Fiskars 12 Inch Hookaroon

Handy tool to have

Perfect for taking logs out of the log store without bending down or reaching in to grab them with your hands. I have the longer one as well for picking up logs off the floor when i am splitting them.

I keep it in the wood shed to get the wood from the back and it's really useful. Also use it to hold wood steady if it needs to be cut down to kindling size.

Good quality, not sure I really needed it though for putting Logs on a splitter but handy for holding the log and keeping your hand out of the way as you split

Easy to use, strong n sturdy when put to work

Quality build and super handy for hooking logs to move them around.

Makes the jobs a lot safer and it's saving my back

The Fiskar’s Hookaroon is light but sturdy. Excellent for picking up wood blocks without the back bending.

Great for keeping fingers away while splitting kindling with hatchet. Easily move small pieces of wood around. Well made. Sturdy.

I've only had this hookaroon for a week but have already formed an opinion that it is a great help to saving my back while retrieving firewood logs for my stove. I no longer have to stoop over 20-30 times a day while transferring firewood from my woodshed to the Otter sled and then from the Otter to my wood bin in the house. It will definitely get used in the woods, also, while chain sawing firewood. As anyone who burns wood in a fireplace knows, each piece of firewood gets handled 5 or 6 times before it gets burned. I go through 15 - 20 18" logs of various diameters each day so those pieces represent between 75 - 120 times (5x15 all the way to 6x20) picking up pieces. I plan on getting a LOT of use out of this tool. That being said... it is only the 2nd hookaroon that I've ever used so my "experience" is not "in-depth". I bought a different brand, heavier unit several weeks ago that would just not hold onto the log long enough to get it from here to there before falling off. It actually caused more work than by just grabbing the log by hand. I sent it back for a refund. I hesitated buying another hookaroon but after watching reviews on YouTube I took the chance and am VERY GLAD that I did. Fiskars tools have always been of top quality and this little tool is no different. It's so light and so well designed that I never get tired from swinging it and stabbing the log (either in the log's end on anywhere in the side). The tool is easily removed once it has transferred the log to it's new resting point. On YouTube I watched reviewers of other brands have sooo much trouble getting the hookaroon to release the log that I wondered if those were actually more trouble than they were saving, also. Then I saw a reviewer use the Fiskars and his only "beef" was that it was so light! I wondered why he thought that was a 'con' instead of a 'pro' because after using it instead of the one that I sent back I KNOW that the lightness is a definite 'pro'. One more thing... I may eventually buy a longer handled (26"-28") hookaroon for those rare times that I have logs that are just out of reach for my little Fiskars. It may not get used much but I'm in my mid-70s and bending over while reaching to pick up 40-70 lb. logs is not my cup of tea anymore. This little one, however, will probably always be my 'go-to' logging tool.

Works great, light and well built. Just right when you need that extra reach to grab a piece of firewood or to position a log on the processor!

I’ve been burning between 2-3 cords of firewood in my wood stove every winter for almost 25 years. A cord of seasoned oak weighs over 4,000 pounds. I never realized how handy a Hookaroon was until this year when I saw a YouTube video and decided to give one a try. Wow. After just a few minutes it felt like an extension of my arm. What a difference! That extra reach really helps. Honestly, I wish it had a little more weight, because I think it would stick better - especially in the hardwoods I burn. This is another example of a simple, high-quality tool being able to truly make your firewood handling a LOT easier. Give one a try and it’ll take you about 10 minutes to really want to kick yourself for not getting one a long time ago.

Works well, good for keeping hands protected