Monday, January 13, 2003

Cant
"A square-edged timber or a squared log."

Cant Hook
A form of lever for canting over, or turning, timber, consisting of a wooden bar with an iron catch, or hooked arm near its lower end which passes over the log, grips it, and so affords a hold by which it may be pulled over. Also called a cant dog."

Peavey
"A lumberman's cant hook having a spike at the end of the lever."

The origin of the cant hook is lost in the fog of history, but a little is known about the peavey, named after its inventor Joseph Peavey.

From the start the tool's name was spelled several different ways. In the March 16, 1878, issue of The Lumberman's Gazette it was called a "pevy," while a 1907 story spelled it "pivie."

Posted by Canto @ 07:46 PM EST
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