tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post8363084440564206343..comments2023-10-14T05:53:38.783-04:00Comments on Shipyard Log: Knees from TreesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-29930896406135914852022-08-07T21:02:34.442-04:002022-08-07T21:02:34.442-04:00Same reason also reading Barkskins great book. R...Same reason also reading Barkskins great book. Referring to Google for more info, acquiring more knowledge as I read. ElisabethElisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045448096966111415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-29117955882260349862021-05-23T07:14:55.856-04:002021-05-23T07:14:55.856-04:00I am also reading Barkskins and ended up on here! ...I am also reading Barkskins and ended up on here! Fascinating history, and unfortunately the destruction of virgin forests goes on into the 21st century.<br />Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743818859069263178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-73222353134571812262020-12-12T17:17:20.592-05:002020-12-12T17:17:20.592-05:00I looked it up because it was mentioned in Simeon ...I looked it up because it was mentioned in Simeon Perkins diary in 1790 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Men were looking for knees to cut for a ship being built.Mairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369083532773130812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-85840264581568552692020-03-19T19:24:25.716-04:002020-03-19T19:24:25.716-04:00They were also used in building construction. I am...They were also used in building construction. I am presently helping to restore an old mill, and the oldest part is full of hanging knees which provide bracing from beams to posts.butterdrinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062779915401435268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-24060687434725748442019-07-01T16:29:34.453-04:002019-07-01T16:29:34.453-04:00Thank you! Looked this up in wrestling with Whitm...Thank you! Looked this up in wrestling with Whitman's "Song of the Broad Axe"-- section 9--"The live-oak kelsons, the pine planks, the spars, the hackmatack-roots for knees,"Mrs. Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510048078834669146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-71125179961313488732019-05-04T07:42:55.217-04:002019-05-04T07:42:55.217-04:00Therefore they are deciduous conifers...
Ivan, con...Therefore they are deciduous conifers...<br />Ivan, consultant foresterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102543368572816263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-17335712306488731592019-02-22T16:43:17.332-05:002019-02-22T16:43:17.332-05:00Hi, Found your site today while looking for detail...Hi, Found your site today while looking for details on ship knees. Just found out from my cousin, Abe that our grandfather, Gordon A. Lewis of Calais, Maine used to be a "knee hunter' too back around 1918. He was a finish carpenter & liked to find his own trees to get the knees. Then he would install them in the ship in a boatyard in Whitneyville, near Eastport, Maine. One of the ships he worked on was the Lucy Evelyn, a four masted Schooner. <br /><br />Really appreciated the explanation of knees. Also, I'm going to check out that book the others mentioned.<br /><br />Mary LewisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052842950055598033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-15709873219728797852018-09-26T19:25:06.293-04:002018-09-26T19:25:06.293-04:00Tamarack (larix laricina) is deciduous conifers , ...Tamarack (larix laricina) is deciduous conifers , Larch is another .<br /><br />Here are some others ;<br /><br />Pinaceae:<br /><br />Larix (larches; 13 species)<br />Larix decidua (European Larch)<br /><br />Larix sibirica (Siberian Larch)<br /><br />Larix gmelinii (Dauhurian Larch)<br /><br />Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch)<br /><br />Larix principis-rupprechtii (Prince Rupprecht's Larch)<br /><br />Larix himalaica (Langtang Larch)<br /><br />Larix griffithii (Himalayan Larch)<br /><br />Larix kongboensis (Kongbo Larch)<br /><br />Larix potaninii (Potanin's Larch)<br /><br />Larix mastersiana (Masters' Larch)<br /><br />Larix lyallii (Subalpine Larch)<br /><br />Larix occidentalis (Western Larch)<br /><br />Larix laricina (Tamarack Larch)<br />Pseudolarix amabilis (Golden Larch)<br /><br />Cupressaceae:<br /><br /><br />Taxodium (baldcypresses; 2 species deciduous, a third evergreen)<br />Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)<br /><br />Taxodium ascendens (Pond Cypress)<br />Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)<br /><br />Glyptostrobus pensilis (Chinese Swamp Sypress)<br /><br />Ginkgoaceae:<br /><br />Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo; not really a conifer)<br />Jockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16822953985274146483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-60400863615017585432017-12-13T17:42:11.845-05:002017-12-13T17:42:11.845-05:00I also found your site because of Barkskins, Annie...I also found your site because of Barkskins, Annie Proulx's latest book. It's a great read. I have been inspired to look up a lot of things she refers to relating to lumbering, Canadian and American Indians on the east coast etc. Great history. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498393745721331575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-72121440800892395122017-05-22T14:32:16.384-04:002017-05-22T14:32:16.384-04:00They are conifers, but they lose their needles.They are conifers, but they lose their needles.Jane Coryellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548047516687169922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-23362189051121793202017-05-18T11:42:24.485-04:002017-05-18T11:42:24.485-04:00Just a slight correction: they are not deciduous, ...Just a slight correction: they are not deciduous, rather, they are conifers.Bill Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10544960280951813845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-23005955408308108352017-01-22T22:02:26.474-05:002017-01-22T22:02:26.474-05:00I landed at this sight for the same reason as Ben...I landed at this sight for the same reason as Benny and am glad hackmatack knees are still around and being used for the same purpose. Cheers Cass Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461425838287795614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-85335173343902243302016-12-19T01:37:00.007-05:002016-12-19T01:37:00.007-05:00Hackmatack knees are mentioned in Annie Proulx'...Hackmatack knees are mentioned in Annie Proulx's new book, Barkskins. I found your post while I was trying to find out what they were. Thank you!Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567231877489732241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970657211826764007.post-16948266813684533362011-08-23T14:54:38.736-04:002011-08-23T14:54:38.736-04:00Hackmatack knees are still harvested in Nova Scoti...Hackmatack knees are still harvested in Nova Scotia, Canada by Westergard Boatyard www.westergardboatyard.ca.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169874094367844265noreply@blogger.com