barry jones
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Can anyone help me correctly identify this unknown Canoe
Help Identifying Canoe #1
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H.E. Pennypacker
LOVES Wooden Canoes
Looks like a 16' Old Town Otca. Hard to tell if it's AA-grade or CS, but looks like CS (sprice gunwales and hardwood-but not mahogany- seat frames, thwarts and decks). Probably from the teens because it appears not to have diamond-head bolts. Are there bunged (plugged) holes in the inwales where seat and thwart bolts are located? There should be a serial number on the top surface of each stem- the circumferential piece that comes down into the floor at each end. Don't sand or scrape, but apply a little paint stripper to a stem if you can't see the serial number. Getting the old varnish off can help.
Look here to see an example serial number. Yours will probably have 5 digits followed by a space and then "16"
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?7636-Made-for-Abercrombie-amp-Fitch-by-Old-Towne-Canoe-Co.
Harvey
Look here to see an example serial number. Yours will probably have 5 digits followed by a space and then "16"
http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?7636-Made-for-Abercrombie-amp-Fitch-by-Old-Towne-Canoe-Co.
Harvey
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barry jones
Curious about Wooden Canoes
Thanks Harvey, I have been "out-of-pocket' for a while. Did get your info on the canoe and will try the paint stripper and let you know what i find. It is so good to know that you guys are out there and care for your interest and
enthusiasm for the work.
Thanks, Barry Jones
enthusiasm for the work.
Thanks, Barry Jones
