Marc Ornstein

The ultra-light, freestyle paddle that I've been working on, for the past several weeks, is complete and ready to be shipped. It's made...

The wider blades are good for rivers. A friend made me some blanks of laminated white ash, cherry, mahogany, and walnut. I cut the...

The 1st step was isolating the best grain patterns and sectioning the board into lengths, suitable for paddle blades. Each piece was cut...

Lovely peice of wood. Glad you 2 have met. Now there will be some very happy new paddle owners

Yesterday I found a local hardwoods supplier, in a nearby town. Nice fellow with a small sawmill. He has contacts and imports logs from...

Any of the woods you stated would be fine for your purpose. Thwarts are only occasionally and intermittently exposed to water so rot is...

Nice. What boat is that?

I agree with you Tom. Simply, for purposes of this discussion, I was trying to simplify/clarify.

All good points Glenn.

Marc Ornstein gives an exhaustive list of why. https://freestylecanoeing.com/canoes-are-better-than-kayaks/ I'd only make a slight...

I was active on a sawmill forum for a while that also had a lot of loggers and foresters. As I recall one of the reasons paulownia...

Acquiring paulownia is difficult. My understanding is that it originally came from the orient and was planted in the states both as an...

I'm shooting for 19 oz. It's a 38" shaft with a length overall of 58". I'll post the actual weight when finished.

Those clothespins do the trick alright. Jim

Currently working on an ultra-light FreeStyle Paddle. Paulownia and walnut. In the 1st photo I am applying a sealer coat of epoxy to the...