BillGill wrote:
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I know that shingling hatchets were originally used for wood shingle
roofing.
Do they still use them for shake roofing? I had not really thought
about it
but just figured that the shakes came precut or were cut with a saw
nowdays.
....

Of course. Strictly speaking, "shakes" are split, not sawn altho some
are sawn one side, split face-side. Wooden shingles are sawn.

Still need to straighten edges, cut/shave to fit, etc., ...

Little more unusual to see them used these days w/ composition shingles
but may simply indicate an older crew as a guess.

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