Forestry tools

thumb|Double- and single-bit felling axesFile:An axe labelled-2edit.svg|thumb|upright|A diagram showing the main points on an axe An axe (; sometimes spelled ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for thousands of years to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, and as a weapon. The axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of a head with a sharpened blade (also called a "bit") attached to a handle (also called "haft" or "helve").

thumb|Machete/saw combo thumb|Mexican artisan Agustín Cruz Tinoco using a machete to carve wood thumb|Mexican machete, from Guerrero, 1970. bull horn handle, hand forged blade (hammer marks visible) thumb|Campos Hermanos Mexican machete with blade 75 centimeters long and 93 total.

thumb|Modern billhook with saw blade, used in bushcraft activities thumb|Traditional Devon pattern billhook made by W. Gilpin in 1918; original handle has been replaced. 12-inch/30 cm ruler shown for reference. A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. It is distinct from the sickle. It was commonly used in Europe with an important variety of traditional local patterns. Elsewhere, it was also developed locally such as in the Indian subcontinent, or introduced regiona

thumb|Drawing of an inclinometer, Museo Galileo, Florence thumb|Measuring slope with a clinometer An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument used for measuring angles of slope, elevation, or depression of an object with respect to gravity's direction. It is also known as a tilt indicator, tilt sensor, tilt meter, slope alert, slope gauge, gradient meter, gradiometer, level gauge, level meter, declinometer, and pitch & roll indicator. Clinometers measure both inclines and declines using three different units of measure: degrees, percentage points, and topos. The astrolabe is an example of a

unit of length

A microtome (from the Greek mikros, meaning "small", and temnein, meaning "to cut") is a cutting tool used to produce extremely thin slices of material known as sections, with the process being termed microsectioning. Important in science, microtomes are used in microscopy for the preparation of samples for observation under transmitted light or electron radiation.

range finding device using a laser beam to measure distance

hooked pole used as a tool

thumb|right|Minoan gold votive double axe or labrys, less than 4 inches tall. On the left blade is an inscription in undeciphered Linear A; possibly an invocation to the goddess Demeter.|257x257px

tool for measuring the diameter of the cross-section of trunks

A mattock () is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock). A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires. It is also commonly known in North America as a "grub axe".

thumb|250 px|A relascope (Spiegelrelaskop)

hand tool to extract wood tissue section from a living tree for analysis

hand tool used in wildfire firefighting

type of fire extinguisher

Bahco is a Swedish brand within the hand tool industry, which is now part of SNA Europe, part of Snap-on. Its roots go back to the industrial revolution in Sweden in the late eighteen hundreds, starting with innovations such as the pipe wrench and the modern adjustable wrench. Since then, the product range has expanded with a total assortment of products that today includes over 7,000 hand tools.

tool for turning logs

shelter used to nurture trees

thumb|upright|Pickaroon thumb|Two types of hookaroons

Ergonomic hand tool used by foresters for planting seeds for trees

transportation of cut logs or whole trees from stump to landing with some dragging

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Longshore Hook

thumb|Two driptorches during a Controlled burn|prescribed fire at [[Valley Forge National Historical Park.]] A driptorch is a tool used in wildfire suppression, controlled burning, and other forestry applications to intentionally ignite fires by dripping flaming fuel onto the ground.