Pegs & Stakes

Pegs And Stakes

"Campcraft without equipment is totally different from campcraft with equipment... and in some ways 'doing without' can be more fun. This Bushcraft book shows things that you can make and do in camp when you have no equipment except a cutting tool. Some items will be new to even the most experienced camper, and there will be much that is of value to the Boy Scout and his brother in woodcraft."

"Camping without equipment calls for a really sharp tool and a good deal of common sense. A good machete is probably the most useful of all tools for bush work. Mostly you will want sticks, either for pegs, stakes, forks or hooks and these generally can be cut from windblown branches close to the site of your camp. It is always preferable to use dead timber rather than growing wood. By using dead (but not rotten) wood you are clearing the forest floor of debris, and by avoiding cutting green wood you are helping to conserve the forests."

Bush Campcraft
 

"Even a simple item like a stake or a peg must be cut properly, and if it is to be driven into the ground it must have the head bevelled and the toe properly pointed."

 

"This is the right way - this stake will drive cleanly into the ground. It will not split when being driven be cause the head is properly bevelled" (p. 76).

Making a tent peg with a Council Tool Velvicut Hudson Bay Axe is a dream come true. It is beautiful, sharp, lightweight, and simply awesome!



Tent pegs are very easy. Notice the profile of that Velvicut Axe... a very fine edge.