Forestry Memories

Timber scribe and axe sharpening stone

Timber scribe and axe sharpening stone

Date Added: 08 April 2023 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 2023 Picture No: 5596

The photograph was kindly provided by Tam Annderson, Perth, who says:
‘Two tools I used when I worked on Dunecht - a sharpening stone for keeping my axe in good working order and the other one is a tool to mark the timber before cross-cutting. The term we used was mark it with a “craws fit” or in English crows foot’.

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