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I will never tire of both scale work and wooden canoes. The marriage of the 2 is perfect for me. It allows me to study them even deeper….

I will never tire of both scale work and wooden canoes. The marriage of the 2 is perfect for me. It allows me to study them even deeper….

The easiest/cheapest way for me to get WRC is to go to the local home "box" store, Menard's prefered but others will do, and go through...

The easiest/cheapest way for me to get WRC is to go to the local home "box" store, Menard's prefered but others will do, and go through...

Jim, Brownie lived to a ripe old age. My excursion into the manure pile may have something to do with my loathing of horse riding. A few...

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

Thank you for posting pictures David. That is a great color.

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

Mike, What was that pony's name, for future reference?

Mike, While growing up on a farm with 1000s of chickens my grandfather told us kids that if we wanted a manly and hairy chest that we...

The "pretty nice" Eastern Red Cedar I have access to is air dried, 10'+ long and 10"-12" wide with some clear straight grain heartwood...

Brownie....AKA "little horse". Drifting back, what I was attempting to highlight is the challenge of finding good canoe lumber in...

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

Mike, What was that pony's name, for future reference?

I love my little finger plane so much I don't think I could manage the involvement with your extraordinarily capable examples. They are...