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Oh boy... I wish. No, it's a Stanley #3. I like admiring my planes so I let 'em show in pictures!! From the top down: #5,4,3,2 All...

Let's just say memorable. There was no shortage of laughs.

I'd say the trees got the last lick . Can't imagine the scene, way beyond embarrassing , no?

There was never a dull moment. This experience with the Percherons lead to his decision to own a pony. The pony required harness, a...

WOW, Mike. That's a lot of limoncello and what a trip with your dad. Dave

I should have said Eastern Red cedar. Eastern white cedar is a much more useful wood, although it is also not easy to find good clear...

Western red cedar was in common use from the earliest known Old Town Canoe Company records as MGC and Michael mentioned. A portion of...

Canoes construction often uses Western red cedar (on Old Town build records, often noted as "w.cedar"). It is more brittle than...

Builders who used red cedar were using Western red cedar. These are a tree that can grow over 200 feet in height, girth proportionate...

I'm not a tree guy, but I believe many older canoes used 'red' cedar for planking - I'm sure it's on the 1936 OT 50#er I'm working on...

Hmm, what does "nice" mean? Have you seen it? What length, width and thickness? Yes, it is pretty, and often relatively low cost...

Nice color!

Three coats of Penn Yan red gloss. Not the Chinese red. I got it from George. If I had to do the red again, I'd have the primer tinted...

Three coats of Penn Yan red gloss. Not the Chinese red. I got it from George. If I had to do the red again, I'd have the primer tinted...

Yes, those were eliminated in the 1966 catalog and the model name was changed. Benson