn't have enough mass for this method. Also The swell knob of the handle has a very prominent point that I didn't want to smash with a striking tool.
Incredible video. The peace and stillness of your shop with only the sounds of a craftsman working with his hands to resurrect an old tool to be used once again. Just incredible...I pray that one day I'll have an opportunity to do what I love.
I have a few Pickaroons, which I use quite frequently, my favorite is one an old friend gave me. It is homemade as well and has the hook turning back like a talon which holds a heavy log very well. I can pull heavy logs with one hand without losing its grip.
Nice job Wranglestar. It's good to see someone who so obviously takes a pride in doing something properly AND well. The finished pickaroon was a thing of beauty as well as an amazing tool.
I own 4 pickaroons ranging from the early 40s to last year. All of them have the pin. The early ones had a peened metal pin. Also, I have one that was made similarly to the one you have that looks like a water pipe with a welded spike. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a company that built them using a water pipe on the cheap. I have a bush axe that was built with a blade welded to a smashed "water pipe" and an ax handle instead of the more commonly know bush axe (swing blade).
One reason I love watching your channel is because it is obvious you take pride in your work and the way you do things. You also love the old tools and appreciate not only their beauty but the ingenuity of their makers. These are such lost concepts in today's disposable world. May God bless you and your family for the work you are doing.
I agree!!! (Also with your prayer blessing on them...)
Awesome job on the restoration. The guy who made it might be long gone, so it's a real honor to put what he created back in action.
I love handmade tools. They were made by the person using them instead of in a factory by a business out to make a quick buck, and you can see and feel the difference every time you pick one up.
@@candiwalkowski7480
They know what they're doing.
Also, most resonate with the energy of the previous user/s. Highly preferable.
They currently come brand new with a roll pin as a safety measure. This is likely not that old given the roll pin rather than a solid pin
it's always a treat to see these old tools getting put back into service.
I've been handling firewood since I could walk and never saw a pickaroon until your video. I bought myself a Ochsenkopf sappie and it has been a revelation. When I work with a crew of like minded people I rarely get to use it as everybody else seems to get to it before me. Thanks!
I recently picked up my first pickaroon at a flea market for a couple of bucks. I used it for the first time this morning. Good heavens what a great tool!! It's ancient and I need to reprofile the tip, but it was still a dream.
Smiling - I just painted the handle and it looks great!
I have several old ones all have roll pins in them. The old timers said this is to extend the life of the handle .When prying or lifting the tool would not come off of handle. Thanks Good job
I bought a pickaroon from Log Rite and it's one of the best tools I ever bought. Really saves the back when you are dealing with a lot of firewood.
I understand the love for old tools, and you certainly did an amazing job of restoring the pickaroo, but as for its usage, I commonly play that trick with the sharp lover corner of my axle blade, which allows me not to swap tools while working.
It is a pleasure to watch you refurbish and critique hand tools.
after watching this video i went an bought a $16 pickaroon at the feed store. best tool ever. i split wood on the splitter ten times faster and if i need to pull something out of the woods and the oxen are to far away i just jam the thing in the end and haul it out by hand with ease... love it.
You inspired me to repair and rebuild all my axes, picks, anvils and vices.
i finished mine yesterday. made it from a piece of leaf spring ( like most things i make). its funny how a pointy peice of metal on the end of a stick can be so useful. i used it today for the first time today and i already see the usefulness of it. at 17, i have already had back problems and surgery, so this helps so much. thank you for the idea, i will always be a faithful subscriber to this channel, it helps me so much day to day. thank you very much. you have been an inspiration to me.
Guess that makes you 26 now! Appreciated your comment. I purchased my first hookeroon today. I'm actually in the tree felling & trimming business part time and this back saver sure looks good to me!
I also like to restore old tools.
I also did a hatchet with water pipe and thought I had invented this method, but someone already had that idea.
Good job on this restoration. I have kept the bolt.
Just bought my first pickaroon today. What a awesome tool that will save alot of wear and tear on my back.
Very nicely done. I'd love to have a whole - and usable - collection of hand-crafted tools like this. Plus, an actual reason to use them. Awesome stuff, as always.
Wow, you made it even better than the modern one! Impressed with people who can make tools.
Your actually suppose to hit the end of the pickaroon, and also a pulp hook, on a blunt object to curl it over just a little on the end so it grabs, but does not completely hold to hard. It is not made to be used with just a sharpened tip. Your putting more effort into it than you need. You should be able to tap it into a piece of wood and with a flick of the wrist to release it. Truckers were still using both tools in Northern New England, loading 4 foot pulp on trucks as recently as the early 1990's. I was logging and cutting 40 to 60 cords of pulp a week, plus several loads of logs A hydraulic loader would put the pulp on a rack bodied truck made for loading four foot pulp. The trucker would straighten the load with either hook, pulp or pickaroon. Many of the trucker's legs looked like they had pox from all the scars from missing the pulp and hitting their legs or other parts. I still use both tools and have used them since I was a kid. If the tip isn't right your making more work than you need and logging is hard enough already. I do enjoy your videos. Just a helpful hint from a old school logger. :)
I used to do a lot of hillwalking as a younger man but nowadays age and ill health have put a stop to my sojourns up into the hills. However I was in my shed the other day and I came across my old steel Ice Axe. Bemoaning that it will probably never see the hills again... I had some inspiration! SO, I reground it into a Pickeroon! It works a treat!
Just revisited this. Love the old videos... this is what brought you to where you are today. I really appreciate the little things like this video. Thanks again.
Dear Mister Wranglerstar, I saw this video about two weeks ago. At that time I had almost finished cutting to length, splitting, and stacking about six cords of wood. I ordered a pickaroon from Peavey Corporation in Eddington, Maine. I still have roughly a cord of wood to stack for my parents and I will be using my new pickaroon to do so. I "test drove" it with a few sticks this afternoon and am very impressed by it. Thanks for producing the video. It was very helpful and beneficial!
Nice addition to your Forestry tool set. Thanks for sharing!
Hey man, thanks for the video. This is a really good example of how to fix the handle of a lot of different tools, so I appreciate it. :)
+David Caughell thanks David
I agree, Broke my axe last month.... now im just gonna buy a wedge and handle. thank you, many thanks.
Wranglerstar how do you know what the right Handel for an axe is the right one
David Caughell
David Caughell
I took a pick axe and made my own pick a roon by cutting off one end and grinding the other to a sharp point and then re=hardening the tip
They are a back saving tool for moving firewood, bravo to you for sharing this knowledge
Love the refurbishing videos of the older tools. Wish I was better at handle making, but I'll keep trying.
That tool just screams "Zombie Killer".
Great restoration, dude!
Great video. While digging yesterday, I actually found a pickaroon head buried about 3 feet down. It was obviously rusted, but only on the surface and it cleaned up very well. Mine is similar to yours in that it needs to have the head re-shaped a bit, as it does not "hook" as well as the newer ones. Your instructions for fitting a new handle are also invaluable. Thanks so much!
Way cool, I really enjoy your work. I picked up an old Pulasky in a logging camp about 5 years ago, now U have energized me to fix it up, off to the hardware store to get a handle...
I like the new style Pickaroon, very nice. I have the old style one, it's been around me for over 40 years. I used it mainly to move 4x6's 4x8's and 4x10's at a mill I worked at when I was younger, the handiness of these tools are remarkable.Thanks for the good video!
Thank you for revealing your thinking of process as you go so many in the few times over the years you meet someone with sensabilities and reason and you are helping or working with them and they get going on replacing a handle so you watch as they go along and work doing it, on a break or if your showing up on a Saturday before they work and you're helping and they're replacing a damaged handle last minute. As a master carpenter said once just listen to "old dad" but I do appreciate the way you spin around your work peice and show details and work nuance; so we'll hear your thinking and see fine illustration, but with more communication. This is how so many of us learn. My dad was a shop teacher in Seattle and in his later years at the U of W and I saw him work and have been active working with him since I was 8yrs that's when I started running the chain saw and was big enough to. Now with you and your filming and thought process I am learning new tricks thank you very much. blessings David
This is great you found a tool from a man like you .
Michigan...Love your taste in song. Good stuff!
Nice work and bringing an old tool back to life
This is the first time I have seen one of those and I live in the country where many people still use wood heaters. We depended on the double edge axe to catch the piece of wood and stand it up or do it by hand. We use the maul for splitting wood with knots in it and the axe would split wood without knots in it. We use white and red oak as firewood and only use pine from roots of rotten trees to start a fire. The pine is split into small pieces and only use very little to start a fire.
Most my life was working firewood. I lived in Alaska for near 30 years. I never heard of a pickaroon but I have used a machete in the same way for many decades. The machete idea came from having a back injury that prevented me from bending over..necessity IS the Mother of invention...good tool, good advice, thanks for the video
BTW..another >no bending tool< I often carried with me and used...A hank pf rope, gets lots of leverage against weight
Hello from Canada! I watched this on my phone during math class and at lunch I went down to the school's machine shop and made myself one. I have to be one of the only 15 year old these days who would actually do this let alone have a use for it. I love the videos and I wish I lived there! Keep it up!
From 6:06 to 6:38 C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity" playing in the background. Greetings from Indiana! Nice to see your work in this video!
Dan Wright Thank you, was wondering what he was listening to!
I used to be an off bearer in an old growth redwood sawmill. We made our own pickeroons, and always had several on hand at all times in case one got away from you. We would even take them home at night.
They are designed not to stick into the wood. If it did it would drag you into the conveyer or worse into the head rig.
Since redwood has thick bark, we preferred to use 5/8s rebar about 7 inches long. About two inches from the end the pick was bent down slightly, then a point was ground on the end. Each off bearer had his own style but that was the basic tool. I liked a six sided point, it would penetrate well, but with a twist of the wrist it would let go.
Good info. Gotta know the lore and the practical uses.
The love you share, and the love you put into that tool, is what makes it awesome. Workmanship and care like that, is how the Father works with us. That tool will be a blessing to use and glance at while using it. I love Wranglerstar! I just subscribed and everyone should!
What a great analogy, ""how Father works with us." Thank you, brother!
Amen!
This video brings back fond memories. My first job out of high school was at a lumber mill. I used a pickaroon very similar to the old style you repaired. A useful tool on many fronts. Thank you for the video.
i just wanted to let you know i truly admire the fact that you don't half ass your work it means a lot to me to see someone else take the time with these things and to spread the word of god when possible. keep up the good work cody and you will continue to inspire many of us
Well spoken (written) encouragement!
These older videos are great. I don't like giving your new videos views, but this one got a thumbs up.
Great video!! An old logger taught me when seating the new handle, slip the handle in the head, let the head hang down, then tap the bottom of the handle lightly with a smooth hammer and the head will seat itself. He taught me that fifty years ago and he had been doing it for at least that long so that's some Old news! Take care....
Cody, I honestly would love to spend a week poking around in your shop checking out all of the history that is in there. I come across old stuff all the time and always try to fix it up and give it new life. I am sure it must make the job a lot more easy when you have everything you need on hand and ready to go.
Your neighbor is going to show up at your door with all the rest of his aged tools now. Another great resto by wranglerstar.
Nicely done, sir. I haven't chopped wood in years but that's a fine pickaroon.
Love this dudes channel. One of the few RUclipsrs worth subscribing to.
Thanks for all the tips. I will be cleaning up some of the old tool heads that I have been collecting.
Life is just better with old hafted tools. Fibreglas, aluminum, and one-piece steel may get the job done, and they may need less maintenance, but they don't make you feel good looking at them or carrying them. Nice restoration and retro-engineering!
The unmistakable voice of C.S. Lewis in the background. Working while listening to audiobooks is a great way to consume more literature. I think I will fabricate a Pickaroon this weekend. Thanks Cody!
Nice to know that I'm not the only one that rehabs old tools. Never seen a "pikaroon" before, but here in Peoples Republic of S. California, Mesquite just isn't big enough to use this tool on!
Love it when we can breath new life into an old tool and give it another few generations of service.
Hi Wranglerstar
I am using a pickaroon that I purchased from an austrian company and found that the grip they have on the material is incredible. I can lift 6 ft long logs with 10" in diameter by just smashing the pickaroon in above the barycenter and lift straight up.
I contribute this to the "inward tilt" of the tip which you can see quite clearly if you look for "mueller-hammerwerk kategorie-sapinen" (Can't put in the full link here, for whatever reason).
Best regards, Matt
Nice work. It looks a medieval weapon!
Beautiful job, as always! It has to be a very rewarding feeling when doing a solid days work using tools you have made/restored yourself.
Nice! I enjoy seeing old tools restored and still used.
When I was young we used pickaroons at the sawmill to handle the fresh cut railroad ties. Also to load them onto a truck and then into a boxcar.
The piece of wood you said was cherry looks more like balsam fir to me.
Nice work on restoring the tool.
Restoration is my all time favorite thanks for the wonderful video
i just wanted to let ou kno i truly admire the fact that you dont half ass your work it means a lot to me to see someone else take the time with these things and to spread the word of god when possible. keep up the good work cody and you will continue to inspire many of us
thanks for the post. i have a very similar tool, although the head is forged from a single piece, not arc-welded. the blunt point can also be re-forged and re-tempred if there is enough metal left; i used to do that for my neighbor and it's pretty easy. really like the bulbous handle end.
I've been using a pickaroon like the old one for 60 years....First, the holes filled with a roll pin is extra insurance against the head coming off suddenly and flinging you backwards down the hill or into the edger....We always use stainless screws in those holes, when re-handling.....roll pins get sloppy. secondly, you should have a small metal wedge hammered in the top to secure the hickory wedge.
I have not read all the comments but there is good reason a roll pin makes sense on this home made tool. In a normal axe head the hole that the handle fits in is tapered so that it is larger at the point the handle is wedged. In this home made tool the hole is likely a uniform size the full depth and there is nothing for a wedged handle to hold on to. The way you installed the head is just held in with friction. That may work but if not a roll pin is a good idea. Good Luck,
Jim
I've never soaked the head end of my of my axe and hatchet handles... but I've always soaked my wedges in linseed oil, before polling an axe. The wedge swells a bit, then as you set the wedge oil seeps out and seals everything tight. Food for thought.
Thanks for the pickaroon tip. I purchased one off Ebay, a little rusty but basically unused. I stacked a cord of fire wood with only one glove and in record time (for me). My back says thanks too.
Wyomo
Some one might have said this already but if you hit the handle you are fitting it slides through the eye of the tool a lot better than tapping the tool
Don't forget you don't have to live where you are. You can always come and live here :)
Loading up a winnabago pullin a trailer of tools any day now to that area. Homesteading is the dream
You've created a thing of beauty there
Great tool, eliminates a lot of bending over. Just got a big firewood log load and there`s some nice hickory in it to make excellent ax handles. You gave me some good ideas. Thanks and thumbs up!
Cody,
I work for one of the larger lumber companies in Idaho and we have these pickaroons by the dozen, i have replaced many handles. Even the new one's we purchase have the roll pins.
I haven't tried using the repaired ones without a pin.
We still go thru them fairly frequent.
We use pickaroons where I work. An absolute must for moving 4 foot around on a sorting belt!
Yes my Dad, his father, and his father were all in the logging industry in the u.p of Michigan back in the day.... I have one of these tools and it is a real life saver if you have 2 foot or so round logs to move around to the splitter don't go out to the woods to cut wood without it!!!!
New subscriber, Thankyou for your videos. I have been cutting firewood since I was a kid and now with my own family I have installed a fireplace in my house and the tradition continues. Never seen a hookaroon before but first video I watch I ordered one. Man best tool ever beside my log splitter. Keep up with the videos and God bless you family while looking to adopt. Children are a blessing no matter how God puts them in you life. I have been a foster family for over 30 children and through that time I have adopted 3 children. Good luck and God Bless.
I have a coldsteel spike hawk, excellent tool, head profile is a bit sucky for some lumber tasks as it lacks the wedge profile. However I was fialing to get the use I knew I needed out of the spike on the reverse. Now I know and can fix the spike hawk! Cheers Cody
if only we knew the story behind who made that and when.
excellent video not only some brilliantly brilliant tips but rejuvenating and old worn out tool' thanks for the great vid
That tool looks awesome I am going to see if I can't pick one up or make one. I had never heard of a pickaroon before now. What a back saver. Thanks for the great videos and I look forward to watching many more.
Well somebody needed a pickaroon, till I started coming here, I didn't know what the heck that was and what you would use it for. Now I do. So he fashioned one from what he had available. Its also interesting in how axe handles are fitted, I never gave that sort of thing much thought. Learn some thing new every day.
I to like old tools, but enjoy using the lite weight of the Fiskers tools. The hollow handles and design of them makes this old guy's life easier. I have an old ship builder's adze with a hookaroon on the other side. I have several other axes and mauls including a craftsman hand axe that my Poppa bought new and was very proud of, but they don't get much use now days. By the way, Poppa taught me to drive a handle in from the end of the handle holding it in the air upside down and after the hickory wedge to add at least one metal wedge into it at a near 90 degree to it. You might try that instead of the roll pin should your handle get loose. I enjoyed your video. Thanks
the pickaroon you got was manufactured just like you got it the role pin is the properly way to install the handle and it just needed top be properly sharpened the top of the point should be a steep angle knife edge hooked over at about a 30 degree angle and ground flat on the under side pulling on logs with a hard pull and the handle comeing loose would injure you and that is why the role pin is a must
I love your tool reconditioning videos.
For your future reference, on a tool handle like the one on the pickaroon, strike the end of the handle on the flat surface with the hammerhead face hitting flat on the flat surface of the handle, the force of the blow is transmitted along the direction of the grain of the wood.
working in the Mills for years I like my old Pickaroon. Also, there are plenty of ways to sharpen
wish i grew up learning useful skills like these.
That is one nice tool .Love that cherry handle ! Have you ever thought about dogwood branches as a handle? The branches grow at 90 degree angle often and form the perfect handle. Toughest wood in da woods. That is what the oldtimers used in the logwoods of Arkansas and Louisiana. They would only use hand forged tips with no grinding on the edges. This will hold and grab better into wood and won't fall out as easy as a ground surface. These are a must have item for the firewood pros out there!!!
I think the roll pin should go back in...bring back it's authenticity, and it's probably there originally because it was made from pipe and not nicely wedged.
Many woods tools ARE pinned like this was. Even competition axes, etc. But as he said, this is not an impact tool.
I was thinking the same, or maybe the levering and picking up of logs will eventually loosen the head, an axe head wouldn't need the pin due to the different nature of its task?
When you were finishing up with the linseed oil, I loved hearing the words of wisdom captured by your video. I encourage you to use this again in future videos!
(To clarify, I'm not saying use the same recording you were listening to but anything of truth and encouragement. As an example, I have listened to the audio version of C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" several times when I am doing projects!)
PS. I had just purchased a hookeroon online before I chose this video to watch! (Ochsenkopf OX 173 E-0600 and can't wait to use it!)
the outcome of your work is just great !
The pickaroon was mainly used by the lumber sorters for picking off 2x4, 2x6, etc, off the green chain in old saw mills
I believe the reason for the roll pin is that the tool is also used to pull. Slap it into a piece of wood then pull it to you. Nice job on the wedge.
Great job. I have seen that roll pin thing before. If you use a steel wedge the roll pin idea is solid. But the way you assembled it is correct and the finished product looks awesome.
nice job i find when working with odd shaped eyes on axes and picks and medieval weapons when it comes to handling i would recommend pressing the head on by lifting it of the ground head down and striking the base of the handle with a mallet as long as the head will stay on upside down this is a great way to do it and allows a good squeeze onto the handle far better than hitting the head in my opinion.nice refurbishment its well done.