Source for diamond bolts

[Rod Tait (Orca Boats)]

Anyone know a source for the diamond head bronze bolts used on the Old Town canoes? I don't see them on the Old Town site.

[F Harvey Bowley]

Rollin has some
they cost about as much as raw diamonds

[Benson Gray]

They are available from the factory (207-827-5513) as listed at http://oldtown.wcha.org/parts.html under part number 01.1331.2329 with the description "DIAMOND HEAD BOLT – 4” BRASS (WITH NUT)" for $4.95 or
part number 01.1331.2330 with the description "DIAMOND HEAD BOLT – 6” BRASS (WITH NUT)" for $4.95. These prices have probably gone up and may now be more than Rollin's (207-564-3667) as listed at http://www.wooden-canoes.com/material.htm on his web site.

Benson

[smallboatshop]

I was in Old Town a couple of months ago and purchased 10 at the Old Town Store for $75.00. + tax.

[Rollin thurlow]

Attention: this is a commercial but it sems to fit into this line of messages. I hope I'm not offending the Web Master Gods!
Old Town may still have a few of the 6" bolts left but they are not planning on providing them any more. As far as I know they have been out of stock of the 6" bolts for many months. They are still providing the shorter bolts. Their 4" bolts are now 4.5" long which I don't really understand but since they are longer it doesn't matter.
The 4" or 4.5" that I sell are $4.75 each with the nut. I still have a very limited supply of 6" bolts but I'm hording them for myself unless someone offers a price I cannt refuse!

[Benson Gray]

I hope I'm not offending the Web Master Gods!


Rollin, you provide more than enough valuable information here to appease anyone who might be offended. The tradition of hoarding scarce resources has a long history in the canoe industry and other businesses. The Maine State Museum has an interesting pair of letters between the Kennebec and Old Town Canoe companies from World War Two when brass was in short supply. Kennebec wrote to Old Town asking if they could buy a keg of brass canoe tacks. Old Town wrote back that they were down to their last half keg of canoe tacks and would not sell any until they could find another keg for their own use first. Good luck with your long bolts,

Benson

[Scot T]

Ask these guys to part with a few...maybe?

http://www.wood-canoe.com/materials.html

[pklonowski]

Ralph Frese's Chicagoland Canoe Base has them listed on the web site:
http://www.chicagolandcanoebase.com/RepairandRestorationMaterials.html
Don't know if he still has them, or the site's just not been updated. No tellinghow long he's had them... could be half a century.

[Rod Tait (Orca Boats)]

Thank you all for the sources. Need to ask customer if he wishes to have these like original.