Letters to the editor

WHAT IS THIS?

The Shed readers reply to “What is this?” from issue #103 and it’s an almost unanimous call, it’s a Peg Bar. Here are a few of the dozens of replies we received.

Hi,

In response to your request in the latest edition, as you see in the attached pic I have several of these in my shed. We called them peg bars and they were used for surveying — often as the soil may not be soft enough to drive in a peg so we used it as a crowbar to create a hole, then you could use the other end to drive the peg in. This was okay when you were near your truck, but no fun if you had to carry them any distance along with the rest of your gear! Probably