Lumber Cruelty?

OK, so I saw this stamp on another thread earlier today, and of course I can't find it now. But it's been bugging me ever since.
Why is this Yugoslavian lumberjack beating on this felled tree with a pick axe? Hasn't it suffered enough already?

Hi James,
both the man in the foreground and the man in the
background are using tools to enable them
to shift logs manually, one has a bar, the other that pick
shaped implement (there probably is a name for it)

It assists the man to get a grip and purchase on the log.

Most likely not a pick ax but a adze.
An adze (or adz in American English; both pronounced /#712;ædz/) is a tool used for smoothing or carving rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards his feet, chipping off pieces of wood, moving backwards as they go and leaving a relatively smooth surface behind. Adzes are most often used for squaring up logs, or for hollowing out timber.




Also to move the logs we used to use a cant hook or a peavy.Many lumberjacks use the terms interchangeably, though a peavey will have a spike in the end of the handle, and a cant dog will have a blunt end or possibly small teeth for friction.
A peavey or peavey hook is a logging tool consisting of a handle, generally from 30 to 50 inches long (0.75 to 1.25 m), with a metal spike protruding from the end. The spike is rammed into a log, then a hook (at the end of an arm attached to a pivot a short distance up the handle) grabs the log at a second location. Once engaged, the handle gives the operator leverage to roll or slide or float the log to a new position.


Yes, one of the many trades learned as a teenager was working on the family's mountain cutting wood.

Well I have to admit I spend more time hugging trees than chopping them down. But the explanation makes sense to me now. Thanks.

Trees....
they store carbon, and produce oxygen
what's not to like?

They clean the air, they reduce noise pollution
they prevent water run off, they are good to
sit under and snog your girlfriend.
They produce Conkers.

They die so we can have stamps.

I like trees.....

Rod,

What are conkers? Nuts used to hit your little brother in the head?

Thanks,
Aimee

Wow havn't heard conkers since I was a kid. If same meaning on the otherside of the world they were chestnuts (maybe a different nut in aus) with hole poked through a string attached one nut on each end and when you pulled the string the 2 nuts would "conk" together. Yes unfortunatly I was the little brother getting conked half the time. Very cheap entertainment well before Pong came out on atari! Kids today would conk ya with a video game controller . Wow I'm only 42 and I just posted like I was 70.

The Yugoslavian implement was a long bladed pickaroon.
Used for moving and shifting logs around.
I still have one.

k

I guess I'm literally sitting in a tree graveyard.

Conkers....

when I was kid in England, being the conker king
was some title, we all had different ways of harening our conkers,
I used to leave mine in vinegar for weeks
before smashing the opponents to bits.

Conkers
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-win-at-conkers





I like that!

That's good...that's progress
stay on SCF long enough and we drag
everyone UP to our level

Do you find yourself hesitating at the "Gopher" shop,
or the electric bike shop?

Rod, wouldn't that be UP to our level? I would not like to think I am down to any level.

Yeah! sorry Humpy. Adjusted to suit.

sad thing nitro is that I was thinking the same thing before I read your reply and I am only 35!! man the world changes fast!!

rod,

Thanks for posting the very informative (and very funny) video on conkering. I watched it while my 8 year old and 5 year old boys were looking over my shoulder. Now, they want to play conkers. You may have started a new trend here!

Rod you must have a canadian spy-- Regardless how I'd look those new electric scooters just make alot of sense. I'm sure I could still wear a Harley Davidson T shirt to salvage a bit of pride.