Early Logging Tools (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
by Kevin Johnson
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Author: Kevin JohnsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-15
ISBN: 0764327402
Number of pages: 159
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
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Book Review: Early Logging Tools
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book to flush out my own knowledge of lumbering tools as I researched Michigan's lumbering era. Yes, this book was created with a western American slant on the lumbering era, however, many of the tools originated in the east (Maine) and the Great Lakes (Michigan) during the heyday of lumbering, 1840-1900.
Although I have thousands of pictures from the early logging era this book is a great resource-THE resource- to look at and study a single tool.
The author, Kevin Johnson (whew what a cutie), has created a book worthy of any lumbering enthusiast. There are high quality color photographs of nearly every imaginable item used. From simple handles to complicated raker gauges, spikes, peaveys, cheat sticks and pickaroons, single bit axes to two-man crosscuts, and the final chapter touches on the gasoline tools that infiltrated the forests and snuffed out the mighty lumberjack.
Throughout the book Johnson has sprinkled enough old era pictures to give you a feel of just how much manpower it took to use these tools harvesting the majestic pines. Also throughout the book you'll enjoy old advertisements for tools invented and fashioned for this industry.
Kudo's to Kevin Johnson for this huge accomplishment. I highly recommend Early Logging Tools to anyone interested in early lumbering.
Summary of Early Logging Tools (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Over 330 clear color photos display the wide array of equipment once used to log high timber that are now eminently collectible, including axes, saws, filing tools, springboards, oil bottles, undercutters, wedges, marlin spikes, drag saws, and venerable chainsaws. Historical photos display towering giants of old growth forests where loggers toiled decades ago. An informative text provides useful information on cleaning and preserving the antique logging tools, descriptions of them, values, and a bibliography. This book will be treasured by all who share a fascination for logging as it was done by the lumberjack, bucker, and high climber.Reference Books
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