Lour Estate, Forfar 1968

Date Added: 18 January 2017 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1968 Picture No: 3469

Photograph courtesy of Leslie Phillip, Perth who comments:

‘Taking a break from first thinning's for a posed picture taken by the Head Forester at my request.’

It appears that Leslie is using quite a heavy axe for snedding first thinnings - possibly a 6lb Scottish Wedge axe?

Groups: Forestry in Action, Tools, equipment and clothing

1 Comment

Would you believe its a light weight Swedish axe which replaced the ageing American Plumb used on the Estate a few years earlier. Comment left on 18 January 2017 at 13:06 by

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