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Peter Hook en directo en el Festival do Norte (Vilagarcía de Arousa), 07-05-11
Hook: size 4, straight shank
Tail: Chartreuse bucktail
Eyes: bead chain
Body: Chartreuse pearl diamond braid
The identity of the owner of this cant hook has faded away, like so much of the memory of that romantic period in Matawatchan’s history when logging was the central core of the community. The cant hook was the indispensable tool whenever logs had to be moved by rolling them. The spur on the end of a sturdy handle, combined with a hinged and curved hook with a sharp duck-billed point, made the cant hook very proficient in the hands of a skilled logger. Among its many purposes, the cant hook was used to roll logs onto a skidway, load log sleighs and trucks or roll logs into a sawmill and many other functions.
The origin of the cant hook is clouded by its long history. Still, it was probably invented to meet the need of loggers on the northeast coast of the United States and brought to Canada by the Loyalists or other U.S. settlers. It is hard to imagine how the forest industry could have developed and flourished without this indispensable tool.
The cant hook had a close cousin called the peavey. The peavey differed in that it had a longer and heavier handle, and the spur on the blunt end of the handle was replaced by a large metal spike. Although capable of rolling logs, the primary purpose of the peavey was to break key logs loose during log jams on a river drive. The peavey could pry or pinch logs, or two peaveys could hog-yoke the key log from a jam, releasing the log pile-up behind it.
The cant hook and peavey are no longer commonly found in Matawatchan and the area. Yet, they are symbolic of a past era when logging shanties, river drives, and sawmilling were the dominant or sole industry of the community and were the very raison d’être for its existence.
Photo courtesy of The Madawaska Highlander. Many artifacts from the Strong Family are on display at the Matawatchan Hall, 1677 Frontenac Road.
Part of the Strong Family Album
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These are hooks embedded into human flesh, I know when they are removed , its quite a scary moment, and hurtful too.
I did not get to shoot the part when the hooks or the rods were pierced into the flesh or cheeks..all this happened at the Juhu beach I was not aware of it..
Bhiman Periyar Swami Devendran the rod remover told me about it the next day.
Also let me tell you guys its tough shooting pictures dressed like me, so I had hung my Bandra Samachar Press Card round my neck, thank you Mr Clarence Gomes , the erstwhile editor of this fortnightly.
More than those that had rods running through their cheeks, the crowd looked at me , thinking I too was a participant, I am a walking jewellery shop too, but later I had emptied all my stuff in my satchel and stripped off my shirt too it was blasphemously hot and humid.
I was barefeet too.
Giant hook and chain at the end/entrance of Salford Quays
There are two of these on either side of a warehouse.
Velcro ® brand hook and loop being pulled apart. This is the 2nd in a series of pictures. When the hook snaps back the burrrrep sound is made. Check out more pictures at www.hookandloop.com/extra/velcro-images.html
The tower was constructed of local limestone and the original building survives almost intact at just under 36.6m high. It consists of two tiers linked by a mural stairway of 115 steps. The first tier, 13m in diameter, has three vaulted ceilings each with an original fireplace. The upper tier, 6.3m in diameter, originally supported the coal beacon, which in modern times was replaced by a lantern. [LH112]
Velcro ® brand hook and loop being pulled apart. This is the 3rd in a series of pictures. When the hook snaps back the burrrrep sound is made. Check out more pictures at www.hookandloop.com/extra/velcro-images.html