Rigging method and hook therefor

A logging hook comprising a unitary metal member being defined by front, rear, side, top and bottom walls and having a top eye portion, an intermediate threading portion and a bottom socket portion, a generally S-shaped opening in said intermediate threading portion extending therethrough from said front to said rear walls, an enlargement at the upper end of said opening providing a path for threading a ferrule-equipped choker line through said opening, a slot in said bottom socket portion extending from said front wall and partway across said bottom wall, said slot communicating with said S-shaped opening and providing a further path for said choker line to pass from being threaded through said S-shaped opening into said bottom socket portion to seat said choker line ferrule in said socket, said top eye portion having a slidng way for a logging line with said sliding way having a threading axis extending at an acute angle to said threading path, said front and rear walls of said top eye portion being generally arcuate to define a generally convex front wall to facilitate bunching of said hooks on said logging line, said S-shaped opening being defined in part by an integral tang in said intermediate threading portion, said tang projecting partially rearwardly to afford an abutment for a ferrule seated in said bottom socket portion.