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That's funny. I always end up trying building my way and at least half the time I realize it would have been a lot easier/cheaper/smarter just building the normal way. Oh well, the more mistakes I make the smarter I get!

If Rippy had finished my knife I would have been able to carve a new seat on site!

With the great December weather we've been having I've been trying nag to get out on the water. Well the stars aligned and last Sunday my brother and I got out in our local river. It all was going beautifully when disaster struck. My brother was in the back, I was in the front and we were...

Oops I did basically the same thing as Odyssey except I was just reading a post from Memaquay so I accidentally put his name on the entries I put in. Robin can you fix this? Just go through all of the entries that have Memaquay and change them to wysedav. Thanks.

Wow that's pretty cool, I can't believe the amphicars made it. Not including the white one.

Jim, I hope that glue is good, I was going to buy some tightbond 2 but saw the kind you liked so I gave it a shot. Did you get a new nozzle or did you buy tapered ones somewhere?

Well Christy I sure hope you're wrong! Where were you a few weeks ago before i cut the forms! If I keep the seat pretty low I think it will work out ok. The passage seems very similar to the Merlin which seems to be pretty well liked,hopefullythe passage paddles the same.

Jim, No great technical reason for the Kevlar, I just think it looks cool. And it covers up staple holes.

Yeah I think the staples shouldn't be that big of a deal, I just hate to damage the wood. I think with the dark wood, the staple holes shouldn't be so obvious.

Just kidding, I'm sitting here trying to decide if I really want to staple or not. Decisions. I really want to paint the outside and kevlar/carbon on the inside but I'm too cheap to spend $150 for just the inside. I really love the look of this boat (Green Valley Boats - Kite) and think...

This one stripped up pretty quickly, hope to get it in the water next week.

Wow, I followed your other build and this still amazes me. You do great work. Cool stuff.

Last week I picked up some salvaged 3 Redwood 2x6x10', I finally had some time to cut them up and finish the forms. I even cleaned up the mess in my shop! Here are some pictures...

Saw this video and thought some folks here might be interested... https://vimeo.com/108367033

Wow very generous, I'm sure you'll get lots of bidding from this site. Everybody love your knives!

Canoe looks great. It stinks to run out of strips, I was about to start mine but when I looked at my woodpile I realized I only have enough wood for a quarter of a canoe. I feel your pain..

Looks like your bow form is a little low, is that so you don't have to shape where it ties int the first form?

Btw this webpage was a good reference. http://canoepaddles.blogspot.com/2011/04/5-canoe-paddle-shaping-step-3.html

Sailsman, I put duct tape in narrow strips on my bench every 3 inches or so. Next I stuck the staves to the tape, with the bevels face up this left nice v grooves to put glue in. Added glue brushed in with a chip brush and rolled it up. When you stick the staves to the tape pre tension the...

This is really a pretty easy and quick build especially compared to a canoe! So far i have about 3-4 hours into it. The shaft is hollow, made up of 8 staves which you cut a birdsmouth in to aid in alignment and glue up. I tried the birdsmouth thing and didn't like it, although it seems like a...