Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2002.11.114
Accession#:
2002.11
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Spud, Barking
Title:
Wood Handle Hand Wrought Log Peeler or "Spud Bar" Tool
Date:
1930
Description:
Handmade, wood—handled, hand—wrought log peeling tool. Straight grain wood (fir or cedar?) makes the 2—inch diameter, 67"—inch handle. Handle bound by wrought ring at lower end of tool. Blade riveted to two bars inserted into lower end of handle. Metal bond secures this fitting. Blade 5 inches by 9.75 inches overall with slight curved shape.
Notes:
Collected and preserved by Thomas S. Parke. Likely "beach combed" from abandoned cannery, mining, town or logging site. Discussion with Thomas Boutin 6—5—02 regarding tool. "Spud bar" is common name for tool. Used to hand peel logs to be used for log buildings or run through a saw mill. Tool works best in the spring when bark has sap underneath — allowing up to 6' strips of bark to be removed in a single pass with the spud bar. By August bark is tight to the tree and difficult to peel — a 6" strip of bark would be a successful pass with the spud bar this time of year.
Spud bars were commonly hand made and would have been used in early log construction and private or small sawmills in the Juneau area.
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