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Old 12-25-2020, 09:01 PM   #25
Chuck Sea/Tac
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Default Re: Signs, back in the day

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Originally Posted by fordfarm View Post
Caulk boots, calk boots or cork boots are leather nail-soled boots worn by loggers in the Pacific Northwest and Canada for walking on logs.
It’s pronounced “corks”, at least in western Washington. Most the loggers usually wore hard soled slippers/moccasins to and from their work bus (crummy).
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