Caulk boots

Caulk boots, calk boots, or cork boots (pronounced "cork" and usually called "corks") are leather nail-soled boots^[1] worn by lumberjacks in the timber-producing regions of the Pacific Northwest and Canada.^[2] They are worn for traction in the woods and especially in timber rafting, and were part of a lumberman's basic equipment along with axe and crosscut saw. Loggers and others who work in the woods still wear corks today.

See also

• Shoe studs

References

1. ^ "Women and Timber: The Pacific Northwest Logging Community, 1920 - 1998: Glossary". Center for Columbia River History. http://www.ccrh.org/oral/women&timber/glossary.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
2. ^ "Ottawa Valley Expressions". http://www.ogradys.ca/opeongo/ov_expressions.html. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 

External links

• Article about logging boots from Timber West