Cant hook or Peavey?

[Gordon Maney]

If you are fascinated by the question, what is the difference between a cant hook and a peavey, you will find this interesting.

http://www.ruralheritage.com/logging_camp/peavey.htm

[Bruce]

Good stuff, Gordon, I knew what a Peavey was as well as a Cant!

[Chewie]

I like tool trivia...

I didn't know the Peavy name, but that's what I use to roll the log over to finish the cuts for firewood to keep the chain out of the dirt. Always called it a cant hook. I'd heard 'mill dog', too, but wasn't sure what one of those was.

[Bruce]

Tool Triva = Good

I have also heard "Mill Dog"

[Gordon Maney]

I didn't know the Peavy name, but that's what I use to roll the log over to finish the cuts for firewood to keep the chain out of the dirt. Always called it a cant hook. I'd heard 'mill dog', too, but wasn't sure what one of those was.

We don't know yet which you have. It is a Peavey if the tip is a long spike, and a cant hook if it does not have a long spike. Google some pictures, and you will see.

The Peavey was used for river work, which is little done now. The long spike would poke down between the floating logs. The cant hook was used for ground work. You could use a Peavey for ground work, but really don't need the spike.

[Chewie]

It's a Peavy

Has the spike. Funny though, I've mostly use the spike part to stick it in the dirt while I was cutting the log! Kinda looks like something the Romans might've used, too. Or maybe a redneck, for gigging flatheads. Even a walking stick, if you keep it out of your foot.
Should we include this in the "Trail Vehicle Must-have's" thread?

[Gordon Maney]

Your use of the spike is sensible.

[Bob Thompson]

I have a Peavey too. But I plug my guitar into it. ;-)