148 THE WOODSMAN ’S HANDBOOK. 

CRUISER’S BARK BLAZER. 
One form of this consists of a 
flat elliptical iron plate having 
its center cut away to receive 
the hand and provided on one 
side and near one end with a 
hook-like gouge offsetting from 
the plate at such an angle that 
when struck with a drawing 
motion into the bark of a tree 
a clean blaze will be made. Two 
wooden handle pieces are rivy- 
eted tothe plate on the opposite 
side from the gouge. (See fig. 
15. ) 
This instrument is useful in 
spotting trees, in making esti- 
mates, and in laying out roads 
and trails. It is so simple in 
construction that it may be 
made by any blaeksmith. Fic. 15.—Cruiser’s bark blazer. 



