kahel

Beat me to it. Watched part 1 last night, looking forward to part 2.

one day at the end of October

There’s a new series on YouTube documenting a 1500 mile canoe trip starting in Old Town, Maine, going as far south to NYC, west as far...

Well, it's been a heck of a 2024...had to spend way too much time back at my R & D company. So much time, that I had no time to work on...

Based on the collective recommendations above (@Blukanu, @Glenn MacGrady, @TrailBlaser), I’m going to experiment with a knife and baton...

Loons Murtle Lake Wells Grey Provincial Park, BC

Eagle Point Campsite Murtle Lake, Wells Grey Provincial Park

Seat weaving has begun. People of a certain age... me for example.... will remember Gary Wright's 1975 hit "Dream Weaver". I sit in...

Canvas filled. Meanwhile I'll mill and shape the mahogany outwales, probably leave them clamped to the hull over the winter before...

Grab handles, thwarts, and seat frames varnished: and installed (though not seats- they need to be woven): Grab handles are radiused...

The Loon looked at me like I was an alien in his foggy wonderland. The low hanging clouds and fog in the morning made for an ethereal...

"The wearer moves in a fluid gesture to install the raft on his shoulders, and once it is well balanced, he begins to cross the path...

Kahel, have you thought about joining axe-aholics anonymous? I’ve never carried an ax in a canoe. Saws, pruners, loppers, yes. Of late...

I don't ask myself whether an axe - but rather which one ... . . . . . . . . . There are no compromises for me with...

I did a spur of the moment trip to the Oswegatchie recently and it was a great time. I planned to spend three nights up there poking...