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Pickaroon - very useful.

Nor me. New word too. Bit like an ice pick.
 
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I'd never heard of a pickaroon (and it doesn't appear in Chambers - at least the online edition). Interestingly, Wikipedia suggests it can also be written as picaroon, which Chambers defines as noun, old use a rogue, cheat or pirate. It's nice to learn the latter definition as Picaroon happens to be the nom de guerre of my favourite Guardian crossword setter and it's good to know the origin of that name.
 
That's a new one on me. I can just imagine missing what you're aiming at and burying the business end in your shin...........
 
James Brydon! He sets in the Spectator as well. I had forgotten his setter name.
 
At times like this, I feel I should mention Ralph Salaman's Dictionary of Woodworking Tools. It was published in 1975 and revised in 1989. It's the best book on the subject. Fairly readily available.

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Cabinetman said:
New one on me too, but I can imagine what a handy tool it could be though.
Been watching a lot of violent Viking stuff recently, I dread to think what uses they would have put one to lol.
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Once embedded in a body I'm sure it would be hard to remove and no I have never tried but thought about a recipient.
 
A Handsappie as the Germans call them. Really useful for moving logs about, it's a hook on a stick.
 
If you ever find yourself working up on a roof and need to haul rafters or spars over to where you are working a straight claw framing hammer performs a somilar function without the need for an extra tool
 
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