Adding to James' suggestions,
how about a singletree or a doubletree for hanging the carcase while you
butcher is?
and we use a chain hoist hung from a chain around a sturdy tree branch to
hang the doubletree from
>For us Luddites:
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>crosscut saw(s) with setting jig and raker guage and file
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>scythe with peening jig or peening hammer (or both)
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>bowsaw with vibration hardened teeth - both peg toothed and raker toothed
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>bicycle wheeled cart such as a Vermont Cart
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>three sheet metal shears - right, left, and straight
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>T-post banging device
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>Not strictly tools as per this thread but:
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>Butter churn especially an antique Diasy Churn
>Corn sheller
>Gristmill - especially a Black Hawk
>A 'Corona' mill for masa
>Heavy, heavy cleaver for butchering as well as an actual butcher knife.
>Meat saw (the type that looks like a hacksaw).
>A method of doing bulk dehydration.
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>James
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