Gable, I see mostly rived spruce pegs, 1", 8 sides, with a 4 sided point about 1-1/2" long and not much taper, fairly crude I don't mind saying. Once and a while I will see some hard wood pegs Oak or Maple.

I love my hand made pegs, they taper far more than the one I see of old.

I have tried sawing peg stock and shaving the taper and extra 4 sides with a draw knife, it was ugly. Riving is the way to go.

I need to take a closer look to see if the few buildings which are square ruled have tapered pegs, or at least more taper than the scribe ruled buildings, which form the bulk of the buildings In my area. Tim