So I really wanted to try one of these but nobody locally carried any. Well except one shop but I didn't like it. So I grabbed some scrap steel and an old handle. Over the process I realized that not all hook designs worked as well as some. Some would stick so well that I couldn't get them to release. Others wouldn't estick for nothing. So after some trial and error and came up with this. It sticks elm, hickory and oak. So far I am pleased. I think I will add a bolt through the sleeve. Let me know what you think.
Homemade tools are the best. There are none where I live, even at the old Dog Days flea market. But they did have a nice hickory axe handle, so I made my own hookaroon as well. 1/2" grade 5 bolt, some 1/4" stock and boom, my own hookaroon:
