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Hoping the more experienced trippers out there can help solve a mystery. This post over on the WCHA forums documents an old canoe paddle with a tripping route painted on the blade. The paddle was acquired at an antique shop and no information about its origins are known. From the throat down to...

Great first video! Puppy cam was neat to see the trip from that perspective. Might have to strap a camera onto my toddler next summer for similar footage.

Crazy canoe skiing from 1941... MARINETTE - WIS. "Dare Devil" Jack Boyle guides his snow-going canoe to a landing after making hair-raising slide down Marinette ski slide. Mr. Boyle doesn't recommend it as a winter sport for novices, but claims it's easy if you know how. 1-18-41

Beautiful job Alan! Really like how you made the teeth on the bucksaw blade. Happy adventures to your 4 yr old buddy!

Thanks guys. Wouldn't have tried repairing if CanotRouge hadn't posted his photos. If it's good enough for his wife's favourite paddle and has held up over some wild Yukon waters, then it should be good for my tame paddling excursions. Those long, flat grips were predominantly seen in...

Those are sweet looking paddles. Well done Mark! I gave out a bunch of mini paddles as gifts to friends and their kids just ended up hitting each other with them. You were smart to make them out of cedar. I had used hard maple...oops.

Wanted to thank CanotRouge for the idea of fixing an old paddle project. His successful outcome of repairing a busted shaft (posted on this earlier thread) motivated me to try a similar repair on a paddle broken while carving. After mulling around for ideas to re-use the blade, it ended up...

Thanks for the photos, Jim. I was thinking of using some bits to make some clamps. Your C clamp and stretcher bar system gives my an idea to work with.

Robin, that photo sure is a cute one. There's mini and then there's extra mini BB, I don't have a facebook account either but their email is on the main page. It's also on their new up and coming website (sewnhome.ca). As for design, I pretty much copied Robin's 6 foot wide by 7 foot long cut...

Paddle (and brew) look great. Thanks for posting!

Wanted to let the canoe tripping community know of a new canvas tent business based out of the small Northern Ontario town of Timmins. SewnHome has a facebook page with photos of their creations including baker style and wall tents. I contacted the owner, David, for a custom mini wall tent...

Not too many mass producers of crooked knives out there because it is such a custom tool. Guess you should ask yourself what you really intend to use it for? Many serious carvers have more than one blade shape since shaving down a flat surface (like a paddle blade) is a bit better with a longer...

Congrats to all the winners! In lieu of a skill testing question to claim the prize, maybe we should require the recipients to post a photo using their new gear.

Kudos to the cake artist for a lovely creation and congrats to the recipient!

Appreciate the responses so far. CanotRouge, thanks for posting the plans for your bungee paddle holder. Got lots of little blocks that would be perfect for this. Also like your thickness calipers. GGTBod, looking forward to seeing your kuksa when complete. I carved two, one from green birch...

Lots of talented woodworkers are here on the forum. Hoping folks will use this thread to post some of their scrap wood project ideas. I'm looking to pass the winter by using up my pile of hardwood cutoffs. Just finished making a sanding tool modeled after the "MacFarlane Bow Sander". Mine has...

Rob Stevens posting this link over on the WCHA forums. It's a short film called "Vessels of Memory" profiling Douglas Ingram of Red River Canoe. Quite the number of projects going on in his shop.

There's a new canoe book just released that might interest some folks - Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims. Canoes: A Natural History in North America Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims Foreword by John McPhee ISBN 978-0-8166-8117-4 416 pages, 95 b&w plates, 228...

Here's a neat silent video documenting the harvest and processing of porpoise oil by the Mi'kmaq people of Nova Scotia. Some paddling action starts around the 7:50 mark featuring rare footage of an ocean going birchbark canoe... The Retro Ontario channel has some short clips featuring Omer...

Hi Rob. Looking forward to seeing your posts and vids in the future too. Very curious about your basic tarp shelters and experience with simple bushcraft living.