Shave Horse

I've been very busy over the past week making a shave-horse. A shave horse is used to work the pieces of green wood cut during coppicing. The horse clamps the work-piece in place by using forward pressure of your feet against the work board and the top of the treddle. Using a drawknife to smooth and shape pieces of green wood, all sorts of things can be made quickly and easily. A piece of split hazel about 25mm across can quickly become a plant label or one side of a bread holder for feeding birds.