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Have you watched Jim Clearwater’s Restoring a Burn Pile Rushton? He has good techniques for reshaping a boat this is crushed or way out...

I have a 55 my Dad gave me.

And there I was thinking a canoe seat was a fairly simple item. After a few hours spent reviewing past WCHA correspondence, I'm afraid I...

Trying to get thick rawhide lace in the UK is almost as difficult as trying to get white cedar in my experience.

I have a 55 my Dad gave me.

Maybe about 25 -30 years ago the original American Traders Co. went to a lot of effort to have a Chinese manufacturer reproduce the...

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???? Would a Strickland have babiche seats? Why not buy babiche? Or make it if you must. LMK if you want a deer hide.

All due respect to anyone who made it through without selling out to big business. I did not have the creative talent to go it on my...

And this is why I stick to simply working on boats and houses.

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Very neat, but... what I have is not a flat strip, it's circular section, consistently 5mm. Is a raw cowhide at least 5mm thick? It's...

I am not surprised. Pretty handy gadget..too cool for most to appreciate...my story and I'm sticking to it.

One long spiral.