Shave Horse

This is the shave horse I have just finished, I was restricted to scrap wood lying around the garage and garden.  I chose three legs as it is supposed to be a bit more stable than four on uneven ground.  I've given the legs added security by roping them together. Though the legs are secure I'm still not happy with the way they look and may end up changing them

I tried to model it on a picture of a medieval Shave horse which is quite common on the net. It is titled Vom Bergkwerk of Georgius Agricola (1557).  If you look carefully you can see a spare draw knife on the floor.

I made this cut out section to make it easier to push the foot pedal without curving the leg around the bench

Another thing that I wanted was for the bench to double up as a bench in the evenings for sitting around the camp fire, also for ease of transport it needed to come apart. Hence the foot pedal arm and shaving ramp all were made detachable.