> Sounds like a job for an ice chopper!

I was going to demure about the ice chopper, but a search of images for 
barking spud showed several
that look quite similar, even ones that are as wide as this.

My own is one of these:

http://www.popscreen.com/p/MTA0NjUxMDg3/HAND-FORGED-IRON-BARK-SPUD-
LUMBER-WOOD-LOGGING-TOOL-BARKING-LOG-">http://www.popscreen.com/p/MTA0NjUxMDg3
/HAND-FORGED-IRON-BARK-SPUD-LUMBER-WOOD-LOGGING-TOOL-BARKING-LOG-

This one, and one other of this particular shape, are described as "hand 
forged," but that is very
doubtful.  The exact style, shape, and size was mass produced by L & IJ 
White.  Hand forged spuds
illustrated in Sloane are roughly the same size, but don't have the 
asymmetrical head.

Personally, I don't like the sharp corners of the ice chopper and the 
spuds that look like it. The
round end like mine or at least the rounded corners of other examples 
will slide under the bark a
good deal better.

There's a decently priced spud at:

http://peaveymfg.com/products-logging-tools-bark-
spud">http://peaveymfg.com/products-logging-tools-bark-spud

Mike in Sacto