Carving A Tent Peg

Traditional tent pegs were made from fresh cut (green) timber and stacked up to air dry. Here you will see a method using a shaving horse and drawknife. Because I did not have any freshly cut timber available to me at the time, I made these from seasoned ash.

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[barson66]

whats the tool your useing toshave the wood with called?

[bygonetoni]

@barson66 Drawknife

[186282plus1]

I really like this video, you've done a fantastic job of capturing the ol days of craftsmenship.

[bygonetoni]

Thanks for the compliment, much appreciated.

[thornwarbler]

Do you have a stock knife?If not there is a great working drawing of one in Ray Tabors green woodworking encyclopedia i use my homemade one for this kind of work mainly pursenet pegs and the like.Regards.

[bygonetoni]

Thanks for commenting. I do not have a stock knife.

[Guitardude1616]

this is random but you just gave me a great idea for a woodspirit so thank you!

[historicaltrekking]

Excellent, very well presented. Thank you. I will post this on my blog.

Regards, Keith.

A Woodsrunner's Diary.

[assassin616]

@bygonetoni i have finally got my hands on one!!

[CaIIMeSAND]

Aw, this is really good. Every detail of the video was perfect, and the resultant peg is outstanding. Sure would be nice t be your neighbour.

[mnbvczxc]

Thanks for the video, you really did a great job of showing some old fashioned craftsmanship.