I saw you ask people what kind of wood they would use to make tent pegs - that could be a good video: how to identify different trees for those new to bushcraft and the benefits of each type of wood, things they are useful for and things to avoid.
Great Video as always Nick! Defintley going to try crafting some of my own tentpegs next time I take the tent out. I would love to see a video explaining the most common knots you use in putting up a shelter! Cheers, stay safe and stay out there!
Hi Nick, I used to teach escape and evasion in the forces meany meany years ago. I'd been thinking of doing some wild/stealth camping. I was introduced to your channel through your collab with TA outdoors. Today is my 61st birthday, and I've been gifted things I have asked for to aid me. So, thank you for your inspirational instruction. So, on Thursday to Sunday, I will be wild camping woodcrafting and hopefully reminding myself of who I am and what I can be. Cheers mate.
Hey Nick! In just learning things I made tent pegs out of fatwood sticks purchased through amazon and they worked ok but did have some injuries along the way trying to learn how to do it. This info is awesome thank you man and it is good to see you and Tilly again!!! Also, from MN, USA would more than likely make them from Ash Trees or Pines in the woods here. Take care.
Hi Nick! Great videos, your calm and focus on safety are indeed something I rarely see these days, and I watch a lot of camping/ bushcraft videos. I am glad you are posting again and I thank you for all the effort that goes into this. I am watching from Romania and I use Ash here for my tent pegs. There's a lot more satisfaction in harvesting (responsibly) and crafting them yourself than using the metal ones, after all, that's the point of bushcraft. Keep up the good work, you are amazing!
I live in the Midwest USA. Lots of Maple, birch, pine and fir trees around me. May be some hazel here and there but I don't know for sure. I've made tent pegs from all of the above. Plus I've done many a try stick sitting around the camp fire on just about any wood I can get without doing unnecessary damage to the environment. Also, yes I'm subscribed.
Hi Nick, I love in Malta. We have two Bay Laurel Trees in our Garden and they grow thick and fast every time they are pruned. I've made 4 so far, but used the wood for spars and staves as well.
Nick, you're a great teacher, I'm sure you put s lot of effort into the structure and explanation of these videos. I've never not learnt something from watching. Thanks for sharing with us! Paul
Good day Nick, I found your channel from TA Outdoors, a great video. As a Yank here in the States, i use a lot of Maple or some of the oaks in the regions I find myself. Looking forward to seeing more uploads from your channel! God Bless the Sheep Dogs!!
Nice. I'm lucky in that there's a well managed oak wood nearby here in Leamington Spa, so there's an abundance of tent peg sized limbs left on the floor - incredible once they've dried out.
Looks like your knuckle got bit. I've been using those techniques for a long time, and you did a bang-up job of explaining them. If you want a tent peg that will outlast just about any get some locust. Not as easy to work but some can last as long as steel. That's why old timers used them for fence posts. South of here you can still find some on old abandoned farms still standing tall.
Haven't had the need to do this here yet in Ontario. Teaching about the coppicing and how to remove only the wood for this purpose, and conservation and returning the extra branches and twigs for ground cover for animals. Nicely done.
Must admit the best explanation and demonstration of a very simple skill of making a pointy stick. This is the type of instruction I aim to do. Here in Aus I find it is mainly a eucalyptus type wood or something from the sub tropical rainforest in my area. There is also hoop pine about that’s ok to work with. If you’re ever visiting pop in for a hot wet. Swampy.
Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦 Hazelnut farm grown in orchard..probably frowned upon harvesting for tent pegs....😂🎉 Probably alder prevalent "slide alder" first populating re growth in woods or side of roads after distturbance😊
I recommend dog wood for your pegs it is very strong when it has tried, stronger than aluminium and can be coppiced and is very easy to propagate, by cutting stakes and sticking them in the ground 😂, making sure that you have a diagonal at base and a horizontal cut at the top of the branch, not putting them upside down 😅. Keep you the good work Nick and TY
Made 8 of my own pegs from well cured pine, with std 7 notch cut, which travel along with my tarp/tent for use in staking these out; once completed because they were cured I rubbed them down with Linseed oil to help preserve them. I'm from Cardiff and also ex-army but I'm now 63. It's pleasant to remember some of the tricks I picked up in the forces and you do provide good instruction along with a your sociable personality I can understand why people enjoy watching your channel. Keep on doing your videos and ATVB. Malcolm
You’ve got a viewer from out in the northern Canadian Rockies. Out here we’ve got lodgepole pines and tons of aspens. As winter has set in early I don’t feel confident identifying dead standing aspens but there are plenty of pines I can see that I’ve been using for materials.
Here in South East England I've been using Holly because there's loads of it that needs thinning out. It's nice to carve green but once it dries it's very hard. I've been using it for spoon carving too.
I’ve made a few for camping and a little path with steps in our garden also some for keeping the wire in place for the chicken pen . I used apple from our apple tree
Hope that replacement peg on the steps was a new requirement and not because one of the ones I replaced has bitten the dust already?!! 😂 If hazel isn’t around in our wood it has to be chestnut, sycamore or oak. Preference would be chestnut for its natural resistance to rot and ease of working compared to oak.
It is true the willow has a remarkable growth hormone and so in theory yes though fire gardening process will potentially scupper the re growth thing .
Nick, Don't versus Doesn't , otherer than that , excellent tip , turning the knife at 45° and using the back muscles, for young folk or less powerful types. thank you.
Hi Nick. Loved the video. Look forward to more. Been a gamekeeper for 25 years and have used this method a few times for fixing tunnel traps in place. I ve used sycamore, ash and even black thorn on occasion but nothing beats hazel though.
Great video Nick. In Australia, I've used small eucalypt regrowth for tent pegs, or wattyl branches if they're around. I've had to make pegs when the ground has been too hard to push in aluminium pegs and have made them from native trees and whacked them in with the back of an axe.
Yeah I was looking at the pentagon 2.0 BDUs. They're a bit cheaper but wasn't sure on quality. Still, can't be any worse than the olive lightweights I'm using atm 🙄
It has been a long time since I made wooden pegs for camping , A good skill to have when out in the wilds ! , Be well Nick , best wishes to the Family , and give the Dogs a Hug from me . 🙂👍🦴
I saw you ask people what kind of wood they would use to make tent pegs - that could be a good video: how to identify different trees for those new to bushcraft and the benefits of each type of wood, things they are useful for and things to avoid.
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Great Video as always Nick! Defintley going to try crafting some of my own tentpegs next time I take the tent out. I would love to see a video explaining the most common knots you use in putting up a shelter! Cheers, stay safe and stay out there!
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Thanks for making the video.
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Hi Nick, I used to teach escape and evasion in the forces meany meany years ago. I'd been thinking of doing some wild/stealth camping. I was introduced to your channel through your collab with TA outdoors.
Today is my 61st birthday, and I've been gifted things I have asked for to aid me. So, thank you for your inspirational instruction. So, on Thursday to Sunday, I will be wild camping woodcrafting and hopefully reminding myself of who I am and what I can be. Cheers mate.
🤝 I shall be catching up
With Mike in the not to distant future 🤝
A little bit late but Happy birthday! Greetings from Holland
Greetings from the black forest in south-west Germany!
Greetings 🤝
Snedding, Brash... I will use both terms more often in conversation!
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Hey Nick! In just learning things I made tent pegs out of fatwood sticks purchased through amazon and they worked ok but did have some injuries along the way trying to learn how to do it. This info is awesome thank you man and it is good to see you and Tilly again!!! Also, from MN, USA would more than likely make them from Ash Trees or Pines in the woods here. Take care.
Thankyou
Hi Nick! Great videos, your calm and focus on safety are indeed something I rarely see these days, and I watch a lot of camping/ bushcraft videos. I am glad you are posting again and I thank you for all the effort that goes into this. I am watching from Romania and I use Ash here for my tent pegs. There's a lot more satisfaction in harvesting (responsibly) and crafting them yourself than using the metal ones, after all, that's the point of bushcraft. Keep up the good work, you are amazing!
Thanks for the comment
greetings from germany. same as you, i use hazel. it quite literally is everywhere here
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The quicker sharpening of the pegs comes in handy when you are on vacation in Transylvania as well.........👾
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Great video Nick, thank you for taking the time to share 👏👏👏
Merci
I live in the Midwest USA. Lots of Maple, birch, pine and fir trees around me. May be some hazel here and there but I don't know for sure. I've made tent pegs from all of the above. Plus I've done many a try stick sitting around the camp fire on just about any wood I can get without doing unnecessary damage to the environment. Also, yes I'm subscribed.
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Awesome video Nick. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🔱⚓🇺🇲🇺🇲
Appreciate it Dave 🤝⚔️🇬🇧
Hi Nick, I love in Malta. We have two Bay Laurel Trees in our Garden and they grow thick and fast every time they are pruned. I've made 4 so far, but used the wood for spars and staves as well.
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Nick, absolutely love your style and the way you instruct. I will be passing this on to the scouts & cubs.
Thankyou Stuart 🤝
Mulberry is one of my favorite . It's plentiful and the fruit is good and works well as a natural dye. 😁😁😁
Very good !
Hello! From Ohio, USA and I use Hickory and the mighty Oak! Glad you have UA-cam vids again! 🙌👍
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Thanks for the comment
Nick, you're a great teacher, I'm sure you put s lot of effort into the structure and explanation of these videos. I've never not learnt something from watching. Thanks for sharing with us! Paul
Thanks Paul
Neat video as always !
Thank you for your work !
Cheers 🤝
Good day Nick, I found your channel from TA Outdoors, a great video. As a Yank here in the States, i use a lot of Maple or some of the oaks in the regions I find myself. Looking forward to seeing more uploads from your channel! God Bless the Sheep Dogs!!
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Nice. I'm lucky in that there's a well managed oak wood nearby here in Leamington Spa, so there's an abundance of tent peg sized limbs left on the floor - incredible once they've dried out.
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Amazing Vid loved it!
Thanks team , loving your work !
Here in New Zealand I tend to use lancewood if I can find it or supple-jack vine
Thanks for sharing this here
Great tutorial video Nick - really useful info and lots of ideas for keeping it safe
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Looks like your knuckle got bit. I've been using those techniques for a long time, and you did a bang-up job of explaining them. If you want a tent peg that will outlast just about any get some locust. Not as easy to work but some can last as long as steel. That's why old timers used them for fence posts. South of here you can still find some on old abandoned farms still standing tall.
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Love it Nick👍🤩
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Watching from Trinidad and Tobago, I use Guava wood, very hard and strong wood.
Ooooh sounds interesting 🤔 👏
Invite to make a bushcraft film over there please!! 😂
Thank you for what you do Nick. Here in Alabama we use mostly pine.
Ok Brad , appreciate the comment 🤝
I'm stuck in the desert at the moment but I hope to get back to the woods. Here in CA it would most likely be douglas fir, oak, or eucalyptus.
Ok thanks for commenting 👍
Haven't had the need to do this here yet in Ontario. Teaching about the coppicing and how to remove only the wood for this purpose, and conservation and returning the extra branches and twigs for ground cover for animals. Nicely done.
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Love your make your own bushcraft gear videos, keep them coming!
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Must admit the best explanation and demonstration of a very simple skill of making a pointy stick. This is the type of instruction I aim to do.
Here in Aus I find it is mainly a eucalyptus type wood or something from the sub tropical rainforest in my area. There is also hoop pine about that’s ok to work with.
If you’re ever visiting pop in for a hot wet.
Swampy.
Thanks Swampy ,
I may just be in Oz towards end of next year ..
Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦
Hazelnut farm grown in orchard..probably frowned upon harvesting for tent pegs....😂🎉
Probably alder prevalent "slide alder" first populating re growth in woods or side of roads after distturbance😊
Ok brilliant , thanks for sharing your local knowledge here 👏👏. 🤝
I recommend dog wood for your pegs it is very strong when it has tried, stronger than aluminium and can be coppiced and is very easy to propagate, by cutting stakes and sticking them in the ground 😂, making sure that you have a diagonal at base and a horizontal cut at the top of the branch, not putting them upside down 😅. Keep you the good work Nick and TY
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Virginia, USA. Maple or Oak.
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Terrific video Nick, I prefer Hickory, but will use whatever hard wood I can find at the time of need. Cheers from Ontario 🇨🇦
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Made 8 of my own pegs from well cured pine, with std 7 notch cut, which travel along with my tarp/tent for use in staking these out; once completed because they were cured I rubbed them down with Linseed oil to help preserve them. I'm from Cardiff and also ex-army but I'm now 63. It's pleasant to remember some of the tricks I picked up in the forces and you do provide good instruction along with a your sociable personality I can understand why people enjoy watching your channel. Keep on doing your videos and ATVB. Malcolm
Many thanks Malcom 🤝
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You’ve got a viewer from out in the northern Canadian Rockies. Out here we’ve got lodgepole pines and tons of aspens. As winter has set in early I don’t feel confident identifying dead standing aspens but there are plenty of pines I can see that I’ve been using for materials.
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great video nick. always handy to know for the days you forget your pegs. have made them quite a few times in the past👍
That’s the idea 💡
Nick, SE Australia. Mate…. Your stakes are good enough to kill vampires!
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Nick, are you and Neil brothers?
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Hi Nick
Loved the video to.
I use American oak for tentpegs. Grows just the same as hazel
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Here in South East England I've been using Holly because there's loads of it that needs thinning out. It's nice to carve green but once it dries it's very hard. I've been using it for spoon carving too.
Great option 💪
I'm in the UK, just made a few from some Ash I chopped down. Strong hardwood with a straight grain, works well.
Absolutely 💪
I’ve made a few for camping and a little path with steps in our garden also some for keeping the wire in place for the chicken pen . I used apple from our apple tree
Excellent David 👏👏
Hazel or chestnut , liphook hampshire
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Nice to see you back on UA-cam Nick. Keep up the awesome work!
Merci
Hope that replacement peg on the steps was a new requirement and not because one of the ones I replaced has bitten the dust already?!! 😂
If hazel isn’t around in our wood it has to be chestnut, sycamore or oak. Preference would be chestnut for its natural resistance to rot and ease of working compared to oak.
I hear you !
Chestnut all the way 💪 absolutely love it
Looking from Holland, I would use hazel if not available then I would use birch, chestnut or ash. Poplar or willow for short time usage.
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Good man sharing your wisdom 😊🏕️ 🔥 🪵
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Hello Nick, Is it true if you leave willow pegs in the ground they can take root? Rob at Clandown
It is true the willow has a remarkable growth hormone and so in theory yes though fire gardening process will potentially scupper the re growth thing .
Nick, Don't versus Doesn't , otherer than that , excellent tip , turning the knife at 45° and using the back muscles, for young folk or less powerful types. thank you.
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Hi Nick. Loved the video. Look forward to more. Been a gamekeeper for 25 years and have used this method a few times for fixing tunnel traps in place. I ve used sycamore, ash and even black thorn on occasion but nothing beats hazel though.
🤝☺️ Thanks Stuart
Great video Nick. In Australia, I've used small eucalypt regrowth for tent pegs, or wattyl branches if they're around. I've had to make pegs when the ground has been too hard to push in aluminium pegs and have made them from native trees and whacked them in with the back of an axe.
👏👏👏 this is great thanks !
Hoping to perhaps get out to Oz later next year
Odd question but what are those trousers?? They look decent
These are 5.11 Stryke Pants have had about 6 pairs for teaching with at HVB over the years . I’m a 34 reg waist and they fit brilliantly.
Thanks mate. Been trying to find a decent pair of outdoor trousers for a while now and they look pretty pukka
@@olliewiddowson8759 Worth the money in my opinion .
I also rate the build quality of US service BDU’s . Rip stop material and Decent
Yeah I was looking at the pentagon 2.0 BDUs. They're a bit cheaper but wasn't sure on quality. Still, can't be any worse than the olive lightweights I'm using atm 🙄
@@olliewiddowson8759 I have a pair of pentagon shorts and they have zero play in them so get sizes precisely right if you go with them
Ace watch ace camp activitie and helpful if you lose tent pegs too
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It is not little tent pegs that ! It is for big Stromeyer tents no ? ;)
If I do such big, hard pegs I take them home after camping for next time :)
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It has been a long time since I made wooden pegs for camping , A good skill to have when out in the wilds ! , Be well Nick , best wishes to the Family , and give the Dogs a Hug from me . 🙂👍🦴
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