Can anybody recommend a hookaroon (not pickaroon)?

[velvetfoot]

Thanks.

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

Why do I feel like this is a trick question?

 

[TreePointer]

Nope, I don't think I can recommend a hookaroon that's not a pickaroon. Sorry.

I am, however, a big fan of the Peavey Manufacturing Hume Head 36" model.

 

[Fuut Master]

Why do I feel like this is a trick question?

Exactly the way I feel.

 

[Allagash350]

+1 for peavy

 

[fishki]

Sorry, can't help ya, I have a sappie

 

[velvetfoot]

I found what i was thinking of.
(broken link removed to https://www.labonville.com/Hook-A-Roon-With-28-Hardwood-Handle-Replaceable-Tip--173_p_497.html)

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

I found what i was thinking of.
(broken link removed to https://www.labonville.com/Hook-A-Roon-With-28-Hardwood-Handle-Replaceable-Tip--173_p_497.html)
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You said you didn't want one that was also a pickaroon?

Go figure?

 

[velvetfoot]

It's not. Unless there's a pointy tip which I don't see.

 

[TreePointer]

???

I can understand the "pointy tip" distinction between a cant hook and peavey, but I've never seen a packaroon or a hookaroon without a pointy tip.

Do you mean a replaceable tip?

 

[velvetfoot]

Look at the link. The tip is not pointy. It is replaceable. One reviewer said something about winter and summer tips but the current ad doesn't mention differences.

I had one like in the picture, but sawed mostly through the handle, duh, and thought I'd just get another one instead of finding a replacement handle that fits. Can't find it locally anymore. Labonville wants 16 bucks to ship-I guess I'm getting used to free shipping on other stuff.

 

[fishki]

From Wikipedia...

A pickaroon (or picaroon) is a wood-handled (may be other materials also), metal-topped log handling tool.[1] 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;[2] one with an axe blade opposite its hook an axaroon, obviating the need to carry two tools to manage logs.

 

[TreePointer]

From Wikipedia...

A pickaroon (or picaroon) is a wood-handled (may be other materials also), metal-topped log handling tool.[1] 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;[2] one with an axe blade opposite its hook an axaroon, obviating the need to carry two tools to manage logs.

I'm a fan of Wikipedia, but their entry on this topic is pretty weak as the descriptions are not very helpful. More proof is that there isn't a page for hookaroon, for contrast.

 

[fishki]

I'm a fan of Wikipedia, but their entry on this topic is pretty weak as the descriptions are not very helpful. More proof is that there isn't a page for hookaroon, for contrast.

I cant find a definite answer on what a hookaroon is. That wiki page is about all I could find on the differences. Peavey website is no help either, they just say that pickaroons are called hookaroons in some places.
(broken link removed)

 

[TreePointer]

...they just say that pickaroons are called hookaroons in some places.
(broken link removed)

Bingo.

(That's why the early posts in this discussion thought it was a trick question or troll bait.)

 

[fishki]

Bingo.

(That's why the early posts in this discussion thought it was a trick question or troll bait.)

So it's all about location, location, location. And following Wiki logic it appears the OP has picked up a nice pickarooon.

 

[TreePointer]

Regardless of name, if there's wood to be handled, there's one in my hand.

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

It's not. Unless there's a pointy tip which I don't see.

Even according to the questionable distinction made in the Wikipedia article, a hookaroon is a type of pickaroon. In other words, according to the Wikipedia article, all hookaroons are pickaroons. Anyways, congrats on your new pickaroon.

Personally, I've seen the terms used completely interchangeably.